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 |Morrie's address is:-|NX20390 M.M.Stephenson (Lieut.)\\ Sound Ranging Bty., 2/1 Aust.Survey Regt.,\\ Middle East Force. A.I.F. Abroad.| |Morrie's address is:-|NX20390 M.M.Stephenson (Lieut.)\\ Sound Ranging Bty., 2/1 Aust.Survey Regt.,\\ Middle East Force. A.I.F. Abroad.|
  
--10-+===== Beware! =====
  
-B,EWARE +by Marie B. Byles.
  
-by Marie BDyles.+The cult of super-ultra-vegetarianism is increasing alarmingly in the ClubOn one recent official trip ten out of the twelve present lived exclusively on raw vegetables, nuts and cold water. The author felt positively gluttonous as she warmed a cup of watery milk flavoured with coffee and boiled a single turnip for dinner at night. The twelfth member of the party evidently felt worse than gluttonous, for he slunk off alone to consume his cold meat in solitary confinement.
  
-The cult of super-ultra-vegetarianism is increasing alarmingly in the Club. On one recent official trip ten out of the twelve present lived exclusively on raw vegetablesnuts and cold water. The author felt positively gluttonous as she warmed a cup of Watery milk flavoured with coffee and boiled a single turnip for dinner at night. The twelfth member of the party evidently felt worse than gluttonous, for he slunk off alone to consume his cold meat in solitary confinement.+Oh! there are some who seek to save\\  
 +Your precious soul from Hell,\\  
 +And some to wean you from the Drink\\  
 +You always loved so well.
  
-Ohl there are some who seek to save+But oh! the very, very worst\\  
 +Of all evangelists,\\  
 +Are not the Douglas Creditites,\\  
 +Nor yet the Communists,
  
-Your precious soul from Hell, And some to wean you from the Drink+But interferingsmiling folk,\\  
 +Who good meat snatch away,\\  
 +And turn you out to browze on nuts,\\  
 +And cabbages and Hay.
  
-YOU always loved so well.+----
  
-But ohl the very, very worst Of all evangelists, +===== Eight Hour Week-End =====
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-Are not the Douglas.Creditites, Nor yet the Communists, +
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-But interfering, smiling folk, +
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-Who good meat snatch away, +
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-And turn you out to browze on nuts, And cabbages and Hay. +
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-EIGHT HOUR WEEK-END +
  
 marks the beginning of the Photographic summer season. You will need films - black and white, or colour - before the holiday, and a dependable developing, printing, and enlarging service for the pictures you are going to take in the bush. Both (as you all know) are to be found at marks the beginning of the Photographic summer season. You will need films - black and white, or colour - before the holiday, and a dependable developing, printing, and enlarging service for the pictures you are going to take in the bush. Both (as you all know) are to be found at
  
-GOODMAN BROSPHOTO SUPPLIES +|  __Goodman BrosPhoto Supplies __  | 
 +|  20 Hunter Street, City  | 
 +|  (opposite Wyny_..rd Entrance) 
 +|  __Open Friday Night__  |
  
-20 Hunter StreetCity (opposite Wyny_..rd Entrance)+Don't forget to have a look at our album of blue toned pictures. You will like themand get some of your snaps done in blue.\\  
 +It's nice and well worth while.
  
-222/2 Frida raght,+----
  
-Don't forget to have a look at our album of blue toned pictures. You will like them, and get some of, your snaps done in blue. 
  
-It's nice and well worth while. _ +===== Wiff Visits The Palm Islands =====
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- WIFF VISITS THE_PALM ISLANDS +
  
 By Wiff Knight. By Wiff Knight.
  
