194902
Differences
This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
Next revision | Previous revisionLast revisionBoth sides next revision | ||
194902 [2012/09/29 11:35] – external edit 127.0.0.1 | 194902 [2018/05/17 13:17] – tyreless | ||
---|---|---|---|
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
- | THE_SYDNEY BUSHWALKER | + | ====== The Sydney Bushwalker. ====== |
- | A monthly Bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydney Bush Walkers, c/- Ingersoll Hall, 256 Crown St., Sydney | + | |
- | ----------. 42+=.1.nwamamM, | + | A monthly Bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydney Bush Walkers, c/- Ingersoll Hall, 256 Crown St., Sydney. |
- | FEBRUARY, 1949 | + | |
- | Subscriptions 14a4.-., 1949 to Jan. 1950, 474r | + | ---- |
- | Price 6d. | + | |
- | .4011 rtill s | + | === No. 171. February, 1949. Price 6d. === |
- | No. 171N | + | |
- | Editor: Alex-Colley, | + | |**Editor**|Alex Colley, |
- | Production and Business Manager: Typed by Jean Harvey--,t-Act.= Brian Harvey | + | |**Production and Business Manager**|Brian Harvey| |
- | alp | + | |**Production Asst**|Bill Gillam| |
- | CONTENTS | + | |**Sales and Subs**|Betty Hurley| |
- | Page | + | |**Typed by**|Jean Harvey| |
- | Editorial - How to Pick the Committee 1 | + | |
- | At Our January Meeting | + | ===== In This Issue: ===== |
- | Social Notes for February 3 | + | |
- | Fauna Protection Act., 1948, by Allen A. Strom 4 | + | | | |Page| |
- | The Lady Swaggie Cherry Pickers, by Cecily Mann | + | |Editorial - How to Pick the Committee| | 1| |
- | and Flo Allsworth 5 | + | |At Our January Meeting| | 2| |
- | Children' | + | |Social Notes for February| | 3| |
- | Berry Taxi Service (advt) 7 | + | |Fauna Protection Act., 1948|Allen A. Strom| 4| |
- | A Christmas Carol, by "The Dog in the Fog" 8 | + | |The Lady Swaggie Cherry Pickers|Cecily Mann and Flo Allsworth| 5| |
- | Make it a Legacy in Writing, by " | + | |Children' |
- | Federation Notes, by Brian Harvey 10 | + | |A Christmas Carol|"The Dog in the Fog"| 8| |
- | Rastus, by " | + | |Make it a Legacy in Writing|" |
- | We Are What We Eat: Lost Groundsheet: | + | |Federation Notes|Brian Harvey|10| |
- | The Barren Lands 12 | + | |Rastus|" |
- | What Has Paddy Got (advt.) | + | |We Are What We Eat: Lost Groundsheet: |
- | EDITORIAL | + | |
- | How to Pick th9 Committee- | + | ===== Advertisements: |
- | In a little over a month will :be held the Club's- ' | + | |
- | the night of the meeting they probably | + | | |Page| |
+ | |Berry Taxi Service| 7| | ||
+ | |What Has Paddy Got|14| | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Editorial : How to Pick the Committee | ||
+ | |||
+ | In a little over a month will be held the Club' | ||
There are some in the Club, we know, who don't like the idea of " | There are some in the Club, we know, who don't like the idea of " | ||
- | The success of the Club and your enjoyment of it depend very largely on a live and able committee. | + | |
- | the Secretary and Assistant Secretary. Some officers, such as the 7-:t Walks' | + | The success of the Club and your enjoyment of it depend very largely on a live and able committee. |
- | walkers, and that they should go on-a good number of official | + | |
- | several jobs that may be done well by people who, for family and other reasons, cannot leave home tob often. A job in the Club enables such members to keep in touch with their friends and enjoy at least part of the Club's activities. | + | The best place to decide who you want on the committee is round the campfire. You probably belong to one of the little |
- | The best place to decide who you want on the committee is | + | |
- | round the campfire. You probably belong to one of the aittle | + | ---- |
- | AT OUR JANUARY IVIETING. | + | |
- | Reported'by Jim Brown Asst.Hon.Sec. | + | ===== At Our January Meeting ===== |
- | The January meeting must challenge last September' | + | |
- | Indeed, the meeting | + | Reported by Jim Brown. |
- | The Photographic Section | + | |
- | 3. | + | The January meeting must challenge last September' |
