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A reunion was held at the milk bar in Harrietville, | A reunion was held at the milk bar in Harrietville, | ||
+ | =====Annual Swimming Carnival.===== | ||
- | | + | Half a dozen or so young members camped at Lake Eckerslie on the Saturday night, but the main bulk of competitors arrived at irregular intervals on Sunday morning. We were sorry to see our President departing about 10 a.m., but Jim had an appointment with a tubful of nappies |
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+ | Everybody was happy to wait till Bill Henley turned up. He had been to Rene Brown' | ||
- | | + | As soon as Bill arrived there was swift action and the first race the Men's Championship, |
- | | + | There were more men than lady starters for the Mandleberg Cup, so lots were drawn and many unlucky moles eliminated through lack of partners. A bit of a problem arose when the race was won by Roy Bruggy and his partner, Rona Butler, a member |
- | | + | The lung power of some of the men in the underwater swim was little short of incredible. We can understand Kevin Ardill showing up among the winners, but how do you explain the fact that the best effort was made by one of the least vocal of Club members, the quietly spoken George Grey? |
- | | + | The Peanut Scramble came just in time, as lunch was overdue and folk were getting hungry. Everyone went in, just for the peanuts. |
- | | + | It was a very satisfactory Swimming Carnival, ably conducted by Bill and Kevin. Appended are the results :- |
- | left us with no President past or present to win the Underwater | + | |Men's C' |
+ | | |2. Roy Bruggy| |2. Heather Joyce| | ||
+ | | |3. Alan Walker| |3. Dot Butler| | ||
+ | |Men's B' | ||
+ | | |2. Don Newis| |2. Dot Butler| | ||
+ | | |3. Alan Walker| |3. Elsie Bruggy| | ||
+ | |Mandleberg Cup|1. Rona Butler | ||
+ | | |2. Heather Joyce - Don Newts| | | | ||
+ | | |3. Grace Aird - Ken Meadows| | | | ||
+ | |Long Plunge|1. Kevin Ardill|Underwater | ||
+ | | |2. John de Bavay| |2. Alan Walker| | ||
+ | | |3. Alan Walker| |3. Kevin Ardill| | ||
+ | |Relay Race|1. The Ardill team| | | | ||
- | but it was won by maybe a President-to-be. | + | Peanut Scramble (Men) 1. George Grey (39): |
- | + | ||
- | 15. | + | |
- | 11,v1vuudy was happy to wait till Bill Henley | + | Henley |
- | been to Rene Brown' | + | |
- | missed his train connections, | + | |
- | 11 a.m. People put in the time swimming and lazing on the sand, | + | |
- | prt_.4_sing underwater swimming, or enticing a friendly little fish | + | |
- | out of his rock hiding place with crumbs. | + | |
- | As soon as Bill arrived there was swift action and the first race | + | =====The Infernal Combustion Engine===== |
- | the Ments Championship, | + | |
- | tors. There were not so many in the Ladies' | + | |
- | could swim put up an enthusiastic showing. Jenny was sad because she | + | |
- | could find no one to gossip with her as she swam. | + | |
- | There were more men than lady starters for the Mandleberg Cup, | + | or |
- | so lots were drawn and many unlucky moles eliminated through lack of | + | |
- | partners. A bit of a problem arose when the race was won by Roy | + | |
- | Bruggy and his partner, Rona Butler, a member of the S.B.W. by minus | + | |
- | five years. However Bill ruled her a legitimate starter. | + | |
- | | + | ====The Joys Of Motoring.==== |
- | little short of incredible. We can understand Kevin Ardill showing | + | |
- | up among the winners, but how do you explain the fact that the best | + | |
- | effort was made by one of the least vocal of Club members, the quietly | + | |
- | spoken George Grey? | + | |
- | The Peanut Scramble came just in time, as lunch was overdue arid: | + | - Alex Colley. |
- | folk were getting hungry. Everyone went in, just for the Peanuts. | + | |
- | It was a very satisfactory Swimming Carnival, ably conduc%ed | + | Who is primarily to blame for it is obscure, but a German named Otto is discredited with one of the basic ideas. He invented a means of compressing a mixture of air and gas in a cylinder, igniting it, and driving a piston with the resulting explosion. The invention is known as the Otto four stroke cycle, and the idea is simple enough. But to make it work, means had to be provided of mixing the air and gas thoroughly and in the right proportions. Electric sparks had to be generated and explode the mixture at the right instant. The heat generated had to be reduced or the engine would seize up. It had to be oiled or it would heat up and wear out in quick time. |
