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. p~fished Monthly • H. A. ,...... ' J _·; Yol, XXVII. No. 9. ~EW SERIES; 15 SEPTEMBER, 1 948 '- IT ~ l We Scr'J'c "I do l~ve my country's good wit~ a respect more tender, more holy.· and profoun9, than .rriine own life," says nne of Shakespeare's character~ and . the League. endeavours to show its mei;T!bers' collective love of their own country by OFF.ICERS: ' acting as a bulwark against that insidious evil, Communism. · For far . too long has this country 'tolerated these , unpatriotic, unprincipled, .' .*. -· STATE ~tDEN'L ' unballasted 'upstarts. As a nation we are tolerant and easy-going, but one cannot W. J, Hum, ILBJI. ., . .. ~ \.. t. .., ~ ' treat a viper with kindness. Cicero, that wi5e arur profound philosopher, knew IMMEDiA~l P~ ~ full well of what he was talking when he said: ""Every evil in the bud is easily J. W. W. ANDERBOII crus~ed; as ~t grows older, it becomes stronger." . VICE-PRESIDENTs . T. STEN,-M.A. 411 yery well for folk to say that Communists are only a minority, which might well be left alone. The Communists are a determin~d body who will' stop B.~) D~~ - at nollhing to gain their .own fil~hy ends. They and their Fellow Travellers (dupes COUNTRY . Y:\~~Jpf;NTS as they may. be) are as dangerous ao ever wa~ Hitler and his gang. We want State:t~~! · nothing to dd with them in this glorious land. We want them neither as acquaint• i. Mit:om. ·.~;... arices, as neighbours ~or as fellow members. ' C.Otial: G:·j. PAJIEINB, •. , Tt;)OdJn . So. let us up and put our house -in order. The machipery has alre~dy ~en .Swth: A, BALL, llartwF' estab.lishedl:)y which sub-br_anches can rid themse_lves (and must rid themselves) TI\USTEES . · .. . · . · of these -Re'ds. Every sub-branch must make sure and ce1-tain that neither Corn· .· '- , A., ~. ,,J,c(.L.A. · ..muhi.St nor F~llow Traveller is allowed to continue or tq gain membership. ' CoL W. . 0. w.NSBiuDGE, •· I . -- ·d>.s.o: And ·iet 1:1$ not forget those bodies-such· as the Eureka Youth League-which, · J.• QWG. sailing under false colours. do their cfamndest to spread the Communist doctrine STATE EXECuTrY;;: . among those who take them at their very-untrue face value J,_ B. w.u:.FlTZHARDINGE, ""' ..· s. -1:.0imiE, .w.c. _As an organisation of men and women . who ha VC fought for the maintenance ~· s. :w.A.Tl' : / of our free institutions in cimes of war, we are equally determined to maintain F. ST~, ·D.C.N. them ·in times bf peace. · R. ~· S'IPDDAJ'T D. M. BENSON .Abraham Lincoln,- i·n his deep concern at the fight to spread slavery in America :A. YEf.Af:!>, O.B.E. before the ~ays of the American Civil War, said: J. HERlJHY .. . C. G. pPGt1SON T. s. EDMONDsON . "I do not expect t~-h~.Pse to fall, but I do Cl(pect thah it will cease to be CoL ·.r.. ·c. N. 6LDEN;.J divided, because it will be all of one thing or. all of the other." . · . D.S.O. ' ' . w. ..J~. · The duty of League members is obvious. Let us determi'1e that the house \~ !:J ~$9N~~ shall not fall and, secondly, that it shall cease ~ be c_livided. ' \ vr. . R. . ~ . F. W• . BAT!sQ~ M.W. .) F. c: c:ltUiEV . . • LetcUS remember that lwe!l. 1_11ay we be judged by the company we keep. Let w. ~- "'~y ' us therefore look arou~d us and diSS eanderi'l!gs .( The ' very ~first submarine w as In the Unitea States Army, a 75 ~carabineers and 20 firenien. , LuJt; rowed l5 feet under the River brigadier-general weats o ne star, a embourg ·has 13 S' gendapnes, 176 ~vol• Thames :by Corncli~s vaq Drebel for · major·g~cra l . two stars, a lieutenant· unte'ers and 30 ·musicians, but "in King James I. Fulton, an American general three stars, a general four time of'war the iuimber. of vo11in· inventot, offered a type of man~ . stars, an,d . a general of the a rmy five teers may be tempo'farily )aise~ · to operated under-water vcssd to Napo· stars. T)le late Genera-l Pershing, as ·250." San .Marino's war .' st~ength ' is Icon in 1804, but his o(fcr was re· General of ~rmics, was entitled 950 men, plus 38 offic~s arid ;. mar~ fused. Eighty-four years later. the to wear as m;tny stars as he desired, shall, though its full-p~a:ge strength is ~·/ French launched the first submarine but he neve.r wore .more than four. 60. But. ill .the Republic ~9f -qberia driyen hy an electric motor. This. there are 800 officers· of the 'alipy ·to· was the Gymnote, of a total displace A WISH only 700 privates. ·. - · ment of ·30 tons. I '- Let me not see olil age; let mo . J * .. ' .. not heor According to a recent' broa,dcaSt, a. It is rep'orted that the R.S.L. Hos; The ·pro~red help, the "'""'~led Union Jack was regulatly hoisted and tcl, Perth, duting d1e syrn'pothy, period from The ,.,ell-meant tactful sophistries saluted each day in Jap~n during the 13th July, 1946, to 30th June, 1947, that mock whole of the war. Tltis matked the \ gave accommodati01~ to 50,931 per· · Pathetic husks, who once were memorial to William · Ad~s. : ·the. sons (a weekly average of 1,018 beds . · strong and free, v British sailor who settled_ .in :Japan· occupied). From 1st J uly, 1947, to And in. · youth's ficltle triurhph in 1600 laughed and sang, and became adVisor to 'the 30th Jurie, 1948, the figure was 56,924 Loved, and were 'foolish; and ot Mikado on naval rq,at~s. Adams (a weekly average· oJ . )',094). · For the close have seen died in 1620, and the memorial .~8 .· the July, _1948, pe'riod there .was an ·The fruits of folly ge~nered, on.d c ~:ected to him at· Yokosulia in May;- _. increase of 400" beds qccupiCd 'as.. com· that love. 19i8. . ·-> . TaJ"ed and encaged, stale into pared with the ng )l. . ure for Jbly,_ 1?47. . grey ro,utine. . , * \' ... _... , Despite the fact 'that · ,Viscount * Let· me not see old oge: ant Montgome~s tather indiVidw.l-i Although bombing became an a! ~ · . content ' style most daily occurrence in many parts With · my few crowded years: of military dress )-s not appro\red ·_by ·• of Britain during a l engthy period of ' laughter and strength some staid members of the Old the last war, 'the country was hO)ri And song have lit the beacon guard, actually this type· {;f.than{ iS .· fied and staggered when the fir of. my li(e, · nothin~ new, for the Dilke.-of Wel; - srG.;r· \, Let rne not see it fode, but when man bomb · fell on it· oil·.Christmas the long : lington wore a blue fr.ock·~t;>.wbi~ Eve, 1914, despi~e ·the 'fact that no September shadows steal across pantaloons 'and a .coc_ked·h.at of a ~ damage was ·done. During the 191-P the. square, peculiar to· himself while Ui"tl\e field. · · 18 war a total of 8,776 bombs were Grant· me this wish: t,h'y may .not . Outs~nding . p~rsonalitiei' :'can. ' get .' .. find me there. · ' 1 dropped on Great Britain, first from away with maqy -things whi~h 'lesser · ~· · • Zeppelins and 'later· from· planes: [The author,. D. R. , Geroint. fry would make ridietilou&._ . .,. . , · ) j \ T otal ·casJ,Hdties were 1,316 people Jones, wos killed ·in action in Nor \ mandy at t~e o'ge of 22 years.] . ·~ killed and over 3,000 injured. Con'\ Acc;ording to *official " : repo~e. .• trast this with the bombing of \Vorld nrst successful ;Brltish Amiy aerial . Wa.r II, a nd endeavour to ~.- visualise It · is thoug4t that .Egypt had an photograph was one of. Neuve Cliatv what ma · y befall should a third world army as eacly as 1_,600 B.€ . under elle, 'taken in· Nove'mber, 191-4. At war eventuate. one Sesostis, but it was the Romans that · who b~ght into .operation afi im· time the phot9graphic section ·of . . : * . .mens e regular army in which every the air. force consis~d of two officers' D1d yo~ knt?wthat th,e Lords ?f citi~en from the -.age of l·7 to 45 was and three other. raij)cs.' .. , . . . \ the . Admmtlty are_ act1,mlly comr~us • - compelled 'to serve. ·The TurkSJwere * . ')~ _.-~ ~ . . sioners. appointed by l~tters patent for the ·first ~o cr.eatc a ~tanding army.' - N ew Zealand he~. claim for executl~g the d_uu;s. of -the tormer . ·This was \in the 14th cehtury. But their country a prou~ -tecor:d for g~n· .Lord .High A~~I.ra! . "' uke of Clarence w~s o. .~ * , land· during World War 1I amounted }iigh . ·:Admi!al- the : o~ce ~as · The smallest army in the world is to.£11 ,000,000, or £6 per ~.ead of.-the s. rcrr amed m co~mtssiOn: that of Monac;o~ with its .7~ guards, Dominion~s population. . . ~ . - ~ .,.., . . ' . -~J ~;~~:~·~T~?-~~~~: -~. ·~ _.·,~ i - . ' ': ' ; ' ;11 . · '.'$41PJ.,_r, 19~8· · THE L , .s TE N I N . G POST '·' ested rt:aders should pefllse it at·-their eat:liest opportunity); the matter -of . . - . ~ ~ . . - . ' . Monocrete ·houses; of duplex and'--·- . · , rv.l'' . 'l part-houses; -and the liberalisation . of ~ '' -~ 1·5 - - -- the self-help ~he l\le . . . Th lS UIIICla. . . . . · · REPATRIATION · .. ' ·. The repo~ submitted by Mr. Watt · - ~tems: of-luierest ~~iD :tll~ State· Execltite · cever~d a number of Federal· Circu~ / lars dealing with aspects of repa~ria· t.on and the cancellation in certain :#.. ~~. ~ ' -~-. ~ ••-'I : ' A o circum~t~nces of wives· p~nsion~. qn August refus_es it, ....;ithout ../ . WAR VEYERANS' HdME • -'f9~ §i,a.~ t ~~e_~;.utive .m~t ti~t~n ·t~ accep~ ~ood The report submitted by Colonel ll, when t~~ - follo~ng · business was and s1:1fficient views accepta. 'ble to the transacted. :--'1- · bqar d. ' he . roses his priority. Your Olden recoll\_mended that a · deputa· tto~ be made to the Pr~mier -(and DIPUT,ATIC)IiC TO PREMIER committee further recommends that askt'ng the appropriate Minister It iepet'ted that a deputation this be ttie policy of the League un· ~hat ~~ b.e a:lso present) regdrding the.acquisi- covenng th~ following matters had less otherwise- directed at C9ngress); -~on of -ten acres of land in the vicin been. soug~t with the--Premier: and the d~ifi~11tion of applicants. ity of the ~Id Women's. Home, facing . { l) Reha~ilitation in tne following CONGRESS AGENDA aspects.: The report s~bmitted by ·Mr. 'Leslie the C,anmng R.iver. and ' included a (a') A strict application of pre· _ covered recommendations in respect protest ~rom Mr. Anderson again~t , fererrce m all branches of of the following arrangements: Corn· the erection of a war vete.-ans' home adjoining a Government institution. Government employment. plimentary tickets, extra tobacco STATE WAR MEMORIAL (b) All advertisements for em· ration, concessional rail fares, civic The report submitted by Mr. W .. ployment should state that reception, invitation to guests, time· J. Hunt covered the appointment to the preference clause will be table, ~allot · papers, voting, number • the committee of Messrs. A. Veates, applied. of items, places of conferences, re· F. Boan and A. G. Smith; a decision (c) That the a.ge limit of 3 5 f reshments ( irivolving expenditure of to ask the Boy Scouts to act as sub· years in certain Govern· approximately £30), report of rettring Wardens for 1~4'9; a recommenda ment Departments be raised State War Memorial Warden, and tion that the original .war memorial to meet the requirements of rules. flags be hung in the State) President's ex-servicemen whose war · MINING CONFERENCE room at Anzac House; the Assistant service. denied them the op· The 'report submitted by ~r. Watt Warden's. report; and a . financial of em· covered the election of chairman; the por~mty s~;:curing statement of the McNess Fund. ployin~nt before they had sending of circulars to sub-branches· F,lpERAL EX£CUTIVE MEETING c/' reached that age. the alteration of the times of · th~ M~. J. Crai~ was elected by ballot (d) That the preference in allo· ~p~ning of the Conference; and pub- as thts branch s delegate to the Fed· cation of 'tractors be con· hc1ty. · . · . era! ·executive meeting, · to be held in tiQOed by the State Govern· Mr. Watt said that preliminary ar· Adela-ide on August ~5, 1948. roent, following the · discon· ra.Agements were ~der way to make LEA~U,E RiCO!PS tihu~nce of control by the thi~ init~al Mi~i~onfereJ1Ce a soc· It wa'> rescilved that the State Commonwealth on )uly 31. ce~. Th't Mmtstet for ¥ines and Branch set up at Anzac House a ·sec (e) That· trainees receive their semor <>fficials of the Mines Depa.rt· tion f~r the . housing' of League re· ,training -under the super· .inent' will be invited to give infm;ma· cor~s, .mcludmg books of war 'history vision of a competent fore· tion and answer qtlcstions. The and ::Jffiq'tl publications of the State man. on actua:t building jobs, con.fer~nce gives promise of being in· Branch and sub-branches. · ·known as project work. formative a_nd constructive, and is a . OTHER REPORTS , (2) Favt'l'sha~ Plouse.