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-THE SYDNEY BUSHWALEER.
+====== The Sydney Bushwalker. ======
-A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydnay Bush, Wreakers,
-The N.S.W. Nurses' Association Rooms, "Northcote Building",
-Reiby Place, Sydney.  Box No.4476 G.P.O., Sydney.
-'Phone JIN1462.
-OCTOBER, 1959 Price 1/-
-Editor: Don Matthews, 33 Pomona Street, Reproduction: El letzn. Taylor.
- Pennant Hills. WU3514. Sales & Subs.: Auelrey Kenway
- Business Manager: Brian Harvey. Typed by Jean Harvey.
-CONTENTS.
-Page
+A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydney Bush Walkers, The N.S.W. Nurses' Association Rooms, "Northcote Building", Reiby Place, Sydney. Box No. 4476, G.P.O. Sydney. 'Phone JW1462.
-.Editorial. .. 1
-- --Sobial14Ogram - Ed. Garrad S.2
+----
---,_ Idr-Our4epteMber Half-yearly Meeting -Alex. Colley 2
-In Debatable Land - Kath McKay 4
+=== No. 298. October, 1959. Price 1/- ===
-London Letters . 5
-Sanitarium Health Food Shop (Advertisement) 7
+|**Editor**|Don Matthews, 33 Pomona Street, Pennant Hills. WJ3514.|
-Bush Artists - Clarice Morris 7
+|**Business Manager**|Brian Harvey.|
-Hatswell's Taxi & Tourist Service (Advertisement) - 9
+|**Reproduction**|Eileen Taylor.|
-'!The Rates Were Delicious" - Written by J.11% 11
+|**Sales and Subs**|Audrey Kenway.|
-Paddy's Advertisement 13
+|**Typed by**|Jean Harvey.|
-Blossoms and Bulljoes - Puffing Billy 14
-Recommended Test Walks for October 15
+===== In This Issue: =====
-With Lyn Baber in Pakistan and Afghanistan 15
-c
-Jim Brown's Walk - "The Gent in the Tent" 19
-If you were present at the recent Debate you. 'U remember a certain play-on-words which poses the question -
+| | |Page|
-"IS THE EDITCR VERACIOUS CR. VORACIOUS".
+|Editorial| | 1|
+|Social Program|Ed. Garrad| 2|
+|At Our September Half-yearly Meeting|Alex. Colley| 2|
+|In Debatable Land|Kath McKay| 4|
+|London Letters| | 5|
+|Bush Artists|Clarice Morris| 7|
+|"The Rates Were Delicious"|Written by J.W.|11|
+|Blossoms and Bulljoes|Puffing Billy|14|
+|Recommended Test Walks for October| |15|
+|With Lyn Baber in Pakistan and Afghanistan| |15|
+|Jim Brown's Walk|"The Gent in the Tent"|19|
+===== Advertisements: =====
+| |Page|
+|Sanitarium Health Food Shop| 7|
+|Hattswell's Taxi & Tourist Service| 9|
+|Paddy's Advertisement|13|
+----
+If you were present at the recent Debate you'll remember a certain play-on-words which poses the question -
+"Is the Editor veracious or voracious".
 It sometimes pays to be Veracious when wringing a contribution from an unwilling victim. One faithful supporter (recently injured) responded to a few home truths sent out via the grape vine, and replied:
 "A rumour reached me that a damaged ankle should not extend as far as the wrist. To prove your point...."
 Whilst in the veracious mood, may we claim that 95% of members must have suffered some sort of damage which does extend to the wrist.
-So, gripping your pen firmly in Teeth or Toes, get to work:
-"Oh, but I can't write", do I hear you see by. which you mean you can't construe, and this is probably horribly true but doesn't matter a great deal because most readers are more interested in what you write rather than how you write it.
+So, gripping your pen firmly in Teeth or Toes, get to work!
-.
-Anyhow, the best type of contributor is always very modest and begs the Editor to alter his work if necessary to conform with the standards of the Journal, or
+"Oh, but I can't write", do I hear you say? by which you mean you can't construe, and this is probably horribly true but doesn't matter a great deal because most readers are more interested in what you write rather than how you write it.