- | a show of hand, when it transpired that the dissentients numbered a vocal two. The Photo Section seceded. | + | |
- | Among several announcements and verbal reports was advice of a change of venue for Colin Lloyd' | + | Indeed, the meeting |
- | A motion to. limit archery at Era to a prescribed range was amended to a complete prohibition on the use of bow and arrows in.. the Bushwalker preserve, whilst a few enquiries regarding | + | |
- | After nomination of Eureka Clearing and a spot near Menangle as the Marshalling area far the next S.B.W. re-union, the meeting ebbed to an affable closure | + | The Photographic Section |
- | SOCIAL NOTES FOR FEBRUARY. | + | |
- | 16TH FEBRUARY | + | Among several announcements and verbal reports was advice of a change of venue for Colin Lloyd' |
- | 19TH-20TH FEBRUARY. Don' | + | |
- | 25TH FEBRUARY. " | + | A motion to limit archery at Era to a prescribed range was amended to a complete prohibition on the use of bow and arrows in the Bushwalker preserve, whilst a few enquiries regarding the exact area covered by our Era purchase met with rather inexact |
- | - Jean Harvey, Asst. Soc.Sec. | + | |
- | =01.1.....r...wavaamon61....111m ammow...... | + | After nomination of Eureka Clearing and a spot near Menangle as the Marshalling area far the next S.B.W. re-union, the meeting ebbed to an affable closure |
- | IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TOBE SORRY | + | |
- | You can still become a subscriber to this magazine, commencing with the March issue, and we'll charge you until 31/1/50. If you want it posted home send along 6/- and your address, or, we'll hold your copy in the club room till next time you come in, for 4/7d. Be a subscriber it' | + | ---- |
- | Brian Harvey Business Manager | + | |
- | The Business Manager | + | ===== Social Notes For February ===== |
- | 4. | + | |
- | FAUNA PROTECTION ACT 1948. | + | __16th February__ |
- | By Allen A. Strom, Hon. Secty.; | + | |
- | Almost at the very close of the 1948 Session, both Houses of the N.S.W. Parliament agreed | + | __19th-20th February__. Don't forget to pack your favourite swimsuit |
- | Ours is a land where political State 'Boundaries are in general, geographical and biological curios,and deep-thinking citizens have consistently agitated for Commonwealth Control of Conservation. This, however, is filled with " | + | |
- | 1. A complete biological survey to determine a true picture of our resources in native flora and fauna. | + | __25th February__. " |
- | 2. The setting aside in perpetuity of large primitive areas where communities of plants and animals will develop their own protective habitats. | + | |
- | 3. A strong educational plan to develop a conservation consciousness not only in the apathetic, | + | Jean Harvey, Asst. Soc. Sec. |
- | --- must be developed (pro tern) on the State basis. This new. Act goes encouragingly along this road. Mr. David G. Stead, who has battled for half a century in the Field of Nature Protection, and who was a founder of the Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia in 1909,has this to say: | + | |
- | hThe passing of this Act is an immense step forward towards the realisation of the ideals of what I might term the wild life preservationists. Its implementation will put great heart into many people - those who love their Australia and want to preserve as much as possible of our _beautiful | + | ---- |
- | The Act will set up a Fauna Protection Panel, the membership of which shall represent interested Government Departments, | + | |
- | "the preservation, | + | ==== It's never too late to be sorry. ==== |
- | be declared on Crown Land by recommendation of tfte Panel, co-operating with trustees of land already set aside as reserves for animals, conducting scientific and biological research in connection with the protection and care of fauna, and generally administering the Act. | + | |
- | A Chief Guardian of Fauna shall be appointed and he will act | + | You can still become a subscriber to this magazine, commencing with the March issue, and we'll charge you until 31/1/50. If you want it posted home send along 6/- and your address, or, we'll hold your copy in the club room till next time you come in, for 4/7d. Be a subscriber |