-That the v~ry progressive step in League his· Reports 'Were also submitted on Government ·be asked to subsidise tf(e tory. · Management (Mr. W. j.. Hunt) aged war vet~rans being -housed at _REiiABILITA..-ION Membership (Mr. Chancy), Anza~ Faversh_a:m.--· The r~port submitted by Mr, S:en House. .and ~nz~c Club (Mr. Fergu · (3) War Veteran s' Hotrie.- That a covered :tra\ning ·courses in the build son), AmeltotatJon (Colonel Mans grant of 15 acres of land he tnade· ing tr~des; age limit on engagement· bridge) and the R.S.L. Hoste) (Mr. availabl~ in the Mt. Henry area, of 'tram conductor~; Railway De_eart: · Watt. ' ' ' frqnting the Canning R-iver. 1ment, pay for annual leave wmlst ·On-l!.ctive service; and a recommenda_- 11 . LAND ' tion in r!!$pect of aspects of the fish· A further m~ting of die State . 'The r~pm:t submitted l:iy Mr.. Leslie ing industry. Exe~uti~e was h,e,ld Qfi August 2 S. cove~ed the~ .vailaqi'Iity of in forma· HOUSING 1 -Busmess transacted induded: tton regargffig .farms for selection; The report ·'submitted by Kfr. ROY 4L VISIT . · the rejection by successful. allottees of Davies covered the result of tbe depu· .. Arising from pub_lication of the fa:rms·aJlotted (your commjftee recom· tatibn to the Minister· for Housing 1t_1~erary for tqe forthcap1ing Royal :menr;ls that .wh~e a man ~as app.l_ied l(a detai!Jd report of this has been · vtsJt to Weste.rn Australia, the fol· _fall \1-119 has been 9-Uotte~~ · an? forwarded to all. sult-branChes-i.ilter· low.ing resolutions w~e ~ : (1). r ' . ' Page 4 · THE LISTENING POST . September, 1948 That the ex·~rvicemen of this· State ·the Federal Executive be asked to war~orphaned .Unite_~ child· desire the opportunity to arrange .a investigate the payment of increa~d ..ren. reception to Thei~ Majesties, apart war gratuities to certai~ ex·scrvJCi:· In respect to the activiti~. of the from an open·air rade at this time men; a0 d action taken by the League Migration Committee,, a~ intereating of the . year, and hat the President, regarding t~e appointing of an eke· letter was recently rec:etyed ~the ·. State Secretary and Mr. Bcn~n wait trical e_ngineer for the Bussclton (Continued on page upon the State Djrector of the tour,· Municipal Council. 10l or his representative, and voice the HOUSING views of this Executive; (2) That The report -submitted_, hy Mr. inquiries be made from the Federal Da~ies covered c9rresp.onden D.M.Benson/ . Secretary as to what arrangements cc wtth the Sta.te Housing Commissi have been made in the other Sfates on and ESTATE A~Q INSUUNC. the La.od Settlement Board re countr Au£NT. ~ for ex•servicemen to meet Their y dwellings; the Vi1=torian and Maj~ties. South SHEFFIELD HOUSE - PERTH Australian Branches; ·the Common· DEPUTATION TO THE PREMIER we..1.lth Minister for rfousin Particulars of lniMu ... g; the Properities IIIVitH There were five items referred Operative Bricklayers and Rubble· PHONE .1 from the S~ te Executive as the sub· W allers' Union; and a number of .SU7 ject of a deputation to the Premier. personal ca.s_es. . Representations were made on 9th MIGRATION August,.. but the Premier advised his The r.eport submitted hy inability to meet the deputation owing Mr-. Y eates covered the showing of to his departure for the Premiers' films Maxine on migrant ships; Howard Conference. It is recommended that, a recommendation FROCK AND tha-t a motion be submitt COSTUME as they are matters of imJ'Iortance, ed hy the SPECIALISTS they now be referred to the E~ecutiv~ at the forthcoming State appropri· Congress SHEFFIELD HOUSE, HAY STREET, ate Ministers. asking sub-branches to ./ · PERTH nominate at least one single or mar RE·EST ABLISHMENT Ladies' own materials styled to ried United Kingdom ex-serviceman ; ' selected designs. The report submitted by Mr. Fer· and a further approach for the adop· Stock Models in W. and S.W . Sizes guson ·covered a r~commendation that tion by individual League members ni . \.. \, Aero Gr~e Liabrieating ·on ...._. A highly Refined - - ~ British Product as supplied are .·a deYc,teCJ to the R.A.F. parent you can· tab \ . pride m pronding - the future of your child- . ' h ren. Start ~9 DOW /' A C!ade for Every Car, to give your "pride cmd joy~' the opport\mity of Tnick, or Motor Cyde a qood edycation. of ~ getting to the top, of· J:..f going. into buainjaa. ~ ~ . \~ Expenence the foy ·a~ Cill Gchie~g this ideal a;y ,\,. • ) "GOLDSBROUGB, MORT &: CO. making depoaita regia- / LTD. ~ larly to - I / - j(JiJ ~.:...... :·· / . '!.~ . '~;"·' ~ptei'Y)ber,' 1948 THE L .IS TEN I N G· PO S~ ·: Pqg~ S - ~ _;.'i . ·0· · ~TV:.· 0.. , -~ . c ·,:A:.p··· E· v/s:· · _:., ~~ · ::~~~;;:~i:h:v~~~t: - -_~j C.. ..:f~ ' · . "'" S, ~ · .J::~ · I' tened ih to ~ ·Circus.' ''--The same wit . . ·~ · By BOB CHAMB~RS · ... · of a ~omm~ore who sugg'e8t~d theae ~~ . _. · ·call·s1gns made the sarcastic signal: I DON'T think I laughed much i~ the coaster, and we would feel sorry fbr "As· ~he war e,nds at' noon oti' Satur' days of ~onvoys, but now I can him while we swore at him. day m Bombay I suggen we alter ' look back and smile at the brighter H-our 011cl Pothos · course to -- in order tO. arrive .be· side. .I remember the many times I Humour and pathos played tag· in fore this event." , . haye st.ood on tlie fQC'sle watching some of tlie grim moments. I re· I was spared the misery of-:Russian .I' the convoy . struggle out of harbOur member ieaving . P~t with a little· .and North Atlantic corivois, but l and form up into station-gaunt Lip· coaster the'Old Man called a "black·-' have heard many · of the-·tales that eny ships and low, wallowing tank··: belching ~;, · (lS soon as he saw · have drift~d back. I· thipk one of ers and perhaps an odd merchaqtrrian _it. We lost him by morning and we them is worth repeating,_ When the or two; a sad-looking lot in die gafh· 1(\ter learnea that he had gone back · · ~ueen Mary cleared her port in the ~ ering dusk. I have stood there watch· home. J:le was mith us ;~-gain and the homeland on her runs to America, a ing the ~pray shoot off the rollers and ·same thmg oceufied when we left gallant little escort, often an old des thinking of another seven da:ys of 'the 5ame port twelve days later.. Third · troyer, awaited her outside. To the rolling, pitching, tossing ·and cork· time is lucky, they sayi and this time "Queen's" imperious "What is your screwing our way to the Persian Gulf,. he .stayed with us for two days until maximum speed?" she would reply, where we had a short respite in a the convoy commodore was "fished." "Twenty-two knots, sir," or what• temperature of 120 degrees, before A · second "fish" failed to explode in ever it happeneg-to be. In the man pulling out again with another mob the next-in-line and our organised ner of a policeman waving on some of tankers and mercantile tortoises. "panic" commenced. 'Like terriers, slow traffic would come. t,he signal: Down to Aden and back to Born• "We will steam at 22 knots." And bay by the same route~. in a nionth~s ~r two days. t.he game littl~ escort time. We cursed our seasick souls, would struggle on before giving Up · the war and the monsoons, and mqst the· ghost and returning to port, while of us cursed the convoys. Long, gruel· ~he ~ueen Mary increased speed to ling days in which no.thing .ever bap- 30 knots a~d scarped for the land of pened, perhaps an atta,ck once in chewing-gum and film stars. three 'weeks,· but_never a kill .tinle.ss· Th~ pride of the Navy. rose again, an unoffending whale turned its belly however, on an occasion when the towards the stai:s. . "Mary" made her ·Usual signal to lln .' But, in retrospect, there was some• unusual l~king escort: . thing spectacular and awesomEiin the . "To· Officer commanding'~ escort: -; _line of grey hul1s shadowed against. What is your maximum speed?'' the evening clouds. Tbey seemed to . "F9rty·five knots, "sir.. So what!" .. -1 dra:w_ Y:O!Jr ga~e and,. count 'the~ . cy;; We ea~ imagine the gleam in the many t1mes as you w1shed, you gOf .a~ OR1 Man s eye as he dictated that , ~ different score each tim~ · Tnef'e. wa~ ' reply. · always a tlJb hidden -by the o!.d gi~ 1 The Mis~ing Man 1 . on her beam; ·and there. was· al~~ys I can vouch for the truth of the the lazy last, the straggler who' W -. following incident·. There were 23 ...::ll forever not . with us-the son.. of: -·, ~ - -. "J.h! my favourite perfume- ships in the convoy with a 'corvette ., creaking old hulk laid down 'in :13 ' . . oshes of apple/' . -· astern and the other corvette--our· ' for 12 knot8"'and considered, at the . ~lves-doing a long criss·~ross sweep convoy conference, capable of mak· 'we were darting about wi~h our 1n the van. In the blackness at 3.30 ·,1 ing a bare eight. As she dropped .J T. VIVIAN PLUMlJJSa. . : ·.ROS,NSTAMM P«.LTD. !43 1lQUIY BOAD., BUBIACO. eau. Wdti' or ~ ._W.l.. ' . 61-65. KING STREET; PERTH ·. 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ALL QLD sOLDIE~S WILL .ENJQY · This trusty old · frien.. . of ffle old Dilt• .t :: ~ · ~if ..· \ \''AlL QUIET oa·tHE· ·•~pi~ -~ tfi, Co~monwealth· Militaty ·F~·.· )WBJIIN F'llllf;' . cjurin1 tWo wa~s 1till pt~urable, -~r , with 'all ~ · o.f ~~~ily f~ear lick ot· TJte il 0 ·y All ~ Hay .Street. .lt42l ~ ' ...... •• •• •• · ~ \' ... \...... · September, 1948 THE LISTENING p· 0 S T Pasie 7 ./ August 28.-Again at dawn we·. SHOULD ABOUT started on the march. The roads were . PEOP.LE YOU KNOW in a terrible state, th~e~t was terri· · :. fie, there seemed to be very'l ittle order . 2: The Men of Mons '" about anything, and mixed up with us ' · ' But these are deeds that should not pass away, . . . . were refugees· with· all sorts · · 1'-nd names that m~t not wither."-Byron. of conveya nces-pr~m s, trucks, .wheel• , barrows, and tiny little cart$llrawn TffiRTY-FOUR years ago a band of that the,;:-Germans re.porte~ that they by dogs! ... It wasn't straight marc~ men engraved their names upon were bemg opposed by masses of ing, for every few hours we had to.·:. the scroll of history. And it is fit· machine guns." deploy and. heat off an attack.. A_nd , . ting that our younger citiu:ns of to· Vastly superior German forces after we had beaten off the attackmg d~y should know something of these threatened both British flanks, and force, on we went again- retiring. . men (some of whom still live. in then cam€ the news chat the French August 31.- Again we were. rear< Wes.tern Australia) who kept Eng· 5th Army 'was in full retreat. The guard. W e marched, staggerillg about ;. 1 land free when days were very ·dark. British retired to a second position the road like a crowd of gipsjes. ·: Let us, then, tell the s tory, if only which had been pre~ared a little to. Some of the fellows had puttees brie6y. . the south. All thrQugh the da>' the wrapped round their feet instead of · On August 22, 1914, the British British troops had punished the Get boots; others walked in their socks, Expeditionary Force of 65,000· men mans badly and had fought with with feet all bleeding. . . . Yet they and 250 guns, under ~ir John French, superb courage, but by nightfall the marched until they dropped, and then .., reached a front wh1ch ran from a en~my had bridged the canal and were somehow got up and marched again. point east of Mons to Conde. The · September I.-We continued at the · general idea of the French staff was same game from dawn till dark, that this force, in .co-operation with tJeroes of old! I huMbly lay marching and fighting and marching. Lanrez.ac's 5th French Army on its The laurels on your groves September 2.-At 2 a .m. we moved right, and with French territorial again; off and marched all day long. t·roops on its left, should attack and, ' Whatever men hove done, Men September 3.