-even to consign it to the w p.b. This never happens, but the deference shown boosts the Ed's. ego to the point -where he thinks he'll probably last out until the Annual General after all.
-As for Voracious; twenty pages mightn't seam a great deal, but nine or ten contributors are needed to get it together, i e.. 15% of our average Clubroom attendance or 5%  of our active members.
+Anyhow, the best type of contributor is always very modest and begs the Editor to alter his work if necessary to conform with the standards of the Journal, or even to consign it to the w.p.b. This never happens, but the deference shown boosts the Ed's. ego to the point where he thinks he'll probably last out until the Annual General after all.
+As for Voracious; twenty pages mightn't seam a great deal, but nine or ten contributors are needed to get it together, i.e. 15% of our average Clubroom attendance or 5% of our active members.
 So, when a character with a lean and hungry Editorial look asks you politely for a few pages, be kind to him, won't you?
-Remember, next year, it might be you
-SOCIAL PROGRAM.
+Remember, next year, it might be you!
+----
+===== Social Program. =====
 Edna Garrad.
-OCTOBER 21ST Scenic Colour Slide Competition. We hope to have some interesting entries and a good audience on this night. All slides will have been collected by 30th September,
-OCTOBER 28TH Prospective Members' Night. First aid lecture 7.15 p m.
+|October 21st|Scenic Colour Slide Competition. We hope to have some interesting entries and a good audience on this night. All slides will have been collected by 30th September.|
-NOVEMBER 18TH Snow Brown and party - slides of their Tasmanian trip. Most of us
+|October 28th|Prospective Members' Night. First aid lecture 7.15 p m.|
-are familiar with the more dramatic details of this trip and will be looking forward to seeing the slides.
+|November 18th|Snow Brown and party - slides of their Tasmanian trip. Most of us are familiar with the more dramatic details of this trip and will be looking forward to seeing the slides.|
-DECEMBER 10TH Christmas Party at the North Sydney Council Chambers. We bring this to your notice so that no one will have the excuse of a prior engage- ment. A good band has been engaged and we expect to have lots of fun.
+|December 10th|Christmas Party at the North Sydney Council Chambers. We bring this to your notice so that no one will have the excuse of a prior engagement. A good band has been engaged and we expect to have lots of fun. Let's have a good roll up!|
-Let's have a good roll up:
-AT OUR SEPTEMBER HALF-YEARLY MEETING.
+----
+===== At Our September Half-Yearly Meeting. =====
 Alex Colley.
-There were no new members and it was not long before the minutes had been
-confirmed and correspondence was before us. In it we learned that the owner of the
+There were no new members and it was not long before the minutes had been confirmed and correspondence was before us. In it we learned that the owner of the car, from which issued a bullet that nearly hit the President, had been interviewed by the police and told not to shoot near roadways or other places where people might be. Also that the vacancy on the Bouddi Trust had been filled by Fred Hursey, field officer of the Fauna Protection Panel.
-car, from which issued a bullet that nearly hit the President, had been interviewed
-by the police and told not to shoot near roadways or other places where people might be. Also that the vacancy on the Bouddi Trust had been filled by Fred Hursey, field officer of the Fauna Protection Panel.
+The two Constitutional amendments were passed without demur, thus freeing the Auditor and Treasurer of any responsibility for a half-yearly audit, and enabling the Treasurer to simplify his books by charging members admitted in the second half of the financial year only half fees (instead of charging full fees and carrying half of them on to next year).
-The two Constitutional amendments were passed without demur, thus freeing the Auditor and Treasurer of any responsibility for a half-yearly audit, and enabling the Treasurer to simplify his books by charging members admitted in the second half of
-the financial year only half fees (instead of charging full fees and carrying half of them on to next year).
+We learned with regret that our energetic Assistant Walks Secretary, John Logan, had had to resign because of his transfer to Canberra, but the Walks Secretary was pleased to tell us that Frank Young had immediately offered to take on the job, and landed it.
-.
-We learned with regret that our energetic Assistant Walks Secretary, John Logan, had had to resign because of his transfer to Canberra, but the Walks Secretary,was pleased to tell us that Frank Young had immediately offered to take on the job, and landed it.
+A message from Roy Bennett invited members to meet him one weekend for a walk around the Cattai area, which he thought of considerable interest to us.