-smade-up my-mind to try and find somewhere fresh this winter. I could onlyget to Townsville by boat so on board I started to make enquiries, pumping everyone I spoke to until I ran up against a launch proprietor of Townsville. He was after business and started to tell me everything I wanted to know. He got out his chart of all the Islands around Townsville and explained them all to me. I asked about Dunk Island and he recommended Orpheus Island in the Palm Group. He told me I could camp there for nothing with plenty of oysters and fish for the taking. A Mr. Musgrave had a lease of the Island and would be pleased to have our company. The launch proprietor quoted &,to take me there from Townsville and said I might get back a bit cheaper another way by launch to Lucinda Point then by car to Ingham and by rail back to Townsville. I thought a lot of money for half a day's trip so I decided to try and find out the cheaper way.+made up my mind to try and find somewhere fresh this winter. I could only get to Townsville by boat so on board I started to make enquiries, pumping everyone I spoke to until I ran up against a launch proprietor of Townsville. He was after business and started to tell me everything I wanted to know. He got out his chart of all the Islands around Townsville and explained them all to me. I asked about Dunk Island and he recommended Orpheus Island in the Palm Group. He told me I could camp there for nothing with plenty of oysters and fish for the taking. A Mr. Musgrave had a lease of the Island and would be pleased to have our company. The launch proprietor quoted £8 (( eight pounds )) to take me there from Townsville and said I might get back a bit cheaper another way by launch to Lucinda Point then by car to Ingham and by rail back to Townsville. I thought £8 (( eight pounds )) a lot of money for half a day's trip so I decided to try and find out the cheaper way.
  
-Arriving st Townsville at 7.15a m. and the train leaving at 8 a m. we had to get a move on as the train is over a mile away from the boatOnly three taxis thereI was determined to get one with my heavy luggage, so as soon as the plank was down I sent the wife toff to get one. It cost me 10/- for that ride, only one mile: we had time to have a cup of tea before we left for Ingham, where wegot into another taxi and told him where we wanted to go and left him to find the route. He took us to the town and got on the Phone to Halifax and told us he would take us there. Tell, I have been told to go to Halifax before, but never thought I would ever go therel The trip out was good, through canefields and along river banks all thesway until we got to Halifax, a small town about sixteen miles from Ingham. The driver made+Arriving st Townsville at 7.15 a.m. and the train leaving at 8 a.m. we had to get a move on as the train is over a mile away from the boatOnly three taxis thereI was determined to get one with my heavy luggage, so as soon as the plank was down I sent the wife off to get one. It cost me 10/- for that ride, only one mile! We had time to have a cup of tea before we left for Ingham, where we got into another taxi and told him where we wanted to go and left him to find the route. He took us to the town and got on the Phone to Halifax and told us he would take us there. Well, I have been told to go to Halifax before, but never thought I would ever go there! The trip out was good, through canefields and along river banks all the way until we got to Halifax, a small town about sixteen miles from Ingham. The driver made more inquiries and told us we would have to go to Lucinda Point a further seven miles. We went through mangrove swamps. The road had been made high and the taxi driver told us that a crocodile was killed on the road and there were plenty in the mangroves. The mangroves grow twenty to thirty feet straight and they use them for rafters and joists for building their houses.
  
-more inquiries and told us we would have to go to Lucinda Point a further+We had to do a lot of enquiring - calling at three houses - to find out where Mr.David, the launch owner, was and arranged that he would call and see us at the hotel when he got the sugar boat away at 4 p.m. We seemed to cause a stir as the landlady told us they never get visitors there, only canecuttere. We had lunch and went for a walk along the beach to wait for Mr.David. He came on time and said he would take us over straight away. I said,"Tomorrow, as we have no supplies". He said be (( [sic] )) could not do that as he was getting married on the next day. I said I would not spoil his wedding, and he told me to go to the store and get what I could, and we left for Orpheus at 5 p.m. To get there had cost me £1 (( one pound )) for the train fare, 35/- for the taxi and £2 (( two pounds )) for the launch trip.
  