-The first four or if possible, envelop the German right -may, five hours we did without a single which consisted of v on Kluck's 1st The deeds you wrought ore not · halt or rest. It was the most terrible Army. in vain. . march I ·have ever done. I, llke a But as Sir John · Pren~h motored fool, took my h~ts nff, and found my to the headquarters of Lanrezac in feet were covered in blootl. the early hours of the 22nd,, he saw· advancing in great strength. Sharp September 4.- All through the· large numbers of French trObp~ rl!·. fighting went on through the hours of . night we marched . .. . falling fast treating southward. Tha.t evening · darkness, and at dawr) ihe British asleep, even if the halt lasted cinly a British Intelligence estima~ed that were again 'ordered to retreat. minute. T owards ..dawn we turned ·there were at least three Germa-n. At Frameries the rearguard put up into a farm, anti for about two hours · corps marching against the British-. .such a good defence that the .German!> I slept in a pig-sty. . · .' · The French troops which should have were compelled to carry out a formal September ) .-Early this morning, ~~n · on the British left .had not ar· - atlack, in · which'. at least nine bat· reinforce:nents ioined us . . . W r; were rived, and by nightfall the Gt:ITQ.a~s talibns of-.. the 6th German division filthy, thin and haggard ... instead . . wete threatening that flank... The were engaged a'nd suffered heavy of bbots we bad puttees, rags-any' British cavalry were driveri back by losses. ·The Germans were amply sup thing and everything- wrapped round. overwhelming forces, and the attack plied with motor transport and. w'ith our feet. I discovered that the con\• upon Lanrezac was so violent that aircraft, but the British lacked both. pany I was in covered 2 51 miles in his pc;>Sition became untenable.:. . . But let us turn for a moment to the Retreat from Mons. 5o the British troops were ordered the more personal .side of the battle But that retreat was more than a .to .entrench and ~nd upon the de In E~eryman At War []. M. Dent & mere falling back. It stopped the fensive until French progress in other Sons), Corporal B. ]. Denore, of the German Army in its sweep to Paris, directions gave the signal for a gen fst Royal Berks., gives extracts from and it altered the whole outcome of eral advance. his diary. In brief,. he says:-= · the war. &ritish losses were about 1\t .daybreak on August 23, Ger· August 25.-We started off about 5 ,000, but tQe far better equipped man artillery began to shell an ex· 5 a.m., still retit I ' ..__ S:::t::mter~ ~ 1~.4! ~ . . ., . :~:\.·. •, ..;·-; ~~~ . . _('\11 '?4i~i~J~ ~f t.~ .~l . ·~ttq~ff!ry. l ol,l,t t~et~ :.o/9r)t. m an~' • .'f.p~ capactty-;.there a~e · re~ ; · · Hbst?i~ . ... visi.~?r~ - w)lo pat ~~kly Vll!lts fO ·Jn.~'· · · . . •• . bers, and there are outdoor VJSltOrs who visit those sick men- who ~re ·. ft . to. • • '· ~. ' • ) u··· ...' ,:· .. _· .·- ~ - confined . to.' tlieir .. h6mes. Frs:uD the . j I 'l, ( ;~~ .,'itr : · ~a·.~ .l·.;-'I~· :~~· .·... ;r·- association's funds, tobacco, cigarettes . A. ... JUt .ltJI and r~aq~~g .~~~$.~ are J?\!r8t~d ·for ihThore ~~~~~a!e _c;:o~r,a~es} . I • \ f "{he:.We.t,m Austr~lian ..~tarich of ·the t~ta~ly . an~ PermC.nently Diubled Soldiers' Association of Australia -rs ·:IOOkJng e •.~~~~29 . 8 p~~9.t re~pts fOr a beneJic~r. . . ' . total ~_P.p_rq31~":~!1Y . fHL a ..-< rear A • (fro~ me~~r~· ~~_riplj_~~) •.. ~~~ at AT the moment this association has leas't 75 per 'cent are financial mem· the ti~e of. ~jtlr\g 3J ' ~~mbe_rs are · its headquarters in Gledden hers of the League.. Unfortunately, in H9l~pvpod ..JJ~pipl, .· i? are Buildings, Perth, and, while this head· no less than 140 -pl~pers' nave . died in E4wa~d . ~,lie~ tio!Jle, !lJl.dca. large since the association been in exis; quar;e~s is comfortable and', centr:al, . .:.....---:has . number are bed·rid'den at hOme. ·' · the ,rent is high and expenses of up te.nce .. Offictals .State- 'vijtii · ' i>l~~.~~ . 'Jhat keep mean that' the association-which . they hav~ ha& .m~t grafifyi~g;. assist· • '; • . ..,.... "''• .; 4-.J · is entirely c.dependent upon outside For That New or Renovated \1-n.ce fr9m ~ - ~r~. the .J3.a~o and· · ... donations for its existence- has to the. gt;n.eraJ P\l~llc, b~t ~~Y 'sitll}~el battle to make both ends meet. -Sink Top -or tha~ fa,r J~ 'P.\1-PY of ID~ p~~i~.#ow ..... ~ f ~-~ - {- . 1 Not that its members are complain · little about them. 'they .welcome visi· tors tq .their ihey ing. Far from that, f0 r they appre: BathrooQi F~oor he~~qu~_rters:· : ~nP. . · date the many kindnesses which ar~ also would welcome the donation of Consult , rea.·ding m.atte~ for ·l~eir. H~rary : . (In· showered upon them, but they do 1 feel that many a wealthy person could ' A L A N S .N .E ,Q I) E N . t)1is respect, .,hey wish t ·~ ., r • . • ~ 1 D~ si g·n~d fo; ~;r~~i n~ ..Milki~~ M~chin~~. Chaff Cutt~rs, Pi·;~. _ / ' ' • .' ~r ' • • ' ' • • . ' . • ' Fighting Equipment, Water Puf!lpS, Drag Sows, Generating Plants; etc., etc. NG IN ANY wE:.t•n··-·~~JiotiTEs 11fi·LttisT ·~~tdvEJrr:t.,t~j~ · · ENGtNhRf~.~ .~~!tJ.~~~l~ .:. J·~•iacli-~i'l~vbN'b ~N'ifHftlq• - HAVE EVER EXPERlENCED V . '. . \ ) • c~11 ~~ ~r · ~it~ . ;~ th~ Sol: ·w;A.: Dl.tria...t; W_ESTR4~1AN . F~ilERs · r ~~:O:~ij~T~¥E .4¥ffPt .. ·. NGTON STlEET, PERTH~B~NC ... ES & AGENCIES ~ THROUGHOUT. Tttl STATE . ):, ·- ~ • -=~~ ···-=.. '_ . ~.: ..,,. t ~- · ~.. ... ~ - -..,· · - \! ....>"(. ~ ...~ • ... • • • , __: :"'!'" • -... -,. t""' J T ~ ! ~: I_ I ~, T E ~- • ' G r:C S T Poge·9 thought ·Waves, but, as her advertise· ment appears. year ~ter year, in a publication which , char-g~~iiiewliere , -. , T t /o • Stickers. . come in in the vicinity of 1I· a 'Word for 'iher~ ~~e mdre' fools thqn. : ·~~~es i~ abo~t e~en). who·,' rilies on newspap~r,. each insertion, Madam mu~ ·ha.~~ advertising to catch ..the simpleton; and the world, else the ~naves would nOt clients aplenty. Another · thougHt: j~dging fr?m. the regularity with waver, a man this ti,m~. specialises;, at ' ,' • ' ~tJ,e I enougr. live on: ta, ~C:h the advertisements· appear, the exactly the same rates (can i~that BY. WILLIAM BEECHAM simP,l~topS' are many. · they have an association?), in treat• Wliether the Australian is, in gen· ments for Prosperity. However, in . . ~-~~·s .. a - ~cker born eve~ eral, too wily· a bird to be caught by all fairness, he refrains from stating .. · mmute, · sa1d Bamum, hac~ ~n . . this· kind of .thing, one -'!:annot say; whose prosperity-his or yours! '71 and, now, in 1948, one is Inclined but it is signifi.eant that few of these Another jnteresting adverti~ment to think that the- birthrate of . the "ca.tches" .>appear_ in the Press of this in a popular mpnthly extolls the vir, species has increased consid.erably. country. Europe gets its share, but tues of "A substance-wh9jesome, Hardly a week passes without ne\WS of A m'erica- home of· the "wi5e guys," strengthening and appetising," which some confidence man catching ·a poor simply overflows with them. enables one to live for one dollar a wig~ wiclr an age·old trick. It ~y w'eek. The "secret" is offered for be• a fortune that has to be careffilly exactly one week's cost of living. d~uted, or perhaps there is ·a CHANGE OF · which seems like ahsolutely giving the Spanish pr~ner (with, perchance, a 'EDITORSHIP thing away! . .. beauteous <;laughter) to be liberated; The love-lorn, of .:oursc, a..,re known or even a mundane betting transaction Reoden moy hove ~otice.d that; comme•cin,· with '. the to be somewhat "queec" whilst in the which is guaranteed to show enonnous August . iuue,. '"The- ListeRitlg throes of the tender passion, as 'the profits. Whatever, the bait, then: · is Post" come under new editor author of this classified gem is plainly alWa.ys-:-strangely enough-the. .matter ship. · aware:- of ·a transfer of cash frorn victi~ to For aome ti111e post this task hoa !tM• underteken by the " My system tells you if your gil'l t~ckster, . ju'st ·as a matter of ·"good- State Secretory !Mr. John loves you. Sounds fishy, but it is a faith." · Chop~l! ~. ·~ ·tile job of fact. Send 2 5 cents to ..." In Australia, the confidence man beiat State Secretory is ao easy · How those final words spoil every· haa become something .of a I?ublic oR it, cinll' cilrtailldy not oni whfcli thing.· Even love is commercialised! •itht !1. uaclerto~,n lifihtly. hero tl{ri:lugh his ability .to dispose: of aR4Mcf ..it ·l• o tosk which Golll Some of these· advertisers are, ap· Dbma'iri sundials or . Syd11~Y ' Gap bette •itht wen hOve hod in p I Begging•letter•writers, starving, in "Madam Dash-Advice on all money. Oh dear, no! Most dCo<:idedly, a 'bumble' garret," take years ~o pa~ pr9~lems. . No.~e too. sma]l- no.nc too tilo!-Except, if one must mention it, \~. pig.. ! rrreats SICk 'Muid. Body, Soul. that' darned chain letter ... but then, \ a~. ahEi''thiive·, ~~eed~gt~ · w~ll¥ ) doing so. As for .~treet beu.a!S. reot'e _Distance no objA:t. · All done by .of course, that was different._ / than one of ~- gentle~~n ~ A>een ·thought waves. T wo dollars per · knbwn to· 'pOSees.s . considerab!e real wee'k five dollars month. Address . ·, . " elate.1''''11ie · fuost "int~Jjst,ip{p~yclio ; : Pe'~SQnaily,', I can«ot see myself Many • of the so-coiled " modern .. ~~~·· ·1sa68men ; however, 18 the -man, J!ay.ing· Madam evep 1\alf-a-dollar for young people" look upon home merely o;.·· ·. ·;.h. ·.{tJle sex~ seem .. to run the .trea~t of- fallen arches by os the ploc;e one. goes from the _gor~•· ,'.,; ' ' . ' . ·~ . , ."'". :, . ~~~'-· "'V''-!,-;_r ·~ •.-. ' /#- ;~.~ _,, ~ · ) . • , ...... ft, .( '11 THE LISTEN G· 1 N POST . September,_· ~ ~'};· .; -,., . . REPAni~TJOH , be enter~g the~.. ... isea ~ - ~:~. , ,_,·· · is The ,report submit~ · py Mr. ~tt rowed baa~: -~~a ~/j}. J ~r, p"T~is . ' covered aspects was issued ~t 1f p~~ ~ · of pensions Of~cial of divor· 't1)ia t. (Coatiaaed fro. ~e 4) cees. not stopped; action ' Arising_ from• this report, the w'?~la ~.be . ~ ·. : 1 ~- · S~te Secretary) from the chairman of follqwing resolution was carried: to .deal with offenders 1n ac.cor~ the Bri~ish Legion·: Subj'7t to the proviSions~ of ~c t~on with the club rules.'' · - ·.· · ' · D~ar Mr. Chappell,-1 am very 43,.. section 44 of. the Repatnatton (A member ~ho recently:' loaq~~ , . · pleased indeed to have received t~e Act be amended to permit, in special brochure of your ·Migration Commtt· his Lea~e badge to a non:m~J;U circumstances, of .a ~endant's pen· in order that the lat~ ~ t tee. I think it is a most excellent sion being continued to wives after the club facilities was expe)!ed.t· f~ · r· .d ocument and _I am quite sure that divorce. in cases where (a) the wife ~- it will be greatly appreciated by those the du~under Club· ruJ~· 27--ai\d 'had been the 'petitioner or (b); where members are-asked to eie. that un4er ~ of our colleagues who will be making th.e wife had been the respondent apa, [ their home no circumstances · are League' badges in your country.' . · in · the opinion- . of th-: Repatriation I am particularly happy loaned to non:me.mbers.1 with the Cmp.mission, h!ld : ~~n the injured .. . · gOOd feeling which exists between the p~rty. - . · R.S.L. OTHER REPORTS . and the British Legion, and I ANZ~C CLUB · ·am quite sure that this will continue, •Reports wer~ also submitted on·_'The It as the ex-Imperials know of the won· The report sub~tted by Mr. Fer· Listening Post (Ml'. Lo~ie) ; FinartcC.. ·· derful help that you are prepared to ·guson covered the ·granting of tern· · (Mr. Herlihy), Faversham (Colonel give. porary honorary membership to o~: Mansbridge) and · the COrps of Co_m· Will you give my very kind re cers and men of the United States missionaire's (Mr.'-t eates). gards to your State President. ship Greenwich · &~ and die follow· With very many thanks for your ing details of infringement of Club kindness 'to me whilst in -Perth, which rules: . The annual reunion of the 44th Bat- I shall always remember. ' , "Y~ur committee has been . ~on • talion Association will be ~~~ at 8 p:m; ·· ·. v- on Monday, October 4, at Anzac House Yours sincerely, cerneq for some tlm~ at the number supper room. All ex-m~rs of .the C. Gordon Larking (Lt.-Col.). of. non-members "Who are x:_~ported to battalion ore cordially invlt~d . . for a w.