- | by Bill and Kevin. Appended are the results :- | + | |
- | EtnILILELLR. 1. Kevin Ardill | + | The resulting contraption was complex, noisy and dirty. It sucked in good clean air and expelled it as carbon dioxide, oil fumes, poison gas and goodness knows what else. But it didn't need bulky fuel and could usually be started in a few seconds. First it was used in stationary engines, later to drive a " |
- | 2. Roy Bruggy | + | |
- | 3. Alan Walker | + | |
- | Men's Bistroke. 1. George Grey | + | One of the effects of fast mechanical locomotion along roadways was that the relaxing and health giving pastime of walking along country roads became a thing of the past. This was partly because of the noise, dust, smell and danger of the whizzing vehicles, but perhaps more because people became obsessed with a craze for moving fast on wheels; whether there was any real need to be somewhere else; or whether the place reached was better than the one left, didn't matter. What instinct is satisfied by movement, in cars I don't know, but at least it is not peculiar to man; most dogs love riding in cars. To many, fast movement for its own sake becomes an obsession. I have observed some 70 drivers on a reliability trial speeding one after another along a once quiet country road, raising clouds of dust and grit, and oblivious of some of the most beautiful scenery in the state. Some like doing this sort of thing for weeks on end. Walking for pleasure is now confined mainly to bushwalkers who are regarded as peculiar, if not demented. |
- | ----- 2. Don Newis !..)ot Butler | + | |
- | 3. Alan Walker | + | |
- | Mandleberg Cup., 1, Rona Butler | + | The movement of a vehicle by means of the internal combustion engine introduced problems beyond the production of power; it had to be steered by a complex mechanism; on corners one back wheel had to be driven faster than the other; the jolting of iron tyres on roads, though endurable by the human frame, would soon put a complex engine out of action, hence pneumatic tyres, soft springs, shock absorbers to cushion the rebound, stabiliser bars and the rest. To these were added other refinements, some useful, some merely decorative according to the style of the day. In order to harness the power of gasoline to move a person or persons on four wheels, a vehicle weighing a ton or more, costing a full year's earnings for most, and having some 4,000 parts, was necessary. |
- | 2. Heather Joyce - Don Newts | + | |
- | 3. Grace Aird - Ken Meadows | + | |
- | Long; Plume . 1. Kevin Ardill Underwater Swim. 1. George Grey | + | The vibration caused by the explosions in the cylinders, together with the jolting from the roads, were reduced as engines, suspension, tyres and roads improved, but they were never eliminated. Hence the 4,000 parts, even if welded or bolted together, are always tending to work loose, crack or break. Heat, grit, air, water and other erosive elements are constantly at work on the sensitive parts. It is not therefore to be wondered that there is always something wrong with a motor for car and that, if it is to work at all, constant attention is necessary. The things that stop it are seldom major breakages, except in accidents. A loose screw, a little bit of wear, a bit of dirt on contact points, or something too small to be noticed, as, for instance, a hairline crack in a bit of porcelain, will stop it as surely as a brick wall, and may take even a mechanic hours to discover. |
- | 2. John de Bavay --- 2. Alan Walker | + | |
- | 3. Alan Walker | + | |