- | as Chairman of the Panel on a fixed salary and apparently as a Public | + | |
- | 5 | + | Brian Harvey. Business Manager. |
- | Servant. The Act goes on to state various matters necessary to the administration; | + | |
- | The road has been opened - the goal lies well ahead: Many loopholes leave ample room for abuse. But consel-vationists | + | ---- |
- | _ the impossible - a balance between civilisation and the primitive. | + | |
- | .....: | + | The Business Manager |
- | Ti'E LADY SWAGGTE CHERRY PICKERS. | + | |
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Fauna Protection Act 1948. ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | By Allen A. Strom, Hon. Secretary, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Almost at the very close of the 1948 Session, both Houses of the N.S.W. Parliament agreed | ||
+ | |||
+ | Ours is a land where political State Boundaries are in general, geographical and biological curios, and deep-thinking citizens have consistently agitated for Commonwealth Control of Conservation. This, however, is filled with " | ||
+ | |||
+ | - A complete biological survey to determine a true picture of our resources in native flora and fauna. | ||
+ | | ||
+ | | ||
+ | |||
+ | --- must be developed (pro tem) on the State basis. This new Act goes encouragingly along this road. Mr. David G. Stead, who has battled for half a century in the Field of Nature Protection, and who was a founder of the Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia in 1909, has this to say: | ||
+ | |||
+ | " | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Act will set up a Fauna Protection Panel, the membership of which shall represent interested Government Departments, | ||
+ | |||
+ | A Chief Guardian of Fauna shall be appointed and he will act as Chairman of the Panel on a fixed salary and apparently as a Public Servant. The Act goes on to state various matters necessary to the administration; | ||
+ | |||
+ | The road has been opened - the goal lies well ahead! Many loopholes leave ample room for abuse. But conservationists | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== The Lady Cherry Swaggie Cherry Pickers. ===== | ||
By Cecily Mann and Flo Allsworth. | By Cecily Mann and Flo Allsworth. | ||
- | On our first da we left Sutherland at 9 a m. and arrived at Ben Ricketts (the Page estate) at 5 p m., having | + | |
- | So the trip commenced and so it continued, until we had visited our friends at Woodhill, Kangaroo Valley and Moss Vale, then on through Gundagai to Tumut. Having come through some parched and blackened country, we were delighted to arrive there just before Christmas and discover the lovely camping ground on the banks of the Tamut River. Green grass, shady trees, swift running crystal clear water overhung with willows - what more could we wishl And so we thankfully dropped our packs, planned an elaborate menu, and generally prepared to have a lazy Christmas. | + | On our first day we left Sutherland at 9 a.m. and arrived at Ben Ricketts (the Page estate) at 5 p.m., having |
- | Our good host had provided us with so many home comforts it seemed foolish not to dig well in and soon we had no ambition to move. But Mr. Hogan had other plans for us. It was not long before he was suggesting to the " | + | |
- | Arriving at the orchard, we were given a four-roomed unfurnished cottage, put up tne tent close by, and with packing boxes and pieces of string, furnished | + | So the trip commenced and so it continued, until we had visited our friends at Woodhill, Kangaroo Valley and Moss Vale, then on through Gundagai to Tumut. Having come through some parched and blackened country, we were delighted to arrive there just before Christmas and discover the lovely camping ground on the banks of the Tumut River. Green grass, shady trees, swift running crystal clear water overhung with willows - what more could we wish! And so we thankfully dropped our packs, planned an elaborate menu, and generally prepared to have a lazy Christmas. |
- | ticked | + | |