-seven miles. We went through mangrove swamps. The road had been made high and the taxi driver told us that crocodile was killed on the road and there were plenty in the mangrovesThe mangroves grow twenty to thirty feet straight+We went around the southern end of Hinchinbrook Island, very big island about twenty miles long, with mountains rising to 3,000 ft. - suit Marie and Dot - they look very steep and rough to climb.
  
-and they use them for rafters and joists for building their houses.+After a calm trip over in two hours, Mr. David flashed his searchlight on and tooted his horn, and out came Mr.Musgrave, his 82-year-o1d brother, his 73-year-old sister and his young daughter Betty. As it was high tide we were able to go right in to the beach and, after a short row in a flattie, we were there, to be received by these lovely people, who made us welcome and did all they could to make us happy. We were introduced, takeen into tea and given a good bed for the nightFancy making campers welcome in a guest house like that!
  
-We had to do lot of enquiring -,calling at three houses - to find out where Mr.David, the launch owner, was and arranged that he would call and see us at the hotel when he got the sugar boat away at 4 p m. We -seem?d to cause+This Musgrave family has very interesting history. The father ran away to sea when a lad; he missed his ship and it was wreckedThen it was reported that a T.Musgrave was drowned in another wreck and his parents went into mourning for him. It was not heand after many years he saved up enough money and was going home when he was wrecked and lost all his savings. After twenty years he got home - with a wife and child - and that was the first news hisparents had had of him being alive. He was then a captain. He was sent from Sydney to the Auckland Islands in the ship "Grafton" in 1864 for seals and was wrecked and spent nineteen months on that cold island with his mate and two seamen. They lived on seals meat and a herb that grew on the island, and kept well. Then they made their small boat a bit bigger and the captain and mate set out to reach some inhabited place. They had to keep bailing out to keep their frail craft afloat in storms for six days, then they made Stewart Island. There they got a ship and went and rescued their two men. The old gent on Orpheus Island is the captain's eldest son. He was one of the pioneers of Gippsland,Victoria,and Dawson Valley,Queensland. We had some very interesting yarns.
  
-a stir as the landlady told us they never get visitors thereonly canecuttere. We had lunch p and went for a walk along the beach to wait for Mr.DavidHe+What the Musgraves had was oursand we were told to take what we wanted and not to ask for it. We couldn't do that, so always asked. His flattie and lines were available to me when I wanted to go fishing,even hooks and sinkersAll he wanted was our Company. But I wouldn't be satisfied with that. I hope anyone who goes there won't forget them when they leave.
  
-came on time and said he would take us over straight away. I said,"Tomorrow,+Mr.Musgrave cast his net and gave us the fish and,wouldn't let us do anything to help them. He took me goat hunting. There are about a thousand goats on the island and he shoots a couple a week for food. They are fairly tame and he can get quite close to them, and when one is being skinned the others stand about fifty yards away and watch what is going onHe leaves the skinhead and inside,there for the hawks to eat, and only shoots the young billys and leaves the nannies to breed. They are good eating, but mot much on them.
  