- | Relay Race. 1. The Ardill team. | + | Let us imagine a newly fledged motorist, having invested years of savings or mortgaged his future earnings in acquiring an automobile, and having endured the tortures of learning to drive, setting forth to enjoy himself. His driving will, of necessity, be done mainly at weekends, and he will probably yearn for the open country. There are four direct routes he may take - The Princes, Hume, Western or Pacific Highways. Setting off along one of these routes he will, if statistically inclined, be reminded that there are some 700,000 vehicles registered in N.S.W., and that a good proportion of the owners have the same idea as himself. Hence his drive is not, as he may have imagined, a pleasant country excursion, but a constant vigil to avoid running into the car in front, being run into from behind, avoiding the ones who pass and "cut in", getting round large, slow moving vehicles without banging into an oncoming car, and so on. He will not have driven long before other statistics, and their cause, are impressed on his mind. If he keeps his eyes on the road, drives carefully and is constantly alert, he has a fair chance of avoiding an accident, providing he doesn' |
- | Peanut Scramble (Men) 1. George Grey (39): | + | If there are passengers in the car they too will be under tension, particularly if they can drive. In their steel-encased confinement all are vibrated, jolted and swayed together. Tempers rise, and families nag, while the effort of concentrating above the hubbub adds to the driver' |
- | | + | Perhaps, though, it is all worth while to reach some panorama or sylvan glade far from the city's turmoil. At every panorama there will be dozens of cars and hundreds of people. Seasoned motorists anticipate this, and I have often observed them burying their heads in newspapers on arrival at lookouts. Sylvan glades are all occupied by kiosks and tables, or littered with garbage. Perhaps |
- | Grace Aird 62 " | + | |
- | + | ||
- | THE INFERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE | + | |
- | or | + | |
- | THE JOYS OP MOTORING. | + | |
- | + | ||
- | . Alex Colley. | + | |
- | + | ||
- | Who is primarily to blame for it is obscure, but a German named | + | |
- | Otto is discredited with one of the basic ideas. He invented a means | + | |
- | of compressing a mixture of air and gas in a cylinder, igniting it, | + | |
- | and driving a piston with the resulting explosion. The invention is | + | |
- | known as the Otto four stroke cycle, and the idea is simple enough. | + | |
- | But to make it work, means had to be provided of mixing the air and | + | |
- | gas thoroughly and in the right proportions. Electric sparks had to | + | |
- | be generated and explode the mixture at the right instant. The heat | + | |
- | generated had to be reduced or the engine would seize up. It had to | + | |
- | be oiled or it would heat up and wear out in quick time. | + | |
- | + | ||
- | The resulting contraption was complex, noisy and iirty. It | + | |
- | sucked in good clean air and expelled it as carbon dioxide, oil fumes, | + | |
- | poison gas and goodness knows what else. But it didn't need bulky | + | |
- | fuel and could usually be started in a few seconds. First it was | + | |
- | Lwed in stationary engines, later to drive a " | + | |
- | aeroplane propellors, tractors and other machines. It spread on to | + | |
- | the roads, into the quiet countryside, | + | |
- | was remote enough to escape the ' | + | |
- | the roar of the larger ones. Forests, | + | |
- | by bulldozer-made roads. " | + | |
- | drive near to their victims. | + | |
- | + | ||
- | One of the effects of fast mechanical locomotion along roadways | + | |
- | was that the relaxing and health giving pastime of walking along | + | |
- | country roads became a thing of the past. This was partly because of | + | |
- | the noise, dust, smell and danger of the whizzing vehicles, but | + | |
- | perhaps more because people became obsessed with a craze for moving | + | |
- | fast on wheels; whether there was any real need to be somewhere else; | + | |
- | or whether the place reached was better than the one left, didn't | + | |
- | matter. What instinct is satisfied by movement, n cars I don't know, | + | |
- | but at least it is not peculiar to man; most dogs love riding in | + | |
- | cars. To many, fast movement for its own sake becomes an obsession. | + | |
- | I have observed some 70 drivers on a reliability trial speeding one | + | |
- | after another along a once quiet country road, raising clouds of dust | + | |
- | and grit, and oblivious of some of the most beautiful scenery in tge | + | |