- A message from Roy Bennett invited members to meet him one weekend for a walk
-around t/B Cattai area, which he thought of considerable interest to us.
+A new system of room stewards - that of recruiting a number so that they wouldn't all have to be in on any one night - resulted in no less than five volunteers (Frank Barlow, Alan Wilson, Jack Wren, Len Young, Alex Colley).
-A new system of room stewards - that of recruiting a number so that they
-wouldn't all have to be in on any one night - resulted in no less than five volun-
+Bill Rodgers told us in his Walks Report that, although six of the programmed walks for the previous month had not gone because of lack of sufficient notice by starters, or just lack of starters, the remaining six attracted 34 members, 24 prospectives and three visitors.
-teers (Frank Barlow, Alan Wilson, JackWren, Len Young, Alex Colley).
-Bill Rodgers told us. in his Walks Report that, although six of the programmed
+Len Fall reported favourably on the management of the Warrumbungles National Park. Graded tracks were being made and camping facilities installed. Upwards of 70 people had been camped there recently. He suggested we write to Allen Strom congratulating him and, at the same time, wishing him a quick recovery from his accident. Allen is at present laid up with a broken shoulder as a result of a fall from a horse during a tour of the Macquarie Marshes.
-walks far the previous month had not gone because of lack of sufficient notice by
-starters, or just lack of starters, the remaining six attracted 34 members, 24 proqbectives and three visitors.
+Goof Wagg told us that the National Parks Association is producing a Christmas card. It featured a very attractive bushwalking scene of Bluegum Forest. It would appear about the end of the month and would retail at about 1/3d. Personal inscriptions could be arranged.
-Len Fall reported favourably on the management of the Warrumbungles National Park. Graded tracks were being made and camping facilities installed. Upwards of 70 people
-had been camped there recently. He suggested we write to Allen Strom congratulating
+Jack Wren then moved that prospectives should be advised by letter, instead of verbally in the Club Roam, of Committee's decision on their admission to the Club. It was generally agreed that if this procedure were adopted only the Committee and the prospective need know the decision and, if it were made a strict rule, embarrassment could be avoided. The motion was carried. A second motion moved by Jack - that members be not asked to sign forms in the presence of prospectives, was defeated. Most of the discussion centred on whether or not it was necessary that such a rule should appear on our books.
-him and, at the same time, wishing him a quick recovery from his accident. Allen is at present laid up with a broken shoulder as a result of a fall from a horse during a tour of the Macquarie Marshes.
-Goof Wagg told us that the National Parks Association is producing a Christmas card. It featured a very attractive bUshwalking scene of Bluegum Forest. It would appear about the end of the month and would retail at about Od. Personal, inscriptions could be arranged.
+The President then thanked Jack for a notice he had prepared mounted on a stand, drawing attention to magazine sales.
-Jack Wren then moved that prospectives should be advised by letter, instead of verbally in the Club Roam, of Committee's decision on their, admission to the Club.
-It was generally agreed that if this procedure were adopted only the Committee and the prospective need know the decision and, if it were made a strict rule, embarrassment could be avoided. The motion was carried. A second motidia moved by Jack - that medbers be not asked to sign forms in the presence of prospectives, was defeated,. Most of the discussion centred on whether or not it was necessary that such a rule should appear on our books.
+At the conclusion of the meeting Brian Harvey told us that as Brian and Dawn Anderson were unable to carry on with the duplication of the magazine, volunteers were required for the job. It would occupy about two evenings a month.
-The President then thanked Jack for a notice he had prepared mounted on a stand,
-drawing attention to magazine sales.
+----
-At the conclusion of the meeting Brian Harvey told us that as Brian and Pawn Anderson were unable to carry on with the duplication of the magazine, volunteers were required for the job. It would occupy about two evenings a month.
-CONGRATULATIONS TO -
+=== Congratulations to - ===
 Elsie and Roy Bruggy - a daughter, Sandra Joy, on August 12th.
 and to Mary and Bob Abernethy - a daughter.
-We've heard from "Binnsie" and hoRe to print news from her next month. She's recently spent ten days walking the Lakes 'istrict, has joined the I.R.A. and is getting around
-as much as possible.