-as we have no supplies". He said be could not do that as he was getting married on the next day. I said I would not spoil his wedding, and he told me +Mr. Musgrave is the Ranger for the Palm Islands and doesn't allow birds to be disturbed. There are no wild animals there that I know of.
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-to go to the store and get what I could, and we left for Orpheus at 5 p m. To get there had cost me &I_ for the train fare, 35/- for the taxi and 2 for the launch trip. +
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-We went around the southern end of Hinchinbrook Island, a very big +
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-island about twenty miles long, with mountains rising to 3,000 ft. - suit Marie +
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-and Dot - they look very steep and rough to climb. +
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-After a calm trip ov.:43, in two hOurs? Mr', David flashed his searchlight on and tooted his horn, and out came Mr.Musgravd? his 82-year-o1d brother, his 73-year-old sister and his young daughter Betty. As it was high tide we were able to go right in to the beach-and, after a short row in a flattie, we were there, to be received by these lovely people, who made us welcome and did all they could to make us happy. We were introduced, take* itto tea and given a good bed for the night. Fancy making campers welcome in a guest house like that: +
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-This Musgrave family has a very interesting history. The father ran away ta sea when a lad; he missed his ship and it was wrecked. Then it was reported that a T.Musgrave was drowned in another wreck and his parents went into mourning for him. It was not he, and after many years he saved up enough money and was going home when he was wrecked and lost all his sairings. After twenty years he got home - with a wife and child - and that was the first news his, parents had had of him being alive. He was then a captain. He was:,sent fron? Sydney to the Auckland Islands in the ship "Grafton" in 1864 for seals and was wrecked and spent nineteen months on that cold island with his mate and two seamen. They lived on seals meat and a herb that grew on the island, and kept well. Then they made their small boat a bit bigger and the captain and mate set out to reach some inhabited place. They had to keep bailing out to keep their frail craft afloat in storms for six days, then they. made 8tewart Island. There they got a ship and went and rescued their two men. The old gent on Orpheus Island is the captain's eldest son. He was one of the pioneers of GippslandlVictorialand Dawson Valley,Queensland. We had some very interesting yarns. +
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-That the Musgraves had was ours, and we were told to take what we wanted and not to ask for it. We couldn't do that, so always asked. His flattie and lines were available to me when I wanted to go fishingleven hooks-and sinkers. All he wanted was our Company. But I wouldn't be satisfied with that. I hope anyone who goes there won't forget them when they leave. +
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-Mr.Musgrave cast his net and gave-us the fish and,wouldn't let us do anything to help them. He took me goat hunting. There -are about a thousand goats on the island and he shoots a couple a week for food. They are fairly tame and he can get quite close to them, and when one is being skinned the others stand about fifty yards away and watch what is going on. He leaves the skin, head and inside,there for the hawks to eat, and only shoots the young billys and leaves the nannies to breed. They are good eating, but mot much on them. +
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-Mr. Musgrave is the Ranger for the Palm Islands and doesn't allow birds to be disturbed. There are no wild animals there that I.know of.+
  
 The wife and I roamed a good bit of the Island, which is 9 miles long and about half a mile wide. It has plenty of beaches, but very hard going to get to them as the speargrass is about 4 ft. high with boulders on top of the ground which you can't see through the grass. The only way to walk there in comfort is in a pair of shoes only. Clothes get full of grass-seed and it sticks into you until you take your clothes off. The wife and I roamed a good bit of the Island, which is 9 miles long and about half a mile wide. It has plenty of beaches, but very hard going to get to them as the speargrass is about 4 ft. high with boulders on top of the ground which you can't see through the grass. The only way to walk there in comfort is in a pair of shoes only. Clothes get full of grass-seed and it sticks into you until you take your clothes off.
  
-13 -+Oysters are there by the acre and as big as you fancy them. We had some good feeds of them. The first time we went out fishing we had all our hooks bitten off but landed six nice fish. Next night we had steel wire, but there were not so many fish about, but we got seven. Then I tried out deep on the coral and got six good fish four "Government Bream", a red fish with a broad arrow marking on it, which is very good eating, weight half to 2 lbs.
  
-Oysters are there by the acre and as big as you fancy them. - We had some good feeds of them. The first time we went out fishing we had all our hooks bitten off but landed six nice fish. Next night we had steel wirebut there were not so many fish aboutbut we got seven. Then I tried ut deep the coral and got six good fish four "Government Bream", a red fish with a broa4 arrow marking on it, which is very good eating, weight half to 2 lbs.+The weather is cooler than Cairns and had left my sleeping-bag at Brisbane, but brought a rug insteadthen left that at the pub at Lucinda! That did not matterthough, as we were amongst such good peoplewho lent me blanket.
  