- | state. Some like doing this sort of thing far weeks on end. Walking | + | |
- | for pleasure is now confined mainly to bushwalkers who are regarded | + | |
- | as peculiar, if not demented. | + | |
- | + | ||
- | The movement of a vehicle by means of the internal combustion | + | |
- | engine introduced problems beyond the production of power; it had to | + | |
- | be steered by a ca Alex mechanism; on corners one back wheel had to | + | |
- | be rlriven faster than the other; the jolting of iron tyrea on roads, | + | |
- | thou3h endurable by the human frame," | + | |
- | out of action, hence pneumatic tyres, soft springs, shock absorbers | + | |
- | to cushion the rebound, ' | + | |
- | added other refinements, | + | |
- | to the style of the day. In order to harness the power of gasoline | + | |
- | o move a person or persons on four wheels, a vehicle weighing a ton | + | |
- | + | ||
- | 17. | + | |
- | or more, costing a full year's earnings for most, and having some | + | |
- | 4,000 parts, was necessary. | + | |
- | + | ||
- | The vibration caused by the explosions in the cylinders, togethe | + | |
- | with the jolting from the roads, were reduced as engines, suspension, | + | |
- | tyres and, roads improved, but they were never eliminated. Hence the | + | |
- | 4,000 parts, even if welded or bolted together, are always tending to | + | |
- | work loose, crack or break. Heat, grit, air, water and other erosive | + | |
- | elements are constantly at work on the sensitive parts. It is not | + | |
- | tllerefore to be wondered that there is always sciaething wrong with a | + | |
- | ins for car and that, if it is to work at all, constant attention is | + | |
- | necessary. The things that Stop it are seldom major breakages, except | + | |
- | in accidents. A loose screw, a little bit of wear, a Mt of dirt | + | |
- | on contact points, or something too small to be noticed, as, for | + | |
- | instance, a hairline crack in a bit of porcelain, will stop it as | + | |
- | surely as a brick wall, and may take even a mechanic hours to discover | + | |
- | + | ||
- | Let us imagine a newly fledged motorist, having invested years of | + | |
- | savings or mortgaged his future earnings in acquiring an automobile, | + | |
- | and having endured the tortures of learning to drive, setting for | + | |
- | to enjoy himself. His driving will, of necessity, be done mainly at | + | |
- | weekends, and he will probably yearn for the open country. There are | + | |
- | four direct routes he may take - The Princes, Hume, Western or | + | |
- | Pacific Highways. Setting off along one of these routes he will, if | + | |
- | statistically inclined, be reminded that there are some 700,000 | + | |
- | vehicles registered in N.S.W., and that a good proportion of the | + | |
- | owners have the same idea as himself. Hence his drive is not, as he | + | |
- | may have imagined, a pleasant country excursion, but a constant vigil | + | |
- | to avoid running into the car in front, "being an into from behind, | + | |
- | avoiding the ones who pass and cut in , getting round large, slow | + | |
- | moving vehicles without banging into an oncoming car, and so on. He | + | |
- | will not have driven long before other statistics, and their cause, | + | |
- | are impressed on. his mind. If he keeps his eyes on the road, drives | + | |
- | carefully and is constantly alert, he has a fPir chance of avoiding | + | |
- | an accident, providin he doesn' | + | |
- | wrong side of the road, or a vehicle out of control. He cannot look | + | |
- | around and enjoy his surroundings. Unless he is a very, experienced | + | |
- | driver he cannot even converse freely without risking that fraction | + | |
- | of a second' | + | |
- | is.that the driver is moving at a speed much faster than his | + | |
- | intellect is designed to handle. | + | |
- | + | ||
- | If 'there are passengers in the car they too will be vender | + | |
- | tension, particularly if they can drive. In their steel.-encased | + | |
- | confinement all are vibrated, jolted and swayed together. Tempers | + | |
- | rise, and families nag, while the effort of concentrating above thp | + | |
- | hubbub adds to the driver' | + | |