+----
-IN DEBATABLE LAND.
+We've heard from "Binnsie" and hope to print news from her next month. She's recently spent ten days walking the Lakes District, has joined the Y.H.A. and is getting around as much as possible.
+----
+===== In Debatable Land. =====
 Kath McKay.
-On Wednesday, September 23rd, the evening at the Club was given over to an
-important del ete. Subject: "The Older Members are of Greater Benefit to the Club".
+On Wednesday, September 23rd, the evening at the Club was given over to an important debate. Subject: "The Older Members are of Greater Benefit to the Club".
-The :President, Jack Gentle, was in the chair, and three members, Messrs. Ardill, Hallstram and McGregor, represented the Government (Older Members) and three, Miss Pridliam and'Masters Knightley and Wagg the Opposition (Younger Members).
-Kevin Ardill, clothed in white robes with an angelic halo nodding atop his head' (which garb suggested that he vas already defunct) opened the debate on a sober note, marred slightly by frequent libations of a golden fluig in a bottle marked: "Bell's".
+The President, Jack Gentle, was in the chair, and three members, Messrs. Ardill, Hallstram and McGregor, represented the Government (Older Members) and three, Miss Pridham and Masters Knightley and Wagg the Opposition (Younger Members).
-Glasses were-provided for the Government and the President, and it was quite a ceremony pouring the required amount of liquor - sorry, liquid, into a tumbler,
-adding two carefully-measured spoonfuls of ice crystals from a thermos kept by
+Kevin Ardill, clothed in white robes with an angelic halo nodding atop his head (which garb suggested that he was already defunct) opened the debate on a sober note, marred slightly by frequent libations of a golden fluid in a bottle marked: "Bell's".
-Mr. McGregor and filling up with water. After each swig the saintly Ardill wiped his
-mouth on 'his,robes, and nlso (let it be 'whispered) blew his nose on the same handy
+Glasses were provided for the Government and the President, and it was quite a ceremony pouring the required amount of liquor - sorry, liquid, into a tumbler, adding two carefully-measured spoonfuls of ice crystals from a thermos kept by Mr. McGregor and filling up with water. After each swig the saintly Ardill wiped his mouth on his robes, and also (let it be whispered) blew his nose on the same handy garment.
-garment.
-The Opposition too had glasses and a huge red bottle-opener at least eight --Inches long; but their tipple was innocuous Pepsi Cola.
+The Opposition too had glasses and a huge red bottle-opener at least eight inches long; but their tipple was innocuous Pepsi Cola.
-Ardill stressed the importance of experience, of long acquaintance with the
-bush, of the knowledge of map-reading and bushcraft practised as a matter of course by all ,Older Members. The Club simply could not function without them.
+Ardill stressed the importance of experience, of long acquaintance with the bush, of the knowledge of map-reading and bushcraft practised as a matter of course by all Older Members. The Club simply could not function without them.
-Master Knightley who had been diligently taking notes ("The yo nEer generation are learning' to write" muttered a Government member) replied in erudite style, quoting the Oxford Dictionary at' somelength to support his definition of old' -
-fallen into decay, Old Nick, etc. He was dressed schoolboy fashion in a small grey
+Master Knightley who had been diligently taking notes ("The younger generation are learning to write" muttered a Government member) replied in erudite style, quoting the Oxford Dictionary at some length to support his definition of old - fallen into decay, Old Nick, etc. He was dressed schoolboy fashion in a small grey flannel cap and striped blazer above grey longs, and struck many telling blows for the Opposition.
-flannel cap and striped blazer above greY longs, and struck many telling blows for the Opposition.
-'The-second Government. speaker was Mr., or, rather Mrs. Hallstrom, tastefully arrayedan a green frock -with chapeau to match (more or less), trimmed with mauve flowers. 'Ear rings and a wedding ring were prominent features of her 'costume. She dwelt chiefly on the dangers besetting the younger generation in 'the informal atmospher of camp. It had been estimated that the interest of bushwalkers in sex amounted to only 5%: but ahl that 5: Older Menibers (she spoke with two daughters to her crodlt) were' conoGrned with less transient things. They were more stable. (As Master Wagg subsequently pointed out, she began by apologising far being a little hoarse.) They appmciated the beauties of the bush (non-human), of the flowers, of the birds and the bees (cheers); they adjured the Younger Members to beware of the love-bite.