-The weather is cooler than Cairns and I had left my sleeping-bag at Brisbane, but brought a. rug instead, then left-that at the pub at Lucinda! That did not matter, though, as we were amongst such good people, who lent me a blanket. +The airmail liners passed over us twice a day but we had no communication with the mainland as Mr.Musgrave has lost two launches in cyclones and now depends on Mr.David to bring his supplies over when he has someone to bring over. We had no call for two weeks and our tucker was very low when I sighted Mr.David coming over. He brought us 1 lb. of tomatoes and 1 dozen apples, 2 loaves of bread and some tinned fruit and cream, and we had to manage for another week, but Mr.Musgrave helped us out.
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-The airmail liners passed over us twice a day but we had no communication with the mainland as Mr.Musgrave has lost two launches in cyclones and now depends on Mr.David to bring his supplies over when he has someone to bring over. We had no call for two weeks and our tucker was very low when I sighted Mr.David coming over. He brought us :1 lb. of tomatoes and 1 dozen apples, 2 loaves of bread and some tinned fruit and cream, and we had to manage for another week, but Mr.Musgrave helped us out.+
  
 One day we went over to the east beach and could see Fantome Island quite close (that is where they keep the abo lepers),Curacoa Island right in front of us and Palm Island, where the Missions are, just behind that. The beaches are very rough granite boulders and coral sand. I believe the cyclones spoil that part. One day we went over to the east beach and could see Fantome Island quite close (that is where they keep the abo lepers),Curacoa Island right in front of us and Palm Island, where the Missions are, just behind that. The beaches are very rough granite boulders and coral sand. I believe the cyclones spoil that part.
  
-We spent a good deal of time out on the reef looking at the beautiful coral, both soft and hard. The coral puts me in mind of caves where you see a lot of formations representing other things in life. Lace patterns you see in several different designs, also stag-horns and beautiful, golden, soft coral like +We spent a good deal of time out on the reef looking at the beautiful coral, both soft and hard. The coral puts me in mind of caves where you see a lot of formations representing other things in life. Lace patterns you see in several different designs, also stag-horns and beautiful, golden, soft coral like plush curtains. Every shade of colour is there, and the clams are the prettiest things on the reef. The small fishes of every colour come close to your feet if you stand still.
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-plush curtains. Every shade of colour is there, and the clams are the +
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-prettiest things on the reef. The small fishes of every colour come close to your feet if you stand still+
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-Another trip we went to the mangroves to look for crabs, but the wife got +
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-fed up with walking in mud up to our knees so I only got one big chap that did +
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-us both for tea. The proper time to get crabs is night-time with a torch, but +
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-the sandflies get you first, and if the crab gets you with his nippers as big as your fist you will know it. +
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-One day, while on the hill going over to another beach, we could see two dark patches in the shallow water. I thought of turtle soup, but when we got down to the beach it was two patches of small fish packed very close. We also +
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-saw a dugong swimming near us. He is like a big seal, light brown in colour. +
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-We had some fun chasing the parrot-fish in shallow water and I managed to catch one which did for tea. +
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-When we got back a launch had arrived from Dunk Island with some visitors +
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-from Melbourne. They took me for a trip in the launch the next day to the +
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-northern end of the Island. I went in for a swim with one of them while the other chaps went goat shooting and got two. After a walk around that end we +
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-came back at 3 p m. and had dinner. Then the launch party and Betty left for Dusk Island, which they would not reach until midnight. +
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-We spent a-very enjoyable three weeks camped on the -Island. It-would suit Bush Walkers as you ean go seme where every day and get asrough climbing as you want. Mr. Musgrave is pleased to have a couple of paying guests at +
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-35/ a week or you can camp as we did. We regretted te leave but had te catch the boat back to Brisbane. +
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-THE VOICE OF THE SOCIAL COMMITTEE +
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-SAYS  +
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-DON'T MISS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING DOINGS'+
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-October 17th (Friday) +
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-October aEL 7Friday) +
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-November 5th (NednesdaY) +
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-8.15 p m. MR. PALMER KENT will tell us more of his interesting adventures "WANDERING IN THAILAND & INDOCHINA"+
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-8.15 p m. EPIDIASCOPE NIGHT. +
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-Please bring along your most interesting photographs and hand them to the Social Secretary not later than 7.45 p m. Don't forget how much we are all looking forward to this night, so make it a good show. +
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-6.00 ,p m. PARTY AT THE MINERVA THEATRE to see' +
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-HROBERTCentre Stalls.+
  