- | in a northerly direction, | + | Our good host had provided us with so many home comforts it seemed foolish not to dig well in and soon we had no ambition to move. But Mr. Hogan had other plans for us. It was not long before he was suggesting to the " |
- | Experience taught us that next time we go fruit picking we will try for a professional bucket, cross over straps distributing the weight, canvas bottom unhooking to drop fruit into packing case: all so much easier than the kerosene bucket with one rope or leather strap around the neck which has to be removed to empty. Then first in first served with ladders and we had definite leanings towards small lightweight jobs, of course all taken by the time we applied. However we tackled our tree with the gear available and it was not long before we were amazed at just how hight we could climb. The wire hooks were a definite asset and at last the seemingly impossible was achieved we -'finished a: tree. | + | |
- | First to ripen are the Whites and so for two days we picked " | + | Arriving at the orchard, we were given a four-roomed unfurnished cottage, put up the tent close by, and with packing boxes and pieces of string, furnished |
- | Cherry picking is the most pleasant work imaginable. All day long birds fly overhead, some protesting loudly, others darting quickly in and out through the branches. Every time one gets above the foliage one gets lovely views of the surrounding mountains. At night the sky is wonderfUl. One night when there was a storm brewing a blaze of red, blue, purple and pink light glowed in the sky and tinged the mountains. | + | |
- | We enjoyed every minute of our week. Hours were perhaps long - we started about 7 a m. and with breaks at 9.30, noon and 3.30, finished at 5 p m. or later, but it was contract, so we pleased ourselves. Payment was at 2d lb. and those eager to swell their cheques were on the job long before us. For our part, we wanted to enjoy the experience, besides adding to our funds. After a few days in our cottage, we were promoted, to a furnished one and life 11.ecam | + | Experience taught us that next time we go fruit picking we will try for a professional bucket, cross over straps distributing the weight, canvas bottom unhooking to drop fruit into packing case: all so much easier than the kerosene bucket with one rope or leather strap around the neck which has to be removed to empty. Then first in first served with ladders and we had definite leanings towards small lightweight jobs, of course all taken by the time we applied. However we tackled our tree with the gear available and it was not long before we were amazed at just how high we could climb. The wire hooks were a definite asset and at last the seemingly impossible was achieved we finished a tree. |
- | 7. | + | |
- | even more comfortable. | + | First to ripen are the Whites and so for two days we picked " |
- | CHILDREN' | + | |
+ | Cherry picking is the most pleasant work imaginable. All day long birds fly overhead, some protesting loudly, others darting quickly in and out through the branches. Every time one gets above the foliage one gets lovely views of the surrounding mountains. At night the sky is wonderful. One night when there was a storm brewing a blaze of red, blue, purple and pink light glowed in the sky and tinged the mountains. | ||
+ | |||
+ | We enjoyed every minute of our week. Hours were perhaps long - we started about 7 a.m. and with breaks at 9.30, noon and 3.30, finished at 5 p.m. or later, but it was contract, so we pleased ourselves. Payment was at 2d. lb. and those eager to swell their cheques were on the job long before us. For our part, we wanted to enjoy the experience, besides adding to our funds. After a few days in our cottage, we were promoted to a furnished one and life became | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Children's Treat Fatality ===== | ||
At the January monthly meeting it was decided to open a subscription list to defray the cost of the funeral of little Richard Geyer who was accidentally drowned. | At the January monthly meeting it was decided to open a subscription list to defray the cost of the funeral of little Richard Geyer who was accidentally drowned. | ||