+The second Government speaker was Mr., or, rather __Mrs__. Hallstrom, tastefully arrayed in a green frock with chapeau to match (more or less), trimmed with mauve flowers. Ear rings and a wedding ring were prominent features of her costume. She dwelt chiefly on the dangers besetting the younger generation in the informal atmosphere of camp. It had been estimated that the interest of bushwalkers in sex amounted to only 5%: but ah, that 5%! Older Members (she spoke with two daughters to her credit) were concerned with less transient things. They were more stable. (As Master Wagg subsequently pointed out, she began by apologising for being a little hoarse.) They appreciated the beauties of the bush (non-human), of the flowers, of the birds and the bees (cheers); they adjured the Younger Members to beware of the love-bite.
-Miss Pridham, looking charming in a youthful and revealing playsuit with a childish straw hat set well back on her bright locks, spoke in exotic Canadian accents 0
-no less charming, and unfolded a seemingly endless scroll of notes to bolster the
+Miss Pridham, looking charming in a youthful and revealing playsuit with a childish straw hat set well back on her bright locks, spoke in exotic Canadian accents no less charming, and unfolded a seemingly endless scroll of notes to bolster the points she made for the Opposition. On the Government side, one, at least, felt the impact of her personality, and as Mr. McGregor rose next to speak, his aside of "Howdy, honey!" to Miss Pridham was heard by all.
-points she made for the Opposition. On the Government side, one, at least, felt the impact of her personality, and as Mr. McGregor rose next to speak, his aside of "Howly, honey:" to Miss Pridham was heard by all.
-He wore a judicial wig of cottonwool,("this Cloudmaker effect" as one speaker
+He wore a judicial wig of cottonwool,("this Cloudmaker effect" as one speaker described it) and his matter was as weighty as his manner. "They speak of Old Buffers" he said. "What are buffers? According to Webster's Dictionary - "("No longer an authority" interjected the Opposition. "Well, it was in my young day" rejoined Mr. McGregor imperturbably) - "buffers are simply cushions to absorb the shock. No train on earth can run without buffers: similarly the Younger Members should be shielded and guided by those who know better. What do they mean by Older Members?" he asked. "A woman is as old as she looks, a man is old if he doesn't". Food had been mentioned, he continued, and the Opposition had said that, unlike gluttonous Older Members, they travelled light on dried apricots and a handful of Terry's Meal. All he could say (with a glance at Miss Pridham's slimness) was that they were underfed.
-described it) and his matter was as weighty as his manner. "They speak of Old
--
-Buffers" he said. "What are buffers? According to Webster's Dictionary - "("No longer an authcrity" interjected the Opposition. "Well, it was in my young day" rejoined Mr. McGregor imperturbably) - "buffers are simply cushions to absorb the shock. NO train on earth can run without buffers: similarly the Younger Members should be shielded and guided by those who know better. What do they mean by Older Members?" he asked. "A woman is as old as she looks, a man is old if he doesn't". Food had been mentioned, he continued, and the )pposition had said that, unlike gluttonous Older Members, they travelled light on dried apricots and a handful of Terry's Meal. All he could say (with a glance at Miss Pridham's slimness) was that they were underfed.
 Master Gee Wagg (Opposition) was the last to speak, and dazzled us with statistics. It had been proved, he said, that Younger Members walked some 5,000 miles, including nautical miles, while the Old Buffers tottered only 300. He quoted figures till our heads reeled and his arguments were unanswerable.
-Saidt-Revin Ardill, halo still nodding, summed up for the Government, and
-Master Khightley did the same for the Opposition. "It is better" he said, with a look of disgust at the Government "to be underfed than to be over-drunk".
+Saint Kevin Ardill, halo still nodding, summed up for the Government, and Master Knightley did the same for the Opposition. "It is better" he said, with a look of disgust at the Government "to be underfed than to be over-drunk".
-The President put the matter to the vote and - well, the Older Members made
-more noise.
+The President put the matter to the vote and - well, the Older Members made more noise.