- | first sign of strain, even though open skirmishing may be restrained. | + | |
- | + | ||
- | Perhaps, though, it is all worth while to reach some panorama | + | |
- | or sylvan glade far from the city's turmoil. At every panorama there | + | |
- | will be dozens of cars and hundreds of people. Seasoned motorists | + | |
- | anticipate this, and I have often observed them burying their heads | + | |
- | in newspapers on arrival at look-uts. Sylvan glades are all occupied | + | |
- | by kiosks and tables, or littered with garbage. Perhaps | + | |
- | decides to take a little bush track. If so he will find it lined | + | |
with bottles, tins and other rubbish. | with bottles, tins and other rubbish. | ||
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- | L8. | ||
- | But it is on the journey back that the motorist is truly sorry. | ||
- | He and his fellows, determined to get the thing over as quickly as | ||
- | possible, speed along the four highways, and, quite frequently, | ||
- | congeal into an unbroken queue on the outskirts of the city. Miles | ||
- | of progress in short crawls may ensue as darkness falls. | ||
- | |||
- | Then come holidays, and he is free to roam the roads. Setting | ||
- | off with caravan or tent, he heads for the open spaces. Surely along | ||
- | those vast distances good campsites abound. If our motorist is a | ||
- | bushwalker he is in for a shock. Bybushwalking standards there are | ||
- | no good campsites. Every otherwise pleasant site is already occupied, | ||
- | littered with rubbish, or camped out. Private property, though | ||
- | usually available oh request to bushwalkers, | ||
- | motorists who must camp with their cars near the roadway. | ||
- | |||
- | | ||
- | motorist to relax - provided he can stop worrying about those 4,000 | ||
- | parts. Unfortunately, | ||
- | increases he will become ever more aware of them; it is surprising | ||
- | how sensitive the ear becomes to squeaks, rattles, whine3 and niggles | ||
- | thc.o may herald the loosening or imminent breakdown of an important | ||
- | part, That hiss - was it a tyre subsiding, or a bit Nf we a road? | ||
- | On long journeys the tension may be lower, but it can be aumulative. | ||
- | |||
- | From the foregoing it may be construed that I don't own a car. | ||
- | This is correct. I have a vehicle, but even the Transilorb- Department | ||
- | doesn' | ||
- | traffic. In front there is no flimsy chrome wafer to serve as a | ||
- | burner, but a large steel girder. The back has no bumper, being | ||
- | mainly flat steel plating from which a flange projects horizontally | ||
- | at mudguard level. The lower bodywork is of aluminium which bends | ||
- | easily both inwards and outwards, and, however much pain': s removed, | ||
- | it will not rust. It has a canvas hood (like a covered waggon) which | ||
- | cannot be washed or polished. Safe speeds are ensured by the n-ise | ||
- | of the engine, which emits a high pitched whine at anything over | ||
- | 40 m.p.h. and at lower speed gives the passengers the illusion of | ||
- | speed without its dangers. The pringing is bad, the seats upright, | ||
- | and upholstery meagre.' | ||
- | alleged pleasure of it, and that neither of the regular passengers | ||
- | will ever suggest a prolonged tour. | ||
- | |||
- | |||
- | THE LAIRD BARBECUE. | ||
- | Dot Butler. | + | But it is on the journey back that the motorist is truly sorry. He and his fellows, determined to get the thing over as quickly as possible, speed along the four highways, and, quite frequently, congeal into an unbroken queue on the outskirts of the city. Miles of progress in short crawls may ensue as darkness falls. |
- | We think the excuse | + | Then come holidays, and he is free to roam the roads. Setting off with caravan or tent, he heads for the open spaces. Surely along those vast distances good campsites abound. If our motorist is a bushwalker he is in for a shock. By bushwalking standards there are no good campsites. Every otherwise pleasant site is already occupied, littered with rubbish, or camped out. Private property, though usually available on request to bushwalkers, |
- | | + | |
- | We met in mass quantity under the electric clock at Central at | + | During |
- | 7 per:I" then emigrated | + | |