- | We feel this is the least we can do and will; in-sbilid lit tie concrete measure, show our sympathy with the parents. I would appreciate any donation which you care to bring or send along to the Club, and so help to raise our objective, viz. 23. | + | |
+ | We feel this is the least we can do and will, in some little | ||
Thanking you, | Thanking you, | ||
- | Rend D. Browne | + | |
- | IIMID.P.IMIkule MI.. as Nam =01.. | + | Rene D. Browne |
- | Support our advertisers - they support us: And'please mention this magazine. | + | |
- | sini m. | + | ---- |
- | @,0@lWeer ,fan a' ,, | + | |
- | @ @ | + | Support our advertisers - they support us! And please mention this magazine. |
- | @ BERRY TAXI S_E_Ry_I_C.E @ | + | |
- | @ @ | + | ---- |
- | @ @ | + | |
- | @ ' -o0o- @ | + | ===== Berry Taxi Service. ===== |
- | @ @ | + | |
- | @ CARS MEET ALL TRAINS AT BERRY - 6-PASSENGER @ | + | Cars meet all trains at Berry. |
- | @H @ | + | |
- | @ CAR SERVICE CAN BE ARRANGED TO WOGDHILL @ | + | Reasonable charges. Phone Berry 10 for bookings. |
- | @ @ | + | |
- | @ CAMBEWARRA & BERRY MOUNTAINS. @ | + | Proprietors |
- | @ @ | + | |
- | @ -o0o- @ | + | ---- |
- | @ @ | + | |
- | @ REASONABLE CHARGES PHONE BERRY 10 FOR BOOKINGS @ | + | ===== A Christmas Carol ===== |
- | @ @ | + | |
- | @ 24 HOUR SERVICE @ | + | By "The Dog in the Fog" |
- | @ @ | + | |
- | @ PROPRIETORS | + | The S.B.A. was polishing |
- | r,) 0 | + | |
- | e | + | |
- | QUEEN STREET..., BERRY. @ | + | |
- | @ @ | + | |
- | fl- fl | + | |
- | 8. | + | |
- | A CHRISTMAS CAROL. | + | |
- | By 'The Dog in the Fog" | + | |
- | The S.B.A. was polighng' | + | |
"Laden with liquor, I suppose?" | "Laden with liquor, I suppose?" | ||
- | " | + | |
- | "Hal to beguile any unsuspecting bachelors. (The. S.B.A.:still thinks it should be Sydney | + | " |
- | "Only a prospector who hadn't struck it yet. | + | |
- | "And so she wasn't interested, I suppose. By the way, what happened to Mary? I believe she wouldn' | + | "Ha, to beguile any unsuspecting bachelors. (The S.B.A. still thinks it should be Sydney |
- | Beaming as usual the Pain in the Back creaked in.'"Well, how did all that honey go? Nothing like it. Full of food value and mu dh better than jam. Good. for infantile convulsions, | + | |
- | ,I felt the hot blood rushing through my head and I wanted to shout "Hone? in his face. The tin with the honey had sprung a leak, probably when I packed it. Twenty four hours later two pounds of that creeping insidious fluid had seeped through a pound of dried potatoes, a pair of shorts, numerous sox and a sleeping bag. For two hours I scrubbed and rubbed with hot and cold water,, finally filled it up and hung it on a tree to dry. " | + | "Only a prospector who hadn't struck it yet." |
- | A dangerous situation was averted when George came in and ponderously eased himself into a chair. " | + | |
- | We had seen them. About twelve names with the Redoubtable | + | "And so she wasn't interested, I suppose. By the way, what happened to Mary? I believe she wouldn' |
- | ."Did you do Mt.. Fainter and Bogong?" | + | |
- | The beery voice of the Gent in the Tent chimed in Fish, and what happened to Mary?" | + | Beaming as usual the Pain in the Back creaked in. "Well, how did all that honey go? Nothing like it. Full of food value and much better than jam. Good for infantile convulsions, |
+ | |||
+ | I felt the hot blood rushing through my head and I wanted to shout "Honey" | ||
+ | |||
+ | A dangerous situation was averted when George came in and ponderously eased himself into a chair. " | ||
+ | |||
+ | We had seen them. About twelve names with the Redoubtable | ||
+ | |||
+ | "Did you do Mt. Fainter and Bogong?" | ||
+ | |||
+ | The beery voice of the Gent in the Tent chimed in "Fish, and what happened to Mary?" | ||
I took myself off to the Monterey. Christmas had become intolerable. | I took myself off to the Monterey. Christmas had become intolerable. | ||
- | 9. | + | |
- | MAKE IT A TRGAGY IN WRITING. | + | ---- |
+ | |||
+ | ===== Make it a Legacy in Writing. ===== | ||
By " | By " | ||