-The debate was over. Mr. McGregor hastened round, bottle in hand, to the Opposition's side of the stage, and lovingly escorted Miss Pridham to the inner
-sanctum of the club kitchen. Indeed his thole bearing was reminiscent of the learned Judge in Trial by Jury, who made off with the youthful plaintiff.
+The debate was over. Mr. McGregor hastened round, bottle in hand, to the Opposition's side of the stage, and lovingly escorted Miss Pridham to the inner sanctum of the club kitchen. Indeed his whole bearing was reminiscent of the learned Judge in Trial by Jury, who made off with the youthful plaintiff.
-Mr. Ardill, gathering up his robes, gave his arm to "Mrs." Hallstrom, Who flounced out swaying her green skirts and clutching an umbrella.
-The Social Secretary (Edna Garrad) proposed 'a vote of thanks to those who had so ably entertained us, and another happy evening ended.
+Mr. Ardill, gathering up his robes, gave his arm to "Mrs." Hallstrom, who flounced out swaying her green skirts and clutching an umbrella.
-LONDON LETTERS.
-From Lyn Baber
+The Social Secretary (Edna Garrad) proposed a vote of thanks to those who had so ably entertained us, and another happy evening ended.
-"Really life and work and everything over here is so much the same as it is in
-Sydney that I really feel quite at home. I'm working for a magazine, similar to Woman's Day, in a street just off the famous Fleet Street with the Old Baily just
+----
-around the corner and St. Paul's Cathedral just up the hill. It is quite commonplace
-to wander along the Strand or meet someone at Piccadilly Circus or Charing Cross, but
+===== London Letters. =====
-I OD still get a thrill miaking back over Waterloo Bridge with the chimes of Big Ben almost deafening you, after a Sunday Evening Concert at the Royal Festival Hall or the Old Vic.
-Because of the printing strike I gat an unexpected week's holiday so up With
+__From Lyn Baber:__
-my rucksack and off: Cornwall was my destination - beaches, the sea, the open air, and the road. It was a combination bus, walking and hitching holiday - mostly hitching when I was confident enough. People were so marvellously kind and helpful
-that I felt I could tackle anything. I came back all burnt brown again, but it is gradually peeling off.
+"Really life and work and everything over here is so much the same as it is in Sydney that I really feel quite at home. I'm working for a magazine, similar to Woman's Day, in a street just off the famous Fleet Street with the Old Baily just around the corner and St. Paul's Cathedral just up the hill. It is quite commonplace to wander along the Strand or meet someone at Piccadilly Circus or Charing Cross, but I do still get a thrill walking back over Waterloo Bridge with the chimes of Big Ben almost deafening you, after a Sunday Evening Concert at the Royal Festival Hall or the Old Vic.
-.
-All the pals I travelled over here mith are scattered far and wide - on the Continent, Scotland, India and Teheran, and Bookie has acquired a bicycle and at the moment is "somewhere in England". I am the only one still slaving in London, but I have 9ne consolation - I have just acquired a Lambretta - my pride and joy. I decided to have a practise drive the other day and when turning around mounted the footpath and nearly went through someone's fence, so I hurriedly put it away before I caused any major damage. But I'll conquer it yet.
+Because of the printing strike I got an unexpected week's holiday so up with my rucksack and off! Cornwall was my destination - beaches, the sea, the open air, and the road. It was a combination bus, walking and hitching holiday - mostly hitching when I was confident enough. People were so marvellously kind and helpful that I felt I could tackle anything. I came back all burnt brown again, but it is gradually peeling off.
-I've no plans for coming home yet but it mould be fun to see all the old gang again."
-From Eric Pegram:
+All the pals I travelled over here with are scattered far and wide - on the Continent, Scotland, India and Teheran, and Bookie has acquired a bicycle and at the moment is "somewhere in England". I am the only one still slaving in London, but I have one consolation - I have just acquired a Lambretta - my pride and joy. I decided to have a practise drive the other day and when turning around mounted the footpath and nearly went through someone's fence, so I hurriedly put it away before I caused any major damage. But I'll conquer it yet.
-"The main topic of conversation seems to be the weather but actually it's not
-too bad. We have only had one wet day and one really bad fog. In the fog 20 people were killed in road accidents and 18 girls were attacked. So I guess the moral is there is more chance of being killed in a fog than attacked - so why buy a car??