- | | + | |
- | an inebriated gent who lurched all over us and sang fol. us in a | + | |
- | | + | |
- | | + | |
- | to relate, | + | |
- | | + | |
- | + | ||
- | At length we emerged and stepped out at a smart pace for ,a'cer | + | |
- | suburbia | + | |
- | arrived. The Admiral took charge | + | |
- | higbly professional manner | + | |
- | now some sort of a reputation as fruit punch concoctors, were set the | + | |
- | job of producing a bowl of same. Meanwhile iolk milled around and | + | |
- | played quoits | + | |
- | other. The little dog called Harley, who was intended to be a 'boxer | + | |
- | but turned out to be a dachshund and goodness knows wh;it ese, bounded | + | |
- | madly in fifty directions at once chasing the ball, baing at the | + | |
- | highest pitch of his lungs, and a good time was had by all. | + | |
- | The cooking of the slabs of steak and sausages was a'masterpiece | + | From the foregoing it may be construed that I don't own a car. This is correct. I have a __vehicle__, |
- | of ingenuity. A wire bed frame was erected over the fire, a. sheet of | + | |
- | small mesh wire-netting spread on top to prevent | + | |
- | through, then all the meat was laid on and cooked to a turn in about | + | |
- | 20 minutes - a much better method | + | |
- | taking ten hours to render | + | |
- | remains red raw. | + | |
- | | + | =====The Laird Barbecue.===== |
- | took to its sleeping bags under a large canvas which Ross father | + | |
- | spread over the outsize rotary clothes hoist. Morning revealed to | + | |
- | the astonished neighbours slumbering bodies by the doten. As soon as | + | |
- | Geoffrey awoke there was no sleep for anyone any more, and in self | + | |
- | defence they got up for breakfast. Some folk brought their own, and | + | |
- | the rest were fed from the communal supply of Cornflakes blackberries | + | |
- | io' | + | |
- | Then Brian tried to leave to go home. Stitt was going to drive | + | Dot Butler. |
- | him to the station per motor bike. Oh, how that poor boy sufced! | + | |
- | First they took his bag away and hid it. Then he somehow regained | + | |
- | possession and was making a dash for the motor-bike he was seized bag | + | |
- | and all and carried bodily out to the back lawn again. So Peter got | + | |
- | an offsider to open the side gates and drove in to rescue the victim. | + | |
- | Unfortunate move! Goof now padlocked the gate and they were prison- | + | |
- | en:3 A kind-hearted Mr. Laird gave Brian the key, and at the | + | |
- | psychological moment he frantically fumbled open the gates and chey | + | |
- | were away. | + | |
- | The remainder of the party now went down to the local creek for | + | We think the excuse |
- | a swim. As we followed | + | |
- | suddenly confronted by a ferocious gentleman with a black stubble on | + | |
- | his chin, who forbade our further passage. I have heard some unusual | + | |
- | complaints levelled at walkers, but never one to equal his for sheer | + | |
- | amazing incredible inventiveness! I would blush to have to record, it | + | |
- | so I wonft. Seeing he was out numbered 20 to one it hardly seemed | + | |
- | cricket to surge past him regardless, so we retraced our steps to the | + | |
- | other side of the creek and continued' | + | |
- | swim, then back for lunch. (Poor Mrs. Laird, can't she get rid of her | + | |
- | guests!) A quarter of a mile from hone a most appetising smell | + | |
- | suggesting roast dinner assailed our nostrils. "And we're going back | + | |
- | to cold left-over sausages and watermelon" | + | |
- | and behold the delicious odour belonged right there - Mrs.,Laird had | + | |
- | built the remains | + | |
- | round with our mouths full thanking Ross for the really super party | + | |
- | we must remember to congratulate him especially on his happy choice | + | |
- | of parents. | + | |
- | + | ||
- | "TENTS MOMENTS" | + | |
+ | We met in mass quantity under the electric clock at Central at 7 p.m., then emigrated to the platform and caught our train. We completely filled one compartment, | ||