- | "Well, what do you know - I've been elected to an official: job in the Sydney Bush Walkers, and I've got to sit on the Committee too. , Always wondered what they,,did in that mysterious, room down at the end of our clubroom - now I' | + | |
- | We overheard this remark following on last year's Annual General Meeting. It denoted the election of new blood" to some official position which a member held for the prc-vious | + | "Well, what do you know - I've been elected to an official job in the Sydney Bush Walkers, and I've got to sit on the Committee too. Always wondered what they did in that mysterious room down at the end of our clubroom - now I' |
- | The enthusiasm may be all very well, but let it be maintained. How many of the displaced persons" | + | |
- | Not co long ago the Walks Secretary (quoted for example only) was whizzed away at ten days notice to England. His successor was not appointed until two Monthly General Meetings subsequent, by which time the former official was in England. Such occasions will arise again and the present committee, before going out of office, would do well to consider requesting the present office bearers to commence the compilation of such records for future holders. | + | We overheard this remark following on last year's Annual General Meeting. It denoted the election of "new blood" to some official position which a member held for the previous |
- | It is conceded the Secretary' | + | |
- | r,,AD | + | The enthusiasm may be all very well, but let it be maintained. How many of the "displaced persons" |
- | FEDERATION NOTES | + | |
+ | Not so long ago the Walks Secretary (quoted for example only) was whizzed away at ten days notice to England. His successor was not appointed until two Monthly General Meetings subsequent, by which time the former official was in England. Such occasions will arise again and the present committee, before going out of office, would do well to consider requesting the present office bearers to commence the compilation of such records for future holders. | ||
+ | |||
+ | It is conceded the Secretary' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Federation Notes ===== | ||
by Brian Harvey. | by Brian Harvey. | ||
- | As instructed by January General Meeting the S.B.W. delegates moved that the Adelaide | + | |
- | The Search and Rescue Section meet on 7th February at 5.30 p m.. at Paddy' | + | As instructed by January General Meeting the S.B.W. delegates moved that the Adelaide |
- | Frank Adams suggested that somerwealthy | + | |
- | 10. | + | The Search and Rescue Section meet on 7th February at 5.30 p.m. at Paddy' |
- | by purchasing the remaining three (3) lots, so as to prevent the incursion of road if the area were resumed by The National Park Trust. | + | |
- | The Perisher and Rocky Plains Huts on the road to the Chalet | + | Frank Adams suggested that some wealthy |
- | Cutting of timbier | + | |
- | mu, | + | The Perisher and Rocky Plains Huts on the road to the Chalet were reported to be unhygienic. The Ski Council is to be approached. |
- | RASTUS | + | |
+ | Cutting of timber | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Rastus ===== | ||
by " | by " | ||
+ | |||
Conversation was at a low ebb. A few contented sighs and some sleepy meanderings hardly disturbed the serenity of the evening. The grass trees drew in toward the fire, the she-oaks bent lows flames flickered softly, and a full moon shone down in peace upon the calmness in the valley. | Conversation was at a low ebb. A few contented sighs and some sleepy meanderings hardly disturbed the serenity of the evening. The grass trees drew in toward the fire, the she-oaks bent lows flames flickered softly, and a full moon shone down in peace upon the calmness in the valley. | ||
All should have been calm, but the majority were rather apprehensive of the morrow. They were recalling, regretfully now, how Rastus had joined the party. He'd sort of said " | All should have been calm, but the majority were rather apprehensive of the morrow. They were recalling, regretfully now, how Rastus had joined the party. He'd sort of said " | ||
Line 181: | Line 249: | ||