+I've no plans for coming home yet but it would be fun to see all the old gang again."
-The other main topic of conversation seams to be cricket so as soon as it's discovered I'm Australian I invent an urgent appointment elsewhere.
-It's a funny arrangement getting a job here. You ring up - he sayd to call on such and such a date a week or so later - you go in and see him - he writes in a few days to say you've got the job, rate of pay and to R.S.V.P. - you write back and accept the jcb and rate of pay - he -writes back to say when to start - what a lot of boloney. You've almost got to swear you are staying in England for good. I feel like making them swear they'll keep me on for a year.
+__From Eric Pegram__:
-I saw a funny incident last week that really tickled me. I went for a walk around the suburbs to the Zoo and Primrose Hill and further on to Hampstead Heath. I got lost a few times getting there but it reminded me something of Norton's Basin on the Warragamba. Soon I came upon a pond on a crest of a hill and as the breeze was pretty stiff there were quite a few model yacht racing events. Well - I hear this revving up of a small motor and there I see a young bloke with a sparkling new boat with a propeller, sort of aeroplane style, at the back. It keeps spluttering and burping till he finally got it right and lowered it into the -vaster very gently. The boat took off with a mhishshshsh and he started running with his eyes glued to the boat. I could see he wouldn't make it and started laughing. On he ran and fell in the icy -water - I laughed louder. The boat crashed into the other side and sank. I almost split myself. While others were giving me dirty looks and being sympathetic to the bloke I was wiping the tears from my eys. It looked so much like something Charlie Chaplin mould do.
-"Where I'm working I'm the only one who can fit, turn, weld and mill and the "Govinar" thinks I'm "smashing". He hasn't asked just What I'm smashing.
+"The main topic of conversation seems to be the weather but actually it's not too bad. We have only had one wet day and one really bad fog. In the fog 20 people were killed in road accidents and 18 girls were attacked. So I guess the moral is there is more chance of being killed in a fog than attacked - so why buy a car??
+The other main topic of conversation seems to be cricket so as soon as it's discovered I'm Australian I invent an urgent appointment elsewhere.
+It's a funny arrangement getting a job here. You ring up - he sayd to call on such and such a date a week or so later - you go in and see him - he writes in a few days to say you've got the job, rate of pay and to R.S.V.P. - you write back and accept the job and rate of pay - he writes back to say when to start - what a lot of boloney. You've almost got to swear you are staying in England for good. I feel like making them swear they'll keep me on for a year.
+I saw a funny incident last week that really tickled me. I went for a walk around the suburbs to the Zoo and Primrose Hill and further on to Hampstead Heath. I got lost a few times getting there but it reminded me something of Norton's Basin on the Warragamba. Soon I came upon a pond on a crest of a hill and as the breeze was pretty stiff there were quite a few model yacht racing events. Well - I hear this revving up of a small motor and there I see a young bloke with a sparkling new boat with a propeller, sort of aeroplane style, at the back. It keeps spluttering and burping till he finally got it right and lowered it into the water very gently. The boat took off with a whishshshsh and he started running with his eyes glued to the boat. I could see he wouldn't make it and started laughing. On he ran and fell in the icy water - I laughed louder. The boat crashed into the other side and sank. I almost split myself. While others were giving me dirty looks and being sympathetic to the bloke I was wiping the tears from my eys. It looked so much like something Charlie Chaplin would do.
+"Where I'm working I'm the only one who can fit, turn, weld and mill and the "Gov'nor" thinks I'm "smashing". He hasn't asked just what I'm smashing.
 Did you hear about the ageing secretary who felt she was on her last lap?
-When applying for a job I was asked my address. I said Acton
-He asked: Acton Common ??
+When applying for a job I was asked my address. I said: Acton. He asked: Acton Common?? I said: Only occasionally."
-I said: Only occasionally."
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+=== Sanitarium Health Food and Vegetarian Cafe. ===
+Warmer weather callf for a change in your food-list. But the Sanitarium Shop caters for all seasons. So call in and make yourself familiar with out wide range of food products suitable for the bushwalker.... whatever the weather!
+Hunter St., Sydney. BW1725.
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 .;-.BUSH ARTISTS.
 Clarice Morris.