-Dine afterwards at cosmopolitan Kings Cross (Sorry J the 2/.;..does not include dinners) +Another trip we went to the mangroves to look for crabs, but the wife got fed up with walking in mud up to our knees so I only got one big chap that did us both for teaThe proper time to get crabs is night-time with a torch, but the sandflies get you first, and if the crab gets you with his nippers as big as your fist you will know it.
  
-November 21st 8.15 p mMR. STEPHEN MACINDOE will tell us of "AMERICAN+One day, while on the hill going over to another beach, we could see two dark patches in the shallow waterI thought of turtle soup, but when we got down to the beach it was two patches of small fish packed very closeWe also saw a dugong swimming near us. He is like a big seal, light brown in colour. We had some fun chasing the parrot-fish in shallow water and I managed to catch one which did for tea.
  
-(Friday) angaLlammtillustrating his talk with coloured slides.+When we got back a launch had arrived from Dunk Island with some visitors from MelbourneThey took me for a trip in the launch the next day to the northern end of the Island. I went in for a swim with one of them while the other chaps went goat shooting and got two. After a walk around that end we came back at 3 p.m. and had dinner. Then the launch party and Betty left for Dunk Island, which they would not reach until midnight.
  
-December 2nd +We spent a very enjoyable three weeks camped on the Island. It would suit Bush Walkers as you can go somewhere every day and get as rough climbing as you want. Mr. Musgrave is pleased to have a couple of paying guests at 35/- a week or you can camp as we did. We regretted to leave but had te catch the boat back to Brisbane.
  
-(Tuesday)+===== The Voice Of The Social Committee ===== 
 +__Says__
  
-N.B. GRACE EDGECOMBE L.E.221eni221-_-.1. 112; and WILL BE DELIGHTED TO RECEIVE ALL HELPFUL.+__Don't Miss Any Of The Following Doings!__
  
-SUGaSTIONS AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE MOMENT.+|__October 17th__\\ (Friday)|8.15 p.m.|Mr. Palmer Kent will tell us more of his interesting adventures __"Wandering In Thailand & Indochina".__| 
 +|__October 31st__\\ (Friday)|8.15 p.m.|__Epidiascope Night.__\\ Please bring along your most interesting photographs and hand them to the Social Secretary not later than 7.45 p.m. Don't forget how much we are all looking forward to this night, so make it a good show.| 
 +|__November 5th__\\ (Wednesday)|__6.00 p.m.__ |__Party At The Minerva Theatre__ to see\\ __"Robert's Wife__" __Price 2/1__. Centre Stalls.\\ Dine afterwards at cosmopolitan Kings Cross\\ (Sorry! the 2/- does __not__ include dinner!)| 
 +|__November 21st__\\ (Friday)|8.15 p m.|__Mr. Stephen Macindoe__ will tell us of __"American National Parks"__, illustrating his talk with coloured slides.| 
 +|__December 2nd__\\ (Tuesday)|8.00 p.m.|__Concert at History House, 8 Young St. City.__\\ __N.B. Grace Edgecombe is Organiser-in-chief__\\ __and W__ill Be Delighted To Receive All Helpful\\ Suggestions__ At The Earliest Possible Moment__.|
  
-8.00 p m. C 0 NCERTat'HISTORY HOUSE 8 Youn St.Cit+----
  
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 WHY IS A BUSHWALKER A BUSHWALKEp ?  WHY IS A BUSHWALKER A BUSHWALKEp ? 
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