The end had to come. I met up with a friend in a car (yes, I did) and the last we saw of poor old Rastus he was coming hell for leather after the car. 'My conscience still twinges at the recollection. The moral is obvious. Prospectives are urged officially not to bring friends or dogs on test walks,, and I hope they never do. Well, dogs anyway. | The end had to come. I met up with a friend in a car (yes, I did) and the last we saw of poor old Rastus he was coming hell for leather after the car. 'My conscience still twinges at the recollection. The moral is obvious. Prospectives are urged officially not to bring friends or dogs on test walks,, and I hope they never do. Well, dogs anyway. | ||
MININ..111fiVymANIMI.m.....7..... | MININ..111fiVymANIMI.m.....7..... | ||
+ | |||
"WE ARE WHAT WE EAT" It would be wrong, to infer from the title | "WE ARE WHAT WE EAT" It would be wrong, to infer from the title | ||
0E-C1eni-Half; | 0E-C1eni-Half; | ||
as green as the things he eats. This eating, let it be understood, is a serious business, but the time to be serious is not during or after meals, for too much thought about food when, or after, eating it, leads only to indigestion and the medicine bottle. However it is apparently in order to consider the matter after 8 p m. on Fridays. Life is not froth and bunle, but a successful reduction of the uric acid content of our insides by the absorp- | as green as the things he eats. This eating, let it be understood, is a serious business, but the time to be serious is not during or after meals, for too much thought about food when, or after, eating it, leads only to indigestion and the medicine bottle. However it is apparently in order to consider the matter after 8 p m. on Fridays. Life is not froth and bunle, but a successful reduction of the uric acid content of our insides by the absorp- | ||
tion of alkaline foods. The lowly cucumber (it grows on the ground), is packed with everything good. We learnt that our insides are 38 feet long, that meat takes too long to get from one end to the other, that pain is our friend because it warns us when things go wrong, and that all diseases can be prevented if our organs receive the right nourishment. Many disagreed with Clem's views, but if only one spurns the (medicine) bottle and reaches for a cucurbit, his words will not have been in vain | tion of alkaline foods. The lowly cucumber (it grows on the ground), is packed with everything good. We learnt that our insides are 38 feet long, that meat takes too long to get from one end to the other, that pain is our friend because it warns us when things go wrong, and that all diseases can be prevented if our organs receive the right nourishment. Many disagreed with Clem's views, but if only one spurns the (medicine) bottle and reaches for a cucurbit, his words will not have been in vain | ||
- | LOST GROUNDSHEET: | + | |
- | PERSPECTIVE : It was ever thus. Faity thousand people are drowned in China and receive two lines of publicity. One person is murdered_ | + | LOST GROUNDSHEET: |
+ | |||
+ | PERSPECTIVE : It was ever thus. Fifty thousand people are drowned in China and receive two lines of publicity. One person is murdered | ||
THE.BARREN_LANDS: | THE.BARREN_LANDS: | ||
13. | 13. | ||
Line 196: | Line 268: | ||
From the Third Report of the Rural Reconstruction Commission. | From the Third Report of the Rural Reconstruction Commission. | ||
- | 'WHAT HAS PADDY GOT? | ||
- | Paddy is in Tasmania, but during his absence the following wares are -displayed for sale: | ||
- | Japara Water Buckets, weight 3 oas. snail 5/-, large (2 gallons) 5/3. With zips 7/9 and 8/3 | ||
- | Rubberised (yellow) water buckets, weight 5 ozs., capacity 10 pints, 4/9 (none with zips) | ||
- | Li-lo air beds 78/- | ||
- | Air pillows from 7/6 to 13/- | ||
- | U.S. Army Ponchos, weight 2 lbs.2.ozs. 1 Tropical blankets, weight 2ilbs., 17/6 Skiers take note | ||
- | M=mrmimmMIN. wuar | ||
- | Paddy is stocking up with a full range of ski gear, including skis made by Johannsen and Nilsen, also waxes, stocks, bindings, boots etc. | ||
194902.txt · Last modified: 2018/05/18 13:11 by tyreless