-FAIRWEATIIER & SON·:· • BUILDERS 6 CONT~CTOIS .· • G·O.:OB Telephones:· .. · ; · Office, B 3973; .Private, U f803 & W 19~1 .. 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J - .. , Pc~~ . 11 . :);- · ~ ' ! ~ L I S· T .E N I N. G .. . P 0 S T ' ·y.·(J.. corn· ~ ,. e·< the ~~no~eia~ing~en, may conteated~~ ;~~· fr6bi -~- ·-.~t ·. .,.; :~, ; ::.:.1 '.. · a~ pe- ' . ~ , ,_·...... · . ~ost part 'Pe · clg~f?\ ·tlft'e '· -·s and PJOteCted - • • yieV/. .. , . > .: · f, . ... : . ,· ;· 1 ·~. <· ••••• , . ·., 1 · , < 1 • . fr.- Af' tu·; .l · · ' ·.. : · · · · · · · ' ;.fl£av1est exp~ostve. .. ~i fr~uft cciv'-r -~.~· mon.tli tc:,fr~ . its own ··~~. "ere . "Armies wi~l ~on sist' of a fu~·~ ... -~~~ - ~-·'' ~e ~ .· su_pportecJ by the .i• a Y•~:·~'(ef'. ~· of .what lfl• .f..,., re may .hol6'for sonie of us. 5ame fortunate spwal~sts of it are lite fie ve/y ieverse. fe.tat ._bu~k os~ the. natt?IIn beat -~~~~n . . . ~oils p1fa~M~th'ls ~c ones . mce 1t Wl vtnuauy , · ~ ,-.:. . . ~ ·. . .. , to ~ destr~y an (nen\y'~ . . · · 1· ··"",.\ "":: of· us who Saw the cmru.Qg sphere at undre.amed of _speeds. On . ~possible , the ~111 not· be· ma9e. · o.f ~e aeroplane, and who have. land c;m: car.s wiiL.probably be vastly ilXmy, atte~pt forces w1tl try· to cut each . ·grpw. fr:o~ a contraption of different to the motor vehicles of to· The armed " se~n ~~ production·, u~n· · . can~¥. wood' and .wires into a l,llory-, day; ··engines wil~ be in their logical oth~r·s in~ust!ial w~tch the existence of the seiViees-· ster of st~ei';- those of t;S w ..o ·saw. : place ·at··the rear,. gear-changing will epend. T~~ . total casualties of the cinema fto~' a be a thing of the past1 an? driving will wtll d ' ~e: . cha~gmg_ so-called c1v1hans may be far Jer:kY't --:fickenng, cheap-Jack ty~ Of become almost automatic;.,__..- a·'?oog ,soldiers, sailors i?to one of th~ wo~ld'$ . Televisio~ will bring the. events of higher. than . a~ong e~t an.d a1rmen, 1f, mde~.::. . any, difference ¥ldi~, ~dbstnes; those of u~ ,ymo .· t~e day right into our .. lives. Pocket th7 services still exists l ...... in 1914· 18 and. aga~n ·: .t:.adios '-"ill allow us to talk from our ~twe~~ . _th~ee- saw warf~e ·tnph1b1an -age. . . saw 1t (w1th 1ts ~xtraordinary chaqg'ey .o.ffices·to our ~o~es. Distance-which m-} the foolish scruples developments) in . 1939-194'5; _is. being annihilateQ rapidly even to· _Whether and gas and bacteriofogical war- know .that; above all, the world· is · · · agamst will have been overcome is a full of change. · Yesterday has gone, fare mat_te ~ of speculation. · It is a tod~Y. .will' be over in the blinking of cunos1ty of human beings ~at they ' tomorrow is on it's way.,. ~·r(e~e1 alred to disembowel, crush,. . ArM what: is this world of' outs ar~ prep and blow into a tnou5and' going to be like in a few year~? Few,- b~md~urn , a~y flumber of enemies, but if any,. can tru.Iy s.1.y·, but ·quite· a·· lot p1eces they he51tate to incapacitate ,them, Of :US' cal't'·thake- a .reasonable gUCSS; >.' ' . · only tempo~ri l y, 'by chehl'ical ·Prdfessor :A. .M. Low sees the .home· even if riological . means. The for- of !omoriov.l as a vastly different: or baCte ce~ ha:s· the il-~~q~ity of his- pb:ce tO' .what'lt is todlly~ . , He · mer pro typ,e· ~f-. 1t would ·be .a :mlsta'ke to : . ':Ne walk up to the front poor J tof.Y •. for says that modern Wii.'J's. · a'l'e mote· ·nd 1 upon the mat. This ~vto· · th\nk a ~arid · the _i:he so~ndi~g.. .' o( _,fr~ghtful than. th?se . ot -~~ty;; ma,ti~!ly' r~lts ~ 1s s1mply-- con~~ted· plea_sant chimes Withm the. tiou~ the·;· ;t fnghtfulness o a shorter period. . Gas and _bac- , tone telling. pur hostess wh~th'er ~' m t lt>gical ~ai'f~re . Ci!t(-:!~~ y~r · ac - ~ _callers· are.' at.'tfse front or the··haok . terio th~ - ~~ ~~~ - : doc:"':·- · ~e take:r·cr glance at. a- _- ~a>U· _kn ~wled~ed..J,y_ "~~~;~ ··. N~ do~bt , m ~u7 : :_<:0~f; ~ irtd- ~r~en•;_tp· ~e'_;.,~~ph~.n , an~· th~~ bactenolpgKal .watfare:'·~t ,.l)e. tOn· JS abl~ 'to.. see who ts calhng. · If.. tHe ~ hoW'ever relu~Jitty,.: ;p~ ~ · t aller.· is welcome she me'rely p~ . ~. . ; ~ A -~~ered , 0 bu_siness . . . A continlJ~I\k •• ' buttQQ the . door open·s . .fdiid· , .."Paw .t ~er . yov .t4o n,-uth ~'0 - wire the ~~ul a ::a n~ loud nmse projected' ovet ii'fdus- ..' den l~ud·speaker · relays her..welooniing _ th.~ whole h'!u•!·,. Ju:t put ill'• ojt,e ' of ·Cf v~_ry ...... \IC~ tnal centres ·would cause a( firSt chaos "Come inf' ,• We glance' at walls a.nd . them shalt' c!li'Ciiitl ~·I Mttrd d · · · · · :\ · aboUt " a weariness that .. are of plastic. Jndeea.i~tn~ · · . , . · . · --~ · . an , more slowly, floor . ..J AJ.!, until'the will I of /phosphor.e~~nt · · . . t..!?uld not be overcome, floo\:s · . may; . be .. been 1b8t. '"taking in the sunKght· day-will mian little to~ the man of~}-aJ.id capacity to wotk- h~ p,l al!ti~. whi~ is 'decisive,' certainl}>. day,;. yield enough ligh~ ·at' ~o~9.t:f-G\J'?. . . . "No w~apop " of '!ViU more than a very short.period. nightJo lignt. the way without illumi- .Wamre, of "tomorrow . l)ot.for .- ;ach. n~w .weapon ~11 produce· .i~· nation~ · .. _ . · . · . : : But what of tomorrp"w's ~arfare? once ag~ what Professor. n~w. d~~ence . . ·'If 1t were P-OSSible "Outer walls maY. be of fibre;glllSS,' . Let •.us .see 1 . nation o,r to poiaqri._its rOOJll! ao :be flOOded~ ~ith l:.qw -has to, say:- .to, ~tenbse a allow!ng supply, the claim tbat it sunlight:"· .Cooking by elec'trorucs ~-and ... "The :war of.tomorrow might well ent1re w~ter me.rciful in the end' woUld' L short<~vCS: · y~ju be com~nonplace. ; be · ~'?~ght by armles ·whicll never see wasv'm:ore . .. . ) :ays_. t wi9,. be, ustd ~ ~0 ·, ~~~~ ?th~r . qf~~~tly; .t~ e ~a~ tl e bei't;tg 500~ ~ ~ut f~r"':'ard . \ Ul~ra:v.idlet .. agan'l leads oh"e'· ~ ,asft.t:: Jtend~st· ~he !heat. . Tpe hom~ -;;~IU . o~~necf at ranges of n~nd'reds of miles , ~htc'h where Must there be another .wa~? • · ,1( be .airicb'ndit'ioned;· tlie bathrobm''\v1U ·.·· aoo""closing to a · few miles,. ) have a- 9.~ee ·:·Vi~ch .will en~ut-e ' to~x: ·, rad~cb~trolled:t~n~ and _weapons of led wa!et a'ti,· the :e.v~ry _k4\d will. 5eek to 9estroy each .· ·1 .bath J,efng~'tWit~ ·VES REPORT 0\i . d~i re ; liole.t, ·rays other .. ,CW:!ously, the deat~·roll might WAA GRA teibperature ar Graves Report is available otress skin 1\l$ you.'sh~ve: " o .':" ' lie Jigllte,r than· in a less tedin~ca l war. The W ,nU our . L.A. offices at An- :. .'Wilt ·of ~-'·~· .. ' ',ttation? , Un~' > Ea:-ch·-~de ·~ght_ ~ek' · to brealf up -the ;· a~ the ~. S. S.A.I · any i ntere~le'Cf (ieiiliis: 8;\1~11 flr. ·throug_h t~e . ~~!o• other~s techn~cal weapons .ra'th'er tqan ~ tac House· to . ·~·: ~y; 1\Ve '-... (. . ,i I - ' ' t) • 1 --- ~ • J ·~ '·~~ . • .. r. I f.-..1 ·, .... '(.., • I ' / "' • ~ ~ ~..,...._ ~J -- ~..,.,: ~ •" "' ' ¥~ ~ ;J /~ - ! . . ,. . ' .., September, ·1948 Page 12 · THE- LIS~EN~NG POST -s~ggered, recovered ~self and said: I guess thafll hold ~m!" · "Don't mess abou~ . The flamin' ser· "'' The lieqtenant was so n~bl¥· geant's watching us." ' silent that the captain asked:. '~Wt@fs "k the matterZ Aren't you pleased?" : An old sweat recently retired from "No, sir," ·replied 'the lieut~t, his job. We had served for 53· years "You see, on the way to yourqu~t.s (minus war sen(ice) and he was asked )ones bet me· twenty pounds· he'd· if the firm ~ad recogni~d his faith· · have the shi~ off your back in five fulness. "Recognise it,".....- he said, minutes." -tr Towards the end of W orld War "Too fl~in' right ~hey· did. They "That sergeant! I_ never heard a .., II, Goering had so many medals that gave .me the>: D.9._M. . !J1e m~n who man talk so fast ~my lifer· · . · he found it impossible to wear thein · r~.~.~ed hts ~ye· ''Why shouldn't he? His futher all at once; and this annoyed pim asked t~~ q~estton . The D.Q.M... he que~ted. was an auctioneer and his mother wa.S considerably.. ·So he gave the matter· brows "Surely that is a military decoration?" a woman." * thqught and eventually had an some "Not thi~ one," came t_!ie..F~ply. "This (about the size of during the war the extra-rarge medal was the Don't Come Monday." In Germany a di,nner·plate) cast. This he wore penalties for listenjn_g to BBC pro private occasions. terms Qf im· on all official and Private )ones, an inveterate and in· grammes were varying Those who ·looked at it saw just two * In Australia:' the- .penal· , variably - ~ccessfu l bettor, was such 'prisooment. words engraved· ther-con. They were: to ABC programmes a de,moralising influence . in his. unit · ti~ for ~listening "See catalogue.'' th11t his lieutenant, after· t~ying up· . _ate 'the A~ progra~nr'es. successfully to end his · gamblin'g, When Johnny a 1~d Mary were sent .him before the captai,n. After Messrs. Dovies and Lonnie, of the young, Johnny was crazy ahout sol· .interview, the lieutenant was State Exj!cutive, accompanied by the the l last diers and- Mary was wild · about summoned.' . • State Se/::retary I Mr. Chappell month mode a visit to Wickepin, Yealer painted dolls. M>' ! how things have "i've' shown Private· )ones he can in9,'",..torrigiri, Quoiroding. and York. changed! lose a bet," the captain said. "I ,asked him -why he couldn't stop betting, Two recruits were pegging down artd he· said: 'S:r, it's a hab'it I can't Hotel a t ent. One was holding the · pegs seem to lose. WJ'!y, 1'11 bet you ten Oxford· while the other was wielding the ·p'ounds right now you have a mole 'on LEEDEIVILLE knew mallet. Attempting to hit the peg a! your left shqulder.' Well, I MT. KA WTHOI~ mighty blow, the mallet · wielder darn well I didn't, so · I took off my and showed him. He admitted UNDER ENTIRELY .NEW . slipped and-hit the peg-holder a nasty shirt . MANAGlMlMT The peg-holder he had lost ,and .paid the ten pounds. smack on the h~!ld. THE BEST HOUSE FOR l'HE' - S-POT · JAC~ DOWNIE, Mo... or , TeLEPHO~E _ a :7s~9 FRESH AS THE DAWN , , , F~ oncl . PosteuriMII Milk S~PP.!Ying · Cottesloe, Clarernant, Ne.dlands, Peppermint Grove and Mosman Park ' Inspection lnvfted'. at W.A's ~I and Most Hygl~nic Dalry V • Esto~llshed J4 y.... GI . .w , BI RK B EC· K IA~FOUR ST., tOTTESLOE Phone F·2601 .· September, 1948 T H ~ l E NI S T 1. N G P 0 . S T . Page 13 visited Co~rigin, Mr. Edwick was ~ sented wi9't d\e coveted Certi6~~ '\_ PERS·6N·ALJtTIES of Service. and particular mention - i· was made 'bf the fact that he· had , · Thomas Baker .Hef,fer, gteral sub-branch is: \\!C are pl~ased to pear, · done much to keep the local sub manag~r "of tl1e Bank of New uth making good progress in the Holly· branch together during the war years. ; Wales, who has been p,romine t of wopd ~· Hospital, and /hopes to 6e - late in the Bank Nationalisation case around again l>efore long. is a Digger who served in Egypt and France· in World War I, the engage· . Cliff Kle;:man,* · president of th~ _, The recent Australasian . Medical ments in which he took part including Shenton Park sub-branch, is anoth~r Congress brought about a reunion Pozie're8, 1\.:fouquet Farm, Gueudecout, stalwart who has been ... on the rick between two brothers who had not Hamel, vnters·Bretonneux and Zon· list lately. Cliff 'is a tiger for' work seen each other for 2~ years.-, rhey nebeke. He was wounded twice. where ,League affairs are concerned. were Dr. A. j. Coll.ms, of Sydney, -tr and Perth journalist. and broadcaster. Mr. S. Lambert* is to be congratu· Burge Newman and D. R.' Me· C. R. ("Dick") Collins. Dr.. Collins, lated upon his election to the chair· Gregor, of the Kalg?Orlie sub·brancn; - who is a Macquarie Str.eet heart and • . GU ARDIN,_ G YOUR I N T E a :·E 8 -T 8 ' man,ship of the South Perth Roadt are to be heartily congratulatelr"'upon lu~ · specialist, is ~ell known to many Board. A returned man from World· receiving' coveted Certificates of · s~r- ' -~fetU(ned men in this State, having War Gjl,he became a senior A.R.P. vice. . ' served as M.O. of the 48th Battalion warde · World ::Nar II, and tran~ * of the 1st Ai.F. throughout 1917. feU"ing lat r to the V.D.C., betame ~ Duril'lg that service, he won the · \V is another D.S.O. and M.C. Unfortunately, captain 1 the DJ. C. Harbou~ . Bat· ·Mr. C. Edwick tery at.Fremantle. He is .a pr"mment . League stalwart wh6 has now received Cong~ business took up most of member of the South Perth sub· recognition of his services. When his time -in Perth, anq the need to I I Messrs. Davies ·and .Lonnie, of the leave for ·Sydney as soon as it was branch. • ·. 