+ | At length we emerged and stepped out at a smart pace for outer suburbia and the Laird domicile. Before long some 40 odd bods had arrived. The Admiral took charge of the bar and dispensed beer in a highly professional manner to all takers, while Dave and Dot, who have now some sort of a reputation as fruit punch concoctors, were set the job of producing a bowl of same. Meanwhile folk milled around and played quoits or hurled a couple of medicine balls furiously at each other. The little dog called Harley, who was intended to be a boxer | ||
+ | but turned out to be a dachshund and goodness knows what ese, bounded madly in fifty directions at once chasing the ball, being at the highest pitch of his lungs, and a good time was had by all. | ||
- | Are our past tents better than our present, tents? | + | The cooking of the slabs of steak and sausages was a masterpiece of ingenuity. A wire bed frame was erected over the fire, a sheet of small mesh wire-netting spread on top to prevent |
- | Well, we often see an old timer bring in a tent | + | |
- | h3 bought back in t37 and reckon "they aren't as | + | |
- | good these days". Well, of course only time will | + | |
- | tell, but we have always endeavoured | + | |
- | high quality | + | |
- | tents will be spoken of just as proudly | + | |
- | future. | + | |
- | Right now we have a small stock of the latest and | + | The eating and festivities continued till 2 a.m. when the party took to its sleeping bags under a large canvas which Ross' father spread over the outsize rotary clothes hoist. Morning revealed to the astonished neighbours slumbering bodies by the dozen. As soon as Geoffrey awoke there was no sleep for anyone any more, and in self defence they got up for breakfast. Some folk brought their own, and the rest were fed from the communal supply of Cornflakes, blackberries, |
- | most wonderful tent cloth we have ever seen. The | + | icing sugar and cream. |
- | cloth is called " | + | |
- | the successful Everest expedition tents. A mixture | + | |
- | of nylon and cotton it will resist winds up to | + | |
- | 100 m.p.h. and is waterproof while still retaining | + | |
- | its " | + | |
- | Now just get out the smelling salts while I quote | + | |
- | a few prices :- | + | |
- | Two Man " | + | Then Brian tried to leave to go home. Stitt was going to drive him to the station per motor bike. Oh, how that poor boy suffered! First they took his bag away and hid it. Then he somehow regained possession and was making a dash for the motor-bike he was seized bag and all and carried bodily out to the back lawn again. So Peter got an offsider to open the side gates and drove in to rescue the victim. Unfortunate move! Geof now padlocked the gate and they were prisoners. A kind-hearted Mr. Laird gave Brian the key, and at the psychological moment he frantically fumbled open the gates and they were away. |
- | Glen 6'6 x 4t wall tent ... 20.17. 3 | + | |
- | Era 7t x 5' wall tent 25.19. 6. | + | |
- | Blimey! What is it lined with, gold? Well, no, | + | The remainder of the party now went down to the local creek for a swim. As we followed the creek down through the bush we were suddenly confronted by a ferocious gentleman |
- | but it is at least a golden colour and would make | + | |
- | a tent that would last for generations. Just think | + | |
- | of Mr. Laird patting his grandson | + | |
- | "Yes, Ross III, I bought that tent back in 155 but | + | |
- | they aren' | + | |
- | a.. | + | =====" |
- | PADDY PALL IN, | + | Are our past tents better than our present, tents? Well, we often see an old timer bring in a tent he bought back in '37 and reckon "they aren't as good these days" |
- | | + | Right now we have a small stock of the latest and most wonderful tent cloth we have ever seen. The cloth is called " |
- | 201 Castlereagh Street, Sydney. | + | |Two Man " |
+ | |Glen 6'6 x 4' wall tent|£20.17.3| | ||
+ | |Era 7' x 5' wall tent|£25.19.6| | ||
- | BM2685. | + | Blimey! What is it lined with, gold? Well, no, but it is at least a golden colour and would make a tent that would last for generations. Just think of Mr. Laird patting his grandson on the back - "Yes, Ross III, I bought that tent back in '55 but they aren't as good these days". |
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+ | Paddy Pallin, Lighweight Camp Gear, 201 Castlereagh Street, Sydney. BM2685. |
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