1 . . * ~ . State Executive, and the State Secre· over prevented him from attending Bill Hcggcty, of th~~e Pa~k tary (Mr. ]. Chappell), recently the annual reunion of the 48th. ) • . .I Page 14 THE LlSTENIN ~ POST • ...... ,,,;,.,,,. .., • .:- f .• l' -f OJGGtRS! Where }ar.! The besi ventiloted bars; the l'nosf ~;.1010 dote lounge, the very best bef!r and U~ fJIIaT'-,·.:.,... ·Z of oil kinds kept on refrigeration, the super , ~rvice? AltRAftm WA!talls AT GUILFOYLE'S A·N·n ~~-~R:biJl .L• ·~ , R;OTEL A:USTlALrA.-. : . .----... . . ' . 1 • I ~ . ,. let~WaterfOrd Rei~·, M*flandLo PhOne U 140. . MCJR~Y STREET (n·ext a·oini)' I . PlltTH· $;.1.. ihy Gi ~tter' Ale. . Ali. Weter P~-fl~ · ' Dr• ~ FRANK GUILFOYLE,. Proprietor ' ------.. ,..,.... Oule wcmta ea~, aU moclela.<, Beet, Price• JICl!iL ' · ,'l'bOucmd.l .ol. ArmJ'; oft!IYF & Air F-DlaPoHJ. ~c~Mcip. . WE 1PLL 11 ILiAS£0 TO QUOTJ YOO FOB~ YOoit . fttct:'TC)Qm.a, .ODIO;oeAu. OK AUSiJEI OF '(IJB H~'-i.. Pamting and Decorating '. :0. .W. OSTIAN. .G M<7rOR!S' HARRY JENKINS !late .2/28th BnJ ; .. lOTH SIDES OF Al&ANY R~D, VICTORIA •PAloK 95 Kalgoorlie Stre~t, ·Mo11nt HaWthoM , Querter. mile from Swan Rivet Telephotte M 10'11 0 Telephone B 8858 ' . ...... , -- .... ,. VICTORIA PAR.K HOTEL Co.mmonwea·Jtli E. J •.COLEMAN ,- Proprietor. . Phone M tc*3 Fl'rst.-'Cioss :Accommodation. Country Visitors Specially Employment , • Catered fOr. Lock-up· Garages Servi~e •• • ___,. 0 ..• _) CIHinge Your Luck •• luy your •ixt Lottery Tlcbtf,.. IX-SilVtQ MElif .CND WCsMtN ,~ND ' A~ GO~E . EMPLOYERS! . . " . HoiYdreJ~,~~ro end !f~nltt Seek AdVice c;onceming· your Employrrienf . P,LA%~ ARC~a)~~ ' #~tiJ Rettuiremenfs from yo~:~r ... Full particulars avoiJable on Toboico Ra~ionlng for 0 1 D~strict. EmploYment ·Office...... Ex-5ervlce Personnel • ' Dlltrfct OfftM*· at .... d ". - . · ••• " ...... Albany, Ar,;,adale, Bridgetovm, ,Bun IM:.try, Col~ie, fremanfl&, ~rrahiton~ Kolgoorlie, K!itannjng, Merredin, . 0 0 liPitrslf\Jt t e~. Midland ¥)u;\c~1ori, Narragln, 11•\--. • ·FU~-L : DI~ICTORS O · · . Northam and --: .-,· ·' · · Telephone B 2649 dtN'tUL ix-siltrcr . . ,_) 573 . ' I. · THE VICTORJA- HOTEL 0 .. • H'A'Y ST.RER,OSUitACO Spacious · l~nges - First-doss Accommodation .._ and' your old fi~f •• • ~'BILL" ARTIS · Sub-Branch £ s . d. Kalgann-Hyden Rocl: . . . . . • 21 2 er Brunsw ick )uncllon . . . . , . 27 I 0 l>:ckenng Brook . . • ...... 25 0 . 0 State ,War · Mentorial Appeal<, Upper Swan ...... 24 IS 6 Glen Forrest-Darlington . . . , 24 9 . 3 Ballldu 6 District . s . . , . ... . 23 16 a· · ~fforta by Sub-Br•ncheJ and Auxiliarie~ M etville ...... , ...... 23 6 -.1 M ay lands ...... , , . '"- 21 14 11 . , In making 'n analysis of the dona- . ti~·ns; .but ~o doubt this would be Frern anUe C . ty ...... , . 21 13 6 rectiKed. Mt. Magnet ...... •. 21 8 2 twns to ~(( appeal, the hon. treasurer Murra y . . •. ...•.. . , 20 .s 0 (Mr. }. E. Watson) revealed that of Details of amounts received from Y. o)onup ...... 20 0 ·0 V a.:tona P~rk ...... 19 10 8 th~ total of nearly £14,000 that has sub-branches and WOI!)J::n 's a uxiliarics Gioucestet Park ...... 19 7 8 are as follows:- Yooleri:l'J ...... , .. 17 1 3 so far _ been received, sub-branches Bas sendean ...... 16 0 "9 . have co,ntributed £4,557/ 11 / ·' and Sub ·B~nch £ s. d. Cowaramup ...... 16 0 0 · women's auxiliaries, £306/ 0/6.. ·Geroldton ...... 273 I 9 9 A l bany ...... I S 16 10 175 13 10 Wac;m ...... I S 6 8 Mr. Watson said that besides the ~~~~n !G~,..;i~~.. . : ·.: : . : · .'.' .. 167 14 10 Cue ...... IS 5 G BusseHon . ..• ...... 15 I 0 ·from South Perth ...... 144 7 2 direct £306 iri contributio'ns City of Perth . . , ...... I1 3 8 6 Meckering .. , ... , . , . 1~ 1 0 women's auxiliaries, he was aware ·Highgate • . ..•...... • .. 1'-6 0 0 Toodyay ...... 14 12 3 27 12 10 Dumbleyunq ...... , , . 14 8 6 • · · · · 1 from correspondence that the .· "•" ux1·)1·, - NedlandsBunbury • .. ·. · ·• · . · · ,· :· '·: : . .• . . I 10 5 0 Coolup ...... •..... 14 8 3 Na rombeen ...... , . 14 4 4 the Onairod!ng · · · · · · · · · · · · 108 13 0 aries had· given much assistance to Koord,a . , .. , ...... 102 1 11 Biq Bell ...... 14 3 6 · sub · branches in their endeavours to Anzac H6use . . . • ...... 100 0 . 0 M undarinq Districts ...... 13 4 9 lOO 0 0 C1anbrook ...... 13 0 0 Club • · • · • · · · · · · · • raise their quotas. The several hun• · \.Mt.Anza.t Bark er •• . ~ ...... • . 95 3 11 SaiE'ty Bcry-Rock>ngham ...... 12 16 i:J ManJlmup . . •...... • , . . . : .. 12 5 0 Collie · · • • · · · • .'. · · ·.I · · · · eo 2 2 dred pounds raised by the s ale of Monduroh . . . , ...... 71 I I 0 M ukinbud1n ...... , ...... 12 2 0 on June 30th last was very Army Nurses ...... 67 17 8 Waroona-Ho:nel . . . . • ...... 11 16 0 b a d ges Tombellup ...... • • 11 9 9 • • · · · · · · 66 14 7 largely due to their work. MosmonBeverley P,ar . k .. ·. · ...· . ... . 63 1?. 0 La ke S Oistricls . . • . • . . . • . • • 11 I 9 Chidlow s . . ... , ...... I I 0 0 of the appeal corn· Gornomoh · · · · · · · · ...... 62 14 8 The chairman Bridgetown ...... 61 10 9 WJ!ga ...... 10 12 0 mittee (Mr. E. S. Watt), in com- Narrogin ...... 56 0 0 Mo,aoh C lub . . . , 10 10 0 1 7 6 Reedy . _ ' . . , . , . 10 4 0 Shackieton-Kwo ytn · · · • · · · · 52 menting on the subscriptipns r.ccci.·.ved , · Swanbourne ...... 50 12 7 l>o nh y brook ...... 10 2 9 . .. . . sub-branches, said that the Kalgooriie · · · · · . • . . . . . 50 4 8 Tr a Ymnq-Ye lbini ..... 10 0 6 from W.A. Sta te Branch ...... 50 0 0 Mun!adq:n ...... • , . , . . 10 0 0 e tforts o f some su b· branc he s, w here Dalwallinu . . :...... 48 19 4 Mullew·.., ...... 10 0 0 48 2 '2 P•:-.gei!y . . . . • . . . .. • . 9 12 0 the quotas allotted were filled or ex· HarveyDa rling Ra· · nqo· · · .· . · . ·. . ·. · . . · . · · ·. 46 9 9 Nunl!lrtn . . . .•...... 9 11 0 ceeded, were highly meritorious and· Gascoyne · · ...... 45 4 G Chum:onf ...... 9 10 6 42 14 6 Salm on GtHJJ.; . • . . . , . . . . 9 I 6 it was expected that inany · others ~~~ L~~ke~;n~:w·e'mi>iev:n~~e;,;t i l P.:llll•:r k .....••••• • •. • 9 0 0 Sut1:-:-o .. 8 15 6 Park .. · ...... 4 1 12 5 eventually wo'tlld be happy to co_m· - Shenton Park . , , . • • . . . • 4 1 10 0 W:cker-.n ...... • 6 14 9 obligation. It was a Tammi n . . • • • . • • . . . . 40 5 6 C'tJ:HlH1Cj [) S!llf:t:; , , , , • , , , . . 8 4 0 plete their S;)ulhero C:o~:; 0 'b'l' 1 Id . Donqara . . • . •...... 40 0 0 8 1 Le ague respons1 11ty, enumerate 1]1 Yandanooka ... • • ..• .. . . 38 I I• 0 Cr .:-.e ~1!J u she::; 7 14 0 w ~:~pc l e ...... 7 12 6 Mt. Hawthorn · · · • • • · · · · 38 6 2 the Constitution and unanimously North Perthl . • • • . . • . . . . . 37 15 5 Cn·JIQ'Hd"' 7 10 0 .endorsed at the !as~ State Congress. Gin~n • ... •••.•... .. 37 11 6 C w l ii:l-Leon Or(J , ...... 7 4 0 05~'crn~ Pu ik . . 7 2 6 ' in ...... 36 11 G Another £6.000 · was required to MooraGab ...... 31; 8 0 C · dm']Hi ...... 7 I 0 • • • :. Three Sprtng ~·Arrino . • . • • . 36 2 7 K1rup-Mull.J!yup . • . 6 4 0 complete .the amount necessary tQ fit- Mt. Lawley -i ngiewoad . . • • 35 4 1 Bu<.ldongton . . • . . . 5 IS 6 'tingly honour the memory of the-- Boulder •. . .•.· • ...... 35 2 0 W .::.:v .. rr... loo . . 5 I 1 0 Bnx kla(l . _ . . . • . , . . . . 5 8 0 I h h ' .J Press · • • • · · · · . · • ·' · ·' · · 33 ~ 3 1939 , 4 ~, war d eacl and , a t oug ta&" W a ndering • . . . • . • . . . . . 33 0 0 Col1esJoP ..•....•.. .. 5 5 0 ::?. ?. ., Kr-l~erberr1:1 ...... •. . . • . . 5 5 0 function· Carl~J 47 \; · · · • • · · · · · · ·. committee was not activclv' - • Kond.1n1n • • • . • , • • . • • . . . 3 1 19 6 Cno wanC'e run . . . . 5 5 . 0 1 ing at present owing to other pressing Wyalkatchem . . :. • ...... 3 1 I) 0 YIHioop ·. . : ...... 5 5 0 31) 0 0 Rindoon . . . . . • • • 5 4 0 needs, it was required of sub-branches ~~~~o~ ·.: · ..' ·. .': . · :. ·:. ·:. 30 0 0 Mundljon·:J· londa kot ...... 5 . 2 9 P~ngrup ...... 4 J7' 0 to continue efforts to fulfil their self· Newdeqate • · • . . . • • . • ?.8 0 0 · b L West Swan ...... ?.7 10 10 imposed task. A few su ·nranchcs North-East Fremantle . . . . ?.7 9 8 (Continued on page 31) Bulisbroak ...... 27 4 6 J ha cl npt yet sen t f orwarcl any cl ona· Bayswa ter ... . • •. . 27 2 11 ~~-.~~~~4.~~~~~~~~~~~~~-.~~~~-.~~-~~~ I :W22J1 ' W2232 / Venable -s Service. TOLLEY S 97-101 OXFORD. STRE~T, 'LEEDERVIUE PURE 'Wi HARDWARE ~ERCHANTS; ELECTRIC & MOTO~ SERVICES Bre~kdown Towin_g SerVice 24-ltOUR DAY & NIGHT SPECiAL HU)~!T~. I PHONES W 2231, OXFORD STREET 1 W .2232; SOUTHPOR-T STREET I . . ~ ~ AUTOMOTIVE 'AND. GENERAL ENGINEERS BRA NDY t_j AT Y_OU!l SE~VICE IN. LEEDERVILLE ...... ) • 1". • 1 Page 16 THE LISTENING POST Septem~ , 19it8 · r . ~~JC!f4~ ' -- TOL'E ·R /AN·C ·E . .. _.,1\~ vieW'S expressed in feature articles are those of the writen, ·+ ,. an~ '\~t n•cessarily of "The Listening ~ost" or. of the R.S.~.A.I ..L .A. BY ALIIOI ' . . "TOLB¥.NCE," says the diction· when faced with them in their own : • ...... , : ary, 'is forbearance; the recog· territory. fight for hinrdopted"country, sUtely of right of private judgment in Winston Churchill, in his recent nition he is a citizezn of whom to be prou~ . liberty to up· Memoirs, relates how he. said-· to relig¥>us matters; the The League· is tolerant ·in · its 'ou't; hold· one's · religious opinions aml Hitler's lieuten~nt·. "Putzi" ~anf · look, ad~itting, as ·it does, .;ill d~. or to enjoy all staengel: "\Vhy is your chief so fotm'$ o( worship; all creeds · and ·.all nationalitieS- ~ho soda! privileges, etc., without regard violent about the Jews? I can quite have fought ·fpr the BritisJt':'Eiii'piie: · to· differences." understand · being angry with' ]i!-ws tolerant 'in Sur who have done wrong or are agamst• All of us should be But tolerance-and the lack of it . outl6ok, ·rather than ·parochiar: ..u . . their country, and I understand re· - seems to go further than that. As ·But, ·unfortunately, it· is · tn(tCli sisting them if they try to monopolise Turgenev said:. "A man is ca 1~ahlc of easier to label persons collectively than power in any walk of life; but what understanding . . . how the ether to assess them individual1y. Yet,' .fa'i· is the sense of being against a rrian vibrates, and what is going on in the' a hian for ·simply because of' his birth? How better, surely to ~alue 'WHat · sun-but how any other man can he is himsejt, than· to· ; untnihlcingty can any man help how he was born?" blow his nose differently from him, ·you hnilgfne:!fifm In other · words, the fact that a label him ·for what tHat he is tncapable of umkrstand· to .stand for in the ·crowd. · 1' ' · man may have been born a French· ing." . does· qne hear s\lch man, a Yugoslav, a!l Italian, an Eng· . How mariy times made apparently How true this is. Totlay secs man· fishman, a Dutchman, an American, ridiculous statements, : "All Greeks· are kind so advanced upon the roads of a Quecnslander or a Westralian is in ·all faith; that: science that almost all of us arc sure simply! an ac;cident of fate. But when dirty," "All Pommies are mea:n," that we know just what makes each "All Jews are treacherous," :fnd"All '-i'nd 'every one of us tick. But if the Yanks an~ · skites." One inigtit just just the as well say-with equal sense"=--that: other feiJow cdoesn 't tick to C~.E~_DS "All ca~:penters ·suffer from ·palsy;"· saJlle tune and rythm as you tlo your· soldier, who. Shall I os~ the brave · the itd:t,"·''.'lill self, far too often he is· the one who fights 2_y my' ~itle · . "All Virtorians have is": wrong. You, my dear friend, are In the co\)se of mankind, .if our Baptists waste their money,,,. or . usually right. . c~cedS""'gree? . " All ex·ainnen have· bnnions:" An . Shall I give· up th~ friend I have · . Australia, in manpower strength, is these sweepiRg ptatements· are ~qua!l)' ·~ alued and tried, · ·· foolish. · · · · · ·. · an extremely weak country when con· U he kneel pot before the some ·of · us ·sl(oula thinft "·tibOut trasted with other nations. Yet still altar with ·me? · · More' - THOMAS · MOORE. · matters of this kind a little niore we ~nd 'the unthinking masses glibly leaders ·us classifying other people who come "to deeply. Perhaps ·our set our shores asJDings and Yanks and an incorrect example. In the UiiitetJ of his own States, an immigrant, before·Jie ciii t;e: Pommies ~nd. "foreigners" .d some a !l)an deliberatcly·chooses, kind or other. "Ca·n it possihly be free will and a~P£ted . coun~ry and, by 1Jrning. it'S · which he could serv~; his country. H:e lapguage, he 18 all the more easily ab· was. not ~n "oul:6ider" working for sOr;~~-:-~ ln'_' A'Us?"alia, unfortunately, gain, but a. man who. thought that tHe! mete ·signing of a form· seems· tb · his country stood above all..' On the . . p~~·' CoY_e~ tli_e· bill. A law-Yer morning" on whi~h he was· to tle · ~~~ ~e : .J?~-~~ a fee;o:-and fr~· · ~ecu~ed, ~y - srud,.to the captain ~f q!;l.~!l~: ~e .' ~ew · ct~tu:n knows pr~- . hts guard: :I suppose you wouldn t q~di~l~,_1f an}'thing, aqout it. As ·care to shake hands with a spy?" f~·::t!!~. 11.~~· the ·g?vemment and "No,'.' replied_ tne captaip... ~.ut I'll tHe · t0ti8tlfution· •of hiS ·new land...!... snake hands wtth a ·brave man. And who 'ca'relfab8ut that? . he did. . : E!itiieiiSli£p obligations,· hut · One can 'feel more for. bas •its admir~tion The ba.dge of the League is.a re~og once met it is only· right· a man of that type than one can for · these•·are ' nition of goOd citiu:pship. 'the wear· that the new citiu:n should be a full the person who sells out his own coun· ing of it certifies that the owner has · dtizen in every meaning of the word. try because of some·"ism" in which he If we wait 'for tlie'-Ciay when Australia becomes . entangled. ~een prepared to give his health, his can be fully popiJlated ·by means d( a strength · and even his life fefr his natural increa8e , we shall wait . for Rudyard Kip ling said: country. He is now a member of ever. Imnugr\lrits are a necessity, and "God gave all men all earth to love, one great brotherhood, of which all it is up tti th'e'··avmge citizen: to see But since all· heartS are small, can be proud. What matter if some that these· : 'p~p1'e ' 'betome 'properly 'ordained' fqr each one spot _should men think this ,J,ay and others think absorbed and. rlot "left . td settle in prove that way? ::,Democracy," said Joseph .ncial groups. Beloved over all." Cook, "is ·a raft. You cannot easily Sometimes 'it is· extremely difficult But what is so often lost sight of overturn it. It is a wet place, but it is a pretty ·sa fe one." to take a Wil:le view of vital questions. is th!! fact' that an adopted country Mter all, ' w~ are·· all subject to huma·n can, in tir;ne,. often come to mean. more Wet or dry, the tolerance of de· frailties, and.while. many of' us' may to a ma:n than the very land of his mocracy is the tolerance for this great try hard tO be g6cid"citi~ens, it is · a birth. I land of ~urs. The only ''ism" that ._jact that in many ·ways quite a ·num• we need take any heed of at all is her of us- fait.:. '' · · ·· . "Australianism." .. Diogene~. siid ·ihat he ·was "a ·dti; 6 As Theodore Parker has so truly, ien ·of the ~ world," ·and if only we After o momi}_Qt.Q~,· silence .spoke .said: "Democra.cy means not 'I am as could .auc =• eVeRtillilty ''become 'sut1\; Some vessel of o · more ungainly good as you are,' j)Ut 'You . are as maybe we· would have the "key . ta ,.-make..;_/ , . · good as I am'." Let us bear this well wld peace. ~~- that day, one (ears, . "Jhey sne.er- ot ma'-!or. leaning· oil in 11'\ind wh~n we are apt to becom~ awcy·; . •. 1 •- v~ry far ~;'.' ''lh th\!' 'tnea'rlwtril~. 'if What I did the Hand then of the intolerant of the other fellow's 'We endeavour ·occasionally to see Witll· Potter · shake?" . opinions. Let us perhaps ask om·· .the · other fellow's ·eyes, to hear· with -OMAR KHAYYAM. ' selyes:- ~ other fellow's ears, and to think "If. I was as bad as they say I am, wlth'the other fellow's brain. we m'ay And yQu were as good as you look, blcome'·a ,little more tolerant and a . I wond~r which one would feel the li~le ~asief~ to li~k ·\"Jith . ~ Y. '· · · ·· P:or ·tli:lt" tea~n it ill'- behov~s us· to' worse :·Even ~en, _of ·colirse, ~e are still be · intolerant with our immediate If each for the other was took?" u~tlartkef'o'tlA 'gi:01\nd, for we . inay · neighb6ur Betatise , he ha~pens to . . - become like the man w~o- , ' \lttend a different church to ours, be :•~Preached UpOn . 'breadth'. lilt it ' cause· he 4appens to like a different RAI?!AT~R ~CCIDENT'' ••• atgued him narrow." sOUp Or. a different style,.cif ~nder· Radl!XIor aceidenta mar happen wllh ·But respect for the other fellow's · tloth~. or because he speaks with a 6'ren the m.oet careful drive.. , cmcl cores damcsqed. It la, however, qoocl · poin"t of view-particularly if he ·is a different accent. All we should a~k to .l:now that A. F. Hoare & .lliou · (NatlonallJLtd: ·c:an dupllcate any oore . p*~-is somdliirig of which· we· _i _s·: "J~ he a good citizen?" ·.. · for any make of· car or vehicle with ·. . vflor we shoul4 not lose ' "The first requisite of a citi. _ just as satisfactory reaulta aa the ma)'~proud : ~d oriqlnal core q-ave They are fully , i;~ht J! the fact tha~ ,the~e- can. be ,ten, (s that he shall be . arl ·Lody, w1nt that "The humblest of the . . citi~n tNATIONALI I.TD. to· Britail'l· _a.fter r ig~ng .from tqe ,eland when clad in· the armour of a 10 MILLIGAN STREET, PERTH ri\val reserve, be ause~: he ·was ' con~ . rfghteous cau.Se, is stronger than all ...... _ vmeed' that it w best wa:y in the hosts•of errot." a,.. . . . -· ) ,_ • I . . Page ·18 THE LIST~NING POST · . ' Septem~ ·.:·'. _...... I Di~6ns of th~ p\lhli~ - ~~ }:~ · · ·~> ·:: 60f~. x 30ft: ·Tb'ere wi~l , pe a~ ~~,. :. - ~ 30ft. x 18ft., and.. a foyer, 70ft. )( ·. . . Flashes { and ~eports 16ft. ·Provisiari is· made for dreas" ...- · MEMORIAL HALL FOR known Pert~ architect, as a; gesture ·to •ipg•rQOms ana -. ki~Chen, etc. : . - NORTHAM the sub--branch. . . The club will provide for a billiard Buildiqg and grounds, it is certain, room, a guest rocim, in office for ~ MEMBERS of the Northam sub· will V?hen compltted be a · fittirt'g secretary;- a board I:OOm and' a ~ounge ·; · bran'ch have decided to erect a memorial to the. fallen~ and a . struc• (a bedroo~p _will be available for ex·· tural ornament. io die 'town. ·. . serv_icemen p~ing through _the towri). ; Me.mtfnal -Hall _(a combined clubroom .. . ~ . . . ' aiiif htall) a,s a war memorial which Land has been vested in the State Cost is ~ntat'ively ·estunated ..at ·. . willl1e both useful and commemora· Btanch, which holds it in tru~t for the . between ~.ooo and £.7.,ooo. 'J'he sub· -: tiv~. ·. Funds 'have been raised, and a Northam sub-branch; which -will now _branch .is-extremely gratified with the b~ock . of land- has been purchased, set ·about raising furthe~ mo.Jiey-. in public's . vol!Jnt~fy .and unsolicited ' while plans· for the proposed build· order that · the construction of' the donations already made to the fund, ing ~ve been generously drawn up building may be <;a:rried on as soon and 'feeis th~!·"··~ih , .fprther p~bHc by Mr W . G. Bennett, the well· as restrictions are lifted. support -the venture -m~t' suc~ed. ' . .. , :· .. ·' ... ·i (. . - {• .· _.. I ~.:: '\.\. '\' • • I • .. to ' . J. ·\.' J. .. • r . ' ,I ... . .· . . • .. ~ • t ~f · 8,.ci~ Interest to 8uA:-_BrancA '0./licials · .. ··WHY WORRY ABOUT YOUR·: _Cl-i'RISTMAS PA~TY ~ . ROBU~SON'S NOVELT,IjS, ·;: ;, I ~, .. w.ill ~upply and ~rrange. , yo~r . presents. cheaper. and better. V Individual. .. , ,...;., . ~ J presents,. ~rapped and tagged with .all de.ired, pa_rt.iculars !eady. to pre"nt or ' .. .;~ :·.; . ;,~, .. . . or .hang on· treeX · . . TOYS, NOVELTIES and ·QIFTS FO~ _ALJ. PARTIES AND DANCES .... , ORDERS RAILED TO ·. ANY PART OF ·THE STATE ' . ' · .. 1 ·/c Writ.e,' coli · ~r Phone L,_As.J FITZGERALD ·_sTREET, NORTH PER"{'~, PHONE 12SSO ' ALF.. ROBINSON, Proprietor Uate 2/16th Bli.i ;. - )' • c .. '------..... ----~~~~~~------~~~~------~--~--~·· -J! • / ' \ ' '! "· . September, l948 THE L IS TENI~G POST • the ~epatriat'ion . CommiSsion to ·con I Oth' LIGHT ~ORSf ··= Plashti:~ and si.der. any ~a!Je ' in ·. which .,spcdat·st medical office('s and 'the senior mcd! ~ssc:x:•~lJ~N ~~~f:!. l cal qfficer of a State' brar,ch of Re· Annual Reunion, 1948 ... . ~ • • • :.1 ' • , . . l{eJHW!s. p'atr(ation express the opinion that lt~HiAti't.H AND CHANGE OF .. reasonably lasting be11efit might accr.6e. The a nnual l'C\lnion of the Tenth . . ' · ·· RISlDENCE. - .to : the member in respect of ·.nis Light Horse Regiment will be held accepted disab.ty_, by permanent re in. the ·Supper Room, Anpc Ho~ ... 'l'he:-I;~g~f:~~ · been pr~i!lg t.he moval. The limitation of expenditure St. Geo.r:ge"S" Terrace, Perth,' W .A., Pedera~ Government to· .grant assist· ' will ·b.e:- on Tuesday; October 5, 1948 . (Show' an'te in th~ instances where an ex· ... th!! m~mber, Wee~t. ·:·· .. se'!;Vicetn~n ik compe.lled to ·change his (a) A ctual fares of Regiment, place of residence, on th'e' advice of his wife af\d children' ~nder All, . wemhcrs of the 16 years of age-, or other de· Carriel ,Corps ami mounted units that. hi~· Qi~d.icat . P't:cictiti'oncr, on accour1t . \ I . of his' w'af.; disioilities. " ·. pendent relative approved by serve~ ~ Gallipoli , Egypt and. Pales· .. The ·request has inet with ·a certain Commission. · tine a,.p£~(9rd ia.lly invitcJ. amount. of s~ccess, as inst;(n.ced hy . (h) Up to £ 1~ for removal of. the Zero.'·110ur for · the "hop·ovcr" is the folloWing extract from a letter household effects; and 2000 'hours. R~utine order for the from"the Minister: of.. R~patriation~~ (c) Charges not exceeding· £5 to evening 'is short speeches, long beers, ·. " .· .. However, · taking. all· aspects cover insurance and similar plenty of cats, good f~ llowsh i p and into consideration, ~ h.ave authorised charges." good entertainment. It n~akes an.easier was~day "Meet you at the come true · '' . . , ~ . - :~~ ..[.{ . . \1· t E I T ..K'f 8· t1 S· lf&,.S..t·· H CJ:T·! 1: . .·. . i ":\ . 'i . , c · ~cr. ,.~ ~t:... .. ;tiEn. ~~- ·.... i~ ---- - ...... TELEPHONES: DAY, I nu~ F 2357 NIGHT, WM il 57 a~ . V. SWnle~Iand & . S-oris · ..Ltd. -.. - . J.QS-;, SOU.TH TERRACE, .+ :' - Benporath/ ...... ·' , .. . ,.ltfM'ANTI!.E \ . . \ . nECtRrCAL EN~INEEilS AND CONTRACTORS . . Will suppr~· . off. your .Medicinal . . : : . -- ·Re q'uiremen'ts ES.. T . IMATES FREE ' ...... ':" Prescription-s Accurately , Dispe.nsed REPAI~S Af':-10 OVERHAULS TO ALL ELEcTRICAL . APPLIANCES . l '. .\ Tei.Pho11o L 2480 ·49 S~ G!_o't~l'S -TlRRACE, PERTH •. ~G~GERI ST., CLA'REMOHT. · - -: . ~A: RO~K~ -~ SON ·1'4 QUIEN' sTRiET, FRJMAHTLE ...:..._,PHONE 1. 18~2 . T. P. ·& F. BOUSPIELD . . . ESTAf~' AG'"ENTS ANO' SWORN VALIJATORS - • · _' Gie( •te* ,_; A1~ftc~ An~~ra11co Co." Llilllte4 w • •;~.:: · /;Jy; ~~1Nil,.' Tn I · . ' ' (Inc. In Eng•.) · Fliw{ M~rf11e, Accl4ellt • ~ I T...... L12~-· - ' ' o \ ~ '' ~ ' I -~;:~~ • . • .~· · , .{ • t, ...... ·, ~· CoJiect~''· .. AbsentetJ~- ..~anaoed ·- · I , ••• • r• •• •• ' f '"'- .•-:r•• ,· , ·~ ...... ••.-;.•.• ...... ··~ ·•· .• Page 20 THE LISTENING· POST Septem~ ' \~51st B'ATT A~ICU~ '"' . ."~ }.. PltOGRESSIYE~ • ~ .... . ,_• SCORES·~ • - OF A.It.M.S.• • • "" COMPETIHoN+' -'" ASSOCIATIO~• . '•· · ;·.} •.~ '\, {"i- . ! ·:·l·~As ~~ 6th August~ 194s~·· The reunion' this~ year will be h~l~·.: a.t Anzac House on Thursday, 7th'. ;;. / October (Show Week), ins~ead of . ' ZONE 1 the Friday as notified in 'the AS!iC>Ci;t· Game• Gamea Game• Points Polata tion DirectorY. The' admission will· l'layed Won Lost For Aqqiast ~~ be 4/-: South Perth ""'' .;... : """ 5 4 1 34 16' 8 ,I Swanoo~rfie · : ...... : : .~ ...... 3 3 0 .24 .>. 6 ·6 Cottesloe ...... 5 2 3 20 20 4 One hundr~ ;.r cent. ,tfitcopaclt--~ returned ~dier, liot in receipt •f • pe,~li, Victoria · Park ...... 4 2 ' 4 25·. 15 4 wants .l..,ht· ..wor!'.-H. FIT%GIIION, North Perth ...... ~ ...... 3 2 1 13 12 4 7 Murroy:Stret, Ill•""· , · Bedford-Morley Pks. 4 3 18 22 _.. ..-2 . - -··· .- ~ ~ ,· Maylagds ...... 2 I 17 13 ... '4 ... n. R . D arl \r'lg.. ange ...... 1 2 12 18 2 North Beach: Withdrawn.. .Results incomplete to date. ' ZONE 2 ... ' Gamea Gamea 9amea Gam.a Points Polats Polata · Alban7 Highway, ~layed w,n LoaI Drawn For A .,alast Gained Victoria Park · Mt. Hawthorn ...... 5 5 0 40 . 10 10 i Clare!nont ...... 5 4 I 28 22 8 West Leedervillc 4 3 I 24 16 6 ...... MOD.ERN Glouceste"i· · Park ...... 4 3 1 20 10 6 * RtFRlGERAnON Mt Lawlcy ...... 3 2 l 20 6 4 Subiaco .:.... · ...... 5 0 · 4 1 21 29 1 COOL, ATTRACTIVE BARS .Nedlands ...... ~...... 4 . 0 3 .1 13 27 1 City of Perth ...... 4 1 3 I - ' 14 22 2 SUPERIOR 1'0 Mosrrian Park ...... 4 0 4 io , · ' 0 ACCPMODATION ...... • SERVICE AND CIVILITY . Rcsul_t of games W est LecdcrviJlc v. Mt. Lawley not to hand. . . --.. . • SHANE D.-PALTRtDGE · : PI'Opriet~r. (Lat• RAAF: u~ 2/7.· field Artilleey,) Tel&M~ 193 luod .Become ~a Qalir.e(l ~cco~iant 0 'to ~. 0 - ~ • • l o STUDY WITH. >THE C.C.C. An Accountancy Diploma is the quolifico tion you .require if you !;Jape to mol<,e o 'success of your career in busioess. .· Our Course enables you to' study by Personal 1\ttendonce or Correspondence . Lessons. These methods of ~tudy ore interchangeable. Tuition is guaranteed until the Diploma is obtained, irrespec tive of t~e time tokep...... _ ·T.he fees ore reosonoble and may be . paid. in easy mrinthly in~tol ments. If you ·ore interested,. call, write, or !)hone 8601 0, 86561, for our fr~·e ' b??klet,.. "lnve~ting in . Yourself," ~ and full details. • ·. :iil~iGit ~~~o.. n -"'.I:'S... . CO hLiGE •• ' ... • f-. ':so ~-.. ... • ...... ,• • ' •. - _,.. , CORRE~~Q~I?ENC( ~QLLEGE CITY . S~OP · "-"•u~~:. 713-21 HAY STREET, PERTH .-' C.(NTRAL· . - ~R.CADE '----..., .. .; "' ...... -.. ~...... ~ .. ~...... ~ ... . / ···:·~·:· ... '!"\ ... .H ' "T:"HE L.ISTENING POST · Page 21 ' . ', \ .... L, ~hinlt .:f>,f:' de~th as- some delightful · . JOtu·ney'· .> ,. f · . _ Thdr' ~ -~hid l-~rafte ·when alL my tasl(_s · are done. · · .-' . . . R. -K.'. Atkinson . ¥r. · R;, -~ · Atkin.son, who se..Veci'. _ . as ·.a cbf>P<>ral' iri the 9th Horse Trans· ' ~ri. and who· 'was a member of H~e . ~wllRbolirne rub-branch and also a .·. member ,.Qf ~ ~he -Totidly and Perma~ ·.. rkntly Disaoled Soldiers' Association;, :. -..::'die M. R. *Spalling . Mr. M. ~ : Spalling, who served with the 2/l Pioneer Battalion, and who was a member of the City of Perth· sus:'branch, dit d on July 18. . Mr. Sp"alling was also a' member of -, the T .. fi P.D.S.ft. . - ' * A. A. Wilson Mr. A. A .' Wilson, O.B.E.: who served in the 3rd· Tunnellers (1st A.I.F.) and who for some years y.ras 'f_or Ever~ ' a member of the Collie sub-branch, died on A1,1gust 19. Purpose l . • . . '" · • A . Hearnstead, the State'$ t.._.ONT SIJI.IRAfiC!I la rgest House fQr Pine l'urniture, ·now brings lllu5tra~on at tht; top of this- page . you the big'gest collection shows the. committee and officials of of Floor Coxerings the Claremont· sub-branch. Reading offered faf.,years . • • , from left to right theSe are: Miss M. Linos for every need •• ·- .. to-,~~~it aFly · Hornsby, Mi~ H. Morrison, Messrs. ~9rpets -room .. . •..:all. at pr.ices_ ·, : W.. 'Nichols, H .. 'Bridger, C. w. that are t~pical of. Heorn C'&rt (vice·pre9ide{it), T. C. Pell . Bros. and Steqd's · · (hon. secre~), C. ]. . Paterson fa.fnc>us v.o lu~! · See ~president), .. Grandis6n (treas· tl\i's won'd_erfdl . range' for • :Y 0 U R needs: • . ( urer), R . ..Pinch, · Ashby, T . Lipp!e, ·· . ..., . and ~ Rowe. (Absentees ·uWtt _; A. R.. Da.\'is ·were vice·pre5ident J. B; Pitzhardinge - arui Messrs. D. Anders6n, E.Jalker .._ and E. Gwyther,) .. . · . - Lowe~- picture shows the embe~~ ' at supper time at the· sub· aAell ~ PTY LTD •• ~ • 346-56 ALBAN.Y- ROAD, VI -~it_, ' I · '. ; ·\.July, meeting. · ·· · . -. -1 ..._ • ) ·- ~ . ~ ' I . ~ t :" : > Page 22 .. THE L I s· T E N I N G. P ,0 .S T \ .,.September, 1948 :1 , i '•.:Lr. ~------.~.•~ ~ . ~------. -. --~~ ~: ~,~:~'~:~·~~~. j : • • '' ,-l.,r • • 0 'lj~ i1; - I • ' ·.• "> • ' • ' • •·.. ,,B~~ I ' ... el • ·'r~: ...I :.... ··::,. ., ,mi:"!:!~~!r ., ' . \ 'I , t ( • . ~ t::·. ,. :• . · l:i·~ad. Office for Western Australia; , } I ', • COMMERCIAL UNION eUILDINGS "" · SAl NT GEORGE'S< TERRACE, PERTH -. .. :* : . ' LULIIE· K: McDOMA'LD, Branch Manager \,* ·. ' : ~- ...... Capital . . • . . £2;950,000 . . .. ,.. . :rotol Funds E'xceed ' . . . . £60,000,o00: . . ,.. To't~l Arinual ln.come EXCeeds . • £20,000,000 . * • PilE - MARINE - .ACCtDEMT v . ,.·. -· .. · .. ... ~ . "~ . .·• . . .· . . ·' .. , -c=RtTERION H011L- · . ·, a .,,,., cii *'* • ·· ·· ·. . ., ' - :~ :• ·sftEET, PE~tM· . ~ . .:· "+v . .. . , !. • 11'. W. .CiiUfC:H ·, L.litN'si·r· JJ't"D' . MA'NAfil I ·-,.....;fj~~~-----....___ _.,.;;..;..;...... -...,_,ii:J. \ ,-;. ,______~------.....(.· .. "' · ·~~~~.-...----~...... -~----- • • · '7...... NOW WE HAVE YOUR FAV-OURitE DRINK·· · . : '· .-~ ... - !;.: , LE . TC~JQ~JDJ.-5- ... · '- * ·OUi ·F*UI1 OltNKS STAND iLONE .• . . , !l~ric Weldiwg._ .· : · ...... ~'"" and . ' · Telephone L 1714 ,: I ' I : : .. . . . ~ ·.f' September, ~948 THE LISTENING POST Page. 23 -""' ant condition i~ the strength ·of -the -- drin~, such ij.S lfi)ute alcohol in . the HoUr form of beer or light wine, or stronger al~ohol in the form of spirits. . . . BOOK-s,: E:ILMS. PtA'yS, RADIO, ETC. Thus, if we . take equal volumes of, / say, beer, tight wirie, and neat bnndy, END OF A.. IERLI N' DIARY THE EARNEST DRINKER'S the alcoholic ratios will be somewhere DIG.EST about I, 3 and 10. This givea us a by william L. Shirer. [Hamish Hamilton] rougn'idea of possibilities for inebria by 0 . Mendelsohn {Consolidated Pre~s tion. We· see that, volume for volume, . Ltd.l . ... In 1941 Mr. ~hirer. who had been we· have to drink about ten times aa an- American ·newspaper correspond "The perils of mixing drinks is a much beer as brandy to reach. a given ent in Berlin, gave us a most inter favourite fallacy," says die author of level of inebriation. esting volume, Berlin Diary, which this volume, " and nearly everyone be . ''What; then, is the origin of the can still . be recmnmende,d·· as a first lieves there is some mystic potency in mixing-drinks myth? . . . If a man rate book for the 'student of war his- this. For example, a man· asserts that has been steadily drinking bitter beer . tory .or, for that matter, for the he has a certain capacity (of psycho he is not likely to· find agreeable a average reader who wants an inte;, logical control,· not stomachic volume) switch-over to a sweet .beverage such ' ·eating book :With which to while away and can drink, say, either six glasses as port wine. If he has been drink the hours. of beer or four of whisky, or fpulf, of ing a course of highly flavoured and Now he gives us a volume which, gin or three of port wine (using, of sweet cocktails, he is hardly likely to although perhaps not quite as absorb .course, th.e appropriate glass or meas welcome a sudtlen change to, say, ing, is certainly well worth reading. ure in eac.h case). without any loss stout. The only occasions on which It starts on July 20, 1944, and car of control, but that if . he takes one· he would pursue so palataUy barbar- ries on into the spring of 1947. The glass of each the result will 0e disas- ous a programme would be' when he first· part is largely documentary, cov trous. has already .drunk .en6ugh to cloud ering as it does the founding of "Now the truth is that the inebri his judgment and senses. He then , U.N .O. at San · Francisco, the last ating effect of a particular drink de makes the change, the extra alcohol. days of the war in Europe, the Pots pends prim.arily upori the quantity of contained in the new drink tips him dam Conference and the coming of alcohol in it.. . . . Another import- over the scale to· dn.mkenness, and the atom bomb. . mixing the d.rinks wrongly getS the blame." . . The sec90d part takes us back once . Far Qlaaltty Meat, Small~ aDd · Here is a book which should be of again into Germany, but this time a 11acon eau - interest to drinkers and teetotallers Germahy not of conquest and pride, alike. . It is an ideal volume for those · but of defeat and despair. Shirer E. J . BUTTON. who priqe themselves · upon being gives us vivid :pictures. of Berlit: in " men of the world," as it fully covers, 10 CC?MMERCIAl:JROAD, . ruins. . He""quotes an interesting per · in an untechnical and '"pbpular" sonal letter from von Ribbentrop to . MIDLAND JUNCTION \ manner, the making of all types of Winston Chu'rchilf (Ribbentrop knew ~ ~ UJ29. ·· liquor and enables those ' who enjpy so little aQ<>ut our ·leaqer that he ad A r:ao · aDd Oamp.~t . ~ al ... an occasiql)al drjnk to ~now just what dr~d him as "Vincent"). He gives -till ;tt ....''IIJ'ICI-- it is they have in their glass. us documents (which .have also been ;..' ...... aniC8 '10 ~ - [Our cop}' from the· publishers.] used elsewhere)! on Hitler's death and on the last-minute marriage of Hitler and Eva Br;tun. ~ q,uotes extracts --~·"______....., · THE BATTLE *OF THE PLAT! frorq a diary ICept by Count L~t.z von ' by Commander A·. B. Campbell, R.O. &hweriri: Krosi_gk. · And he g1ves us [Herbert Jenkins Ltd.] ,some' of the meat from official docu· ~ The Graf Spee had a gross tonnage menta showing the prewar plans a?d , Victor Penrose qf 10.000 tons, and her main arfna- designs of -Hitler and company. Pm ~ERA PROTftAITS r--. ment consisted · L "'A. ·, ·E. . :.H,' . _o ·T.. ~ l L ::'"-. Lieut.·Col. R: W. Blair visited sub· : branches in the. Murchison district and others en route. · Meetings were held f.t Wubin, Mt. Magnet, Big Bell, ·st:. A·GE:ORGE'S TERRACE• Cue, Meekatharra, Mullcwa, Morawa and Perenjori. Mr. Watt reported this .trip irtdetail to a meeting of the PERTH State Executive. He-stated that meet· ings were. w€11 attended and at all places keen,' capable and enthusiastic sub·branch officials were found. All PERTH'S.. - _LeJDIN_G ·. HQ'TEL members seemed delighted to we!· . ., . come the visitors; such 'visits no doubt being of great value not only to mem· bers so far distant from headquarters, Visit ·the Home Supply Bottle D~partinent v~ but also to mcmhcrs of rhc State Executive. In aJditfon tl) policy ). H. GLOWREY PropTietor ~- .-.- . matters, many items of l<~~:;d and in·. dividual concern wnc dJscussrd, and :· some brought hack to headquarters . , for investigation and action. Ap· r•- preciation was general for the holding ~ ______.._ __ _.. ______.._.._ _ _..__ ~ •."'t ~· of the mining confercrKl'. Mr. Watt said that the chief im· pressions gained wen~ the keen fr'icnd· ship show.n, ti-e hospital ty ex· v-· perienced, the high pcrcen~agc of available membership (over YO. per · cent. in all sub ·b~ ;111 chrs). th~· gcn.:ral I desjre to rid the Le;lgue nl disloyal . elements, th'e merging of men of both wars into one harmonious whole (there being a complete absence of . . · talk of the old and the young) , the • obvious acceptance by the men of the Se<;ond World War ofthc policy and traditions of the League and the necessity of visits from the State , Exee utiv.~ a~ least oi1ee a Y9!'· - " . . ' _,,.,· '-'oai tttm • ~ ,il.it'· .. ih·· The. only delegate to the recent Aus • I'Uit·•rNifl., · o_.-coat prepar~ · tra lasian Medical Congress who wore that: ,.,tee~ n . well n HHJifiet. uni.form wos Major-General F. Kingsley. Colourt are jierRIIM,t; 1111y M.~l11tell Norris, the new Director-General of _ or apr~ed/ , ~n1 • cove!•~ · '.! Army Medical Services. Shcrrtly before' 800 141· . ft. .to ·the 1•llo11. lte111e~biir ·he left Melbourne for the Cong'ress, I _ you apply KiR,Yit RICHT OVIIt· riliW Major-General Norris !)resented, dt Mel I aurf1~ · wlttl••t laltorioua pN,ari!.. a; bourne Grammar School, o sword ~of _n.,.~. I nothl•l .... Ilk• KILLRUST honour for the highest marks to Cadet e Deroratit•e Roof P1i11f o.. the marked . J. A. Court. The sword ftself had eAttractwe ... been se'en in Perth, !or· it once eAnt•-(.m ro.dve ged to the lqte Lit>ut.-GenP•ol Sir Co Jess, who come here · os DistriCt .. Commandant in 1927. Sir Cor I Jess d!ed in Melbourn@.. during Ju'y. lt>ovi'nq his'' sword os. on annual oword ao the cadets ~f Melbour e Grammar S-hoal, in I,. · honour of _hi-;_ eld rl son, Lieut. Corl Jess, wh~1 died at "Fobr ·; • 532.~34 MURRAY STREEt, PERTH, W.A. I TELEPHONE 8 9711__ . .· TEUGIWIS IC~" . • t • • • • • • • \ ... {~ . . \. . . ' .~ "( . .. : 1 .-i.. I 1~.8 · ~ 25 ..... , . •... ·. ( . - . Vtctoria ~Murance Qq¥~ . \ . Office e Established In 1849. ' The .Oldest' Australian , -·- I~ an '"'J nu,.•ces to thle Weii-KftOw• (••••., . PEiJH IRA~~ .. : ?8 ST. GE~RGE'S . 'tERRACI . J, T. 1L .:.QU.ZS . • .JIAlfAGD JACK MA.InmiG & GBOPP AllCBDEAC:Oif • 1 • J ../ A ~~~~----~------~HAYN.ES. 6 CLEMENTs . ' -GRAIN .:AND PRODUCE 'MERCHANTS 45 MARQIJIS STReET, W~ST PERTH . ~-'-1&...... _...., P.otQtoes.. and OniON owr sPec!alty." .AI Blood and Bone. . · All. . Classes of · Artificial Manures -~ a Trtel. """'r'y F~ Stocked. Give us lex J ,97, G.P.O., Perth. T•••pho.. I 4lt1 ) .. . . THE EQUITY 221-229 MURRA Y S,TREET, PERTH Makers ofQUALITY CLOTHING * You look your best when ''Equity Dre11etl" • • 1'1 • ·THE SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED I • '/ l.:rGNGCts all dosses of FIRE, .MARINE 6 ACCIDINT INSURANCE ot Lowest Current "otes. MANAGER FOR W.A. BRANCH : _.,_ C. MUNU \ *. STREeT, PERT.H BARRACK• ~ 23 ~ , ·· ~ ... <11 , P~ri;fio~ Acc~rotoiy DispeRH4 et. NO EXTRA COlT ROBERT _W. PA-LBY; M~P.S. - . STRE'£1, . LEEDERVILt l Jt.... ~ i ~0:1 ~l OXFOitO 224 for .Real Service ~ T elephon~ B 6 , .FRESH STOCKS OF BABY FOO~S loailet , Mill ' • .... ·J ·. ,NE·iLSON, Optici~. . ~ • CIIITAPIJB'ZD 11111 16, PLAZA AlCADE, PERTH ... ~ . , (near ~ Hay .Str~t Entrone,) I 5344 . TELEPHONE. ( c. s. A. DANNELL, ,f -~ ·¥ - G · upon violence. which recognises no The committee, however, recom: I ,. •• law and is restricted by no duty." mended tliat service pensioners, whose · No doubt there are some Australian pension is subject to a m~ans ·test, . Communists of good faith or, should should be accorded tb~· same treat'· I say, blind faith. Otherwise, how ment as· invaHd and age . pensioners, , can one reconcile their ideology with who are required to pay only hi.lf the Australian average intellectual stand- ordinary fee for a listener's license. ards? The Australian Broadcasting Act Yours faithfully, has been amended accordingly to ex· BRITAUS. tend this concesston ·to. ~rvice pen·. ." ..~ . . P. H. FLETCliER .... ~cde a.II.A.E. (lq,) ,. MASSEUR • • .P... IMI M U75 El~cal Ma.. aqe, Post o~;aUon or Accident. Remedial ?-" I • ( Treatment. Also Vapour ~!ha. · AN OLD DIGGER WHO CAN HELP YOU !..-:::Ul- ALIIUIY ROAD VICTOIIA. . PAD: "'- -... . . •) ... ,·. ~t- . Donatd. J.· €1)ipper. & ··SOn:.·- J·e HAWKINS & SON LTD~ .. :tr·•:Y -.; • Master Builders and Contractors "#( . . ·... 1023-1027 H.Ay··srREEJ; ,II.TH 150 · CLAISEBROOK ROAD, 1 EAST PERTH .• . ' : >· .· · . Telephone B 5521. latJmatita ln~it.c(. ~ - . TELEPHONES: 8A:·24S4 <2 ~llf'les) . ' . ~· .. ·•. •. .. ~ ' ' ..,. • • I ' · Manufacturers of . . · ~ Waterproof Clothi.ng of Every Descriptior'l Rlq·Ji;· ·$.~~~ ~~ ~GY. Tarpaulins, etc. . Commere•atlrtlsts · · $87 · wELUH$TO"',$T~EEl, PE.ITH . The A)tua Proofing Co. Ltd. ·Tei.,..O...- ISO'tl V RAILW~Y· PA · ... ~ WESJI' PERTH I ~ Sole P~.rletor: A .J.· WELLS . U~t~· 52nd ~flqn) .11 ·- .. ··--· - . : . -~ . ~····--·· . • ft • , - -· • • . ~ • I "\1 · -· ...... • • ... · FOR ~A ACl'ORY SERVICE Milady's Fancy ~s I .._ 12 ROYAL .A~AdE~ ~ERT · r• wreat~ae. • ...._...... ,...... · · · .... • -· 1A. 11. tiACDOW.I,I.D, norDIIOR ' . · · I~ •ma . ~ v:1• ~J . . / ..... , ~~~,..)'~ ·• 'I -~ l -., • ' ,~ , . ~ ~ ., • ~~-~ ,..; • ' ... ' ' ' ~JJ!!. ·;, :~ .. ,.. '.:: · ~ ·. ·. . l . ~ ....~ ·. ' • . • • · =-~~;~~ :~~tember! · 1948 . .T 1fi E L . I S TEN .'J P· N· G 0 S T • ------._,,__ Page 27 . ,'• ~',:,:t)Nli.IJDG :£~ > IU,S'iO . ~u~ ·~~-J.~u~naht was a ~all, sen· 1 .Thi~ i~ . no.t 0 w~r.-tim,e . ta~~-~ - . b. ut Clive.· ~urned and fined them a; mem ~~ttve, ~ay ~e~IJ11ng; ~n. v.:~o boaste~ 'If( th!r* lt. d«;!,s~!;ves ,recog~ihon bership ~u!?scriptiori for failing to note of Q!l'VH!,& - ~~~ . ~1tp Oxford.· H1s in tHese collllmns. t~e oversight of their ·president. · Mt. .beard ~as it'· ht~le ~ore Uowing than . .. · '· · 'Mag~et's ~e~bership is now· 10~ per the r~gwa#on ip~ttern and he habitu· Bill li.l,!Qt, Stan ·Watt ·. and Wally 'cent. of d\85e available.-"Anony- ally s~ro~e!i ~t .to assist hi~ thin.king. B.Iair and soml! j)oys of the Mt; ·¥ag- 'mou·s:" ' ··· · >-·i~~;fllMJ![:W.U I'U..'Ull£!gp,ytar) ~he , habit . net. SUb-branch . '}V~l',e enga,g~d f' drink , ~ • .. : :· : ~. IJI ~J~~~~oU~~'~e&. ;;, ..: ;,"':, ·. . ~~> il}g 1\me juice at the local · hostelry More than I ,OOO,OOO .. compoign st~rs, 1S, t.Y.r(; (:., \"'"'"··\" ..,. )' . :·~ ' ,.. I ' h b b h Cl' :~~'~,· ~~~ ·iVis'· ~~ - tQ~ shi!'~~ criCfE;~ team; W eR ,SU ' ranc $fCret;~,ry ',, •1ve. packed in bo)!(es with a,n accompanying • •;:. ';' . b'ecau'$e:of his.a:bthty.• b\it:.because . Bo~dy said to the. State Pcepident: no.te. of .aP,p~eciation irom . t~·e ~crvice · " (-.!J,..;i~ ·.-..,... rt~t.L.·\Jl: ..-~No' t' ~ i,i;.,·:"ofii · "How many s~b-branches d. with a long to, Mr. Hunt?" . . and. Air Fore~ ohd to merchant seamen. rivaf ship, he;'was fielding in his usual . . "Let me SE;e," replied Bill; " Mel- manne.t--:that' Is' he was S\,lf\'basking, . v!tle,. Perth and. Highg4te . :: ." He Austrol~o~-born otomic '!energy expert, d, ay·drt~.· ·r· .•~·• •a .·nd stroking' ·..- J...is . beard pro~dly increased his chest measure· ·_rrofessor· M. L. Oliphant, soys: "If wor - '4> . ·'I t omes with devilish weapons, such as -·: ~w.P.~f-1 ·:~~~ ~a~e~ . in. a ' hl~h ate m~?that a pity y. ou . a. re n_ot fin. anciid boc;teria of;t4 'chemicols, .the whole world · · ltJ."'lt! J...~ Wo'ke:-up m· tune· to m1ss an will .rever~ ·,to · the, a~ricultural peasont · ~ ~ •. ''· •. · ·. ·~· • f ··: -~ · · • • . in any of them," said Clive. · · . ~COflOmy o* the middle oge s.~' · ~~~ce.. ~a$ br6ken by a voice, . ··r·. heivy :~lth. .s:ircism: ~ ·oh, I say, sir. · Well stroked, sir!"- "'Wanderer.- . J •· -.&:·· .. ··E· ·• . _L. · -~- ~-· A-. , -~.··. E ~R. *' Ihis,,shry eirns 10/6 for1 Mr. B. , _ £...LI U ChlnaHn, ,South ·P•rth.· 1 : · . . · .. I, • . .: ,. ... . < * . , ..=·. .-. ._,; , ·PTY: ...... LIMI"Iit.D -- • . .... ,.w' ·TOO HOT· FOR-HiM. :. ., , - ~~ (Establishei u92>· · :~ ~ .. ·.. .- ~ ,. · · The ' V.'D'.C. were in training ill·· : · ~ £NGINEERS .., BUCKSM:IT~it . . ·-·~.r i~ON ·. FO.UNDEI.tS.. 1 ,. 'JGi'lg:s l'ark, and'. th~ A'rmy' S.M. w¥ ' ·I .,., • 'ELECTRIC ·AND.-OX·Y·WELDERS .. ..- iias in charge of their wor_k ~as keep· · . -· \ ' r.··· . ···. , ~.~-.. . .; _ . ' · ·· . jng an eye .o.n the right fla~k . }1e ·Makers of All Cl~sses '9f. Mochh'iei)/ Mif!ing. ~~~P.~e"!' Convey~s, .etc. ;t~a good ~tew . of the man on . th~ ; -~~. ··~ !. • • .. Pr~n~ - ~~~ed· orOverhoule~ ... , · . . · . · . ·' ... end of the hne; and then turned left. . . 2 3 '1- ~ 4 'f·: P'fllt -·si" R £rP~ '\tp ftft::k '· .. ~ to see how a few of the others were • ); ' makj.ng 'oot:··· Returning to the. ~~k . _o. PHONE 85671 "·'• !! a short time later, he was surpnsed ...... ~. \ that 'he coulct.flot see -the original flank ·:' · mart-· "Must. have got off his ·courset . ·,'fl k 1 • :' he said. to. himself; but when t~e men . S • - . -retl-in at the end of the exerctse, the . , S.M . · couldn't · see the fel19w .· -~Y' ·' · No job is tt>~ big qr 'fk~ trivial for where. I ' • . . • •. • .:. . ~ ~:· • .- Elder's men .. They'alr~Jt'iver-rea~y ··· So Jhe following Sunday, when the to be of service to y.ou in mat~ers men. wer'e assembling, · old. :·~agle v o.f r:n}ltual. inte~e~.tl) ~-~~jnp ~em Eye" spotteg the'. fello~w he h~d been ·· · lies Ci ' vast wealfl'l \J.f · expenence 1 ~ : 1oo~i~g for, went· oV:er to. hJm ~np · "' \ : •• tbat .they · c~n dt/},.., b'n in ·case :of · ·said.: "You ~ere on the. ~~~ht fl;~nk . ' need -· - e~peri ence which.. only "' dunng that' exer~ise his~ ~e~k : '[h~:· ~ "'· a · successfu.l · ,EW§in~?~ ,. ad~uires I lost.sight of you. ·. ~at. l'i_~~pe~ed? . ~ : ··.!'. . . · .... • ~ during rpO years: .. ~it ~~t&;!~~.E~~ ; ';,'- ·:.. ·~..;..~· : ! I .....I fa'{;];,; lne ... I wept oo.,.e. ; • . .. ~ . ' :·'->;~ ;.,. ' : .~ ... · _:_:•ot cr ·reU.rendllil". o:1 tho~o llnes be take~....t 'Cf a~cial qeneral moollng bo c:aUec:C'fo~!'-..: aeeond ~ursday In September, and'. the.! " represen hves c-f the women's awtillary be Sub~ Branch--~ Activities Invited I >attend thin meeting. AJter Mr. Monklwuse hod s uggo~ted that lt .should be . l . ·' made clear to members that those' not jolnfnQ the club would not bo penr.ilted to use the , lt .la . ~ -~i~ .,_of . mony between head "t:be Llaten~1 Pa,t" office .and the far-flung hall, the meeting og r~ed . to the recommenda· to·. lf!Oiio-:ltl Coluinna of wide i erest'jo aub·branches of• this State. Another resu1t of tlops ol the club committee. ' · L·.:· I' 11· · f · _ this visit is the antldpoted establl!lllment ·~•-ra n O parts O the S oto,. ond of a central committee ,in 'Kalgoorlie for the l>IOSMAN PARK the ldlt,r welccililes report1 ·froM oil sole ·purpose of further1ng the interests of On Saturdoy, July 24, an arbor day service tull-bro~tehft." But in order to n1oko ex-servicemen engag!Jd in the -mininq Indus· was conducted In the local Memorial Pa:k. . ..~ . • • _.,.-- · try. The success of this visit can be att:i· Despite the bleak wintry condltio:1s, quite a ~ .,..~ 0 covero1e 01 IPO.. •.Ie , Me... - buted In the main to· the conscientious z·,al large crowd, headed by th<1' chairman of the . teri01 OH 1 puflliclty oHicors ere otked ·of one of our own members, MT. AU Lydonr road board a nd members, were favoured by to co...... tlael'i ' reports to 0 Moxl•.. of • who arranged the complete lllnerarr o1 ll>e the 'presence of His E;xcoliency the Gove;nor •M. _...._ · .. 11- · · . ~ tour, as well aa personally attendinq to the · (Sir lames Milchell) and lady Mi tchell), who . '":~ -_.,:""":• "" ftOMII . of periOU ond matter of transportation. Readinq Platter and · each set roses in the new l::-ods. They we;e fol· pi-.: -iWuld H · typed or written in dlacarded clothlnq oan be readily utilised by !owed 'by schoolchildren planting"lnore trees CAP}JAL · LETTERS ond coDy should the. sub-branch; .the former for hospital around the park. The cub-branch team is L.:.. J · he E~ · · , ' · 'I' pahOfllS, and the latlpr for distribution among .. ft' t ..itor I numeroutr battling hard In the A.R.M.S. competitions, ho111i ~ .y. the · ZOth service i:>ensioners of tlie . district, but were not of the ·Month prior to pu.Jicotlon who make quite qood enough aga;nst . frequent requests at the-1 oflice ~or Claremont on .August 3. However, at • home same. Consequently we would be hapJtY to on the 12th, ihey gavel the leaders, Mt. Haw· lttiiANY receive· ,parcels of books a11d clothing:....lrom thorn, ouile a shc.ck, the llnal result being The past mo'nlh wc:is a busy one In the anyone deelroua. of making a •contrlbution· to in doubi until the last hands lit the bridge acllvllles of the sub-branch. The annual re· this appeal. section . were comp!eted. 'the debating tea'" union dinner was held in the Masonic Hall ItAT AJifNING was forced ro lode;! to Claremont on July on Saturday, August 21, at 7.30 p.1n. · The The sub-b ranch received advice from the 27, owing to that night being general meet· question of a memorial t"? the fallen :from head office that con•iderauon had been given ing ~gh t . thli district in World War 11 waa aqain vent!· the suggestion ttfat homes under the war !~led at the monthly meeting. Discussion took service scheme ·ahould be built on a group · M'OXINBUDIN place on collaboration w ith the sub-branch of Thb sub-branch has ha·d ·a most success· basis in Kalanninq and that a Mr. Filz· ful year and it hcs the AuslrttUan legion in planning a Memorial harding would visit . Katanning and conl ad been wo;king towards Hall. The women's auxiliary Is doinq its the sub-branch regardlnq the · matter. It the idea of securing a memorial hall. A pari handsomely. It has raised £50 so far· representative meeting of citizens is to be was alated, at the . meeting, Mr. Fitz)lardlng called -the first tangible tribute from this dislr!ct visited !Catanning, but missed to fully d iscuss th's maller. Unfortu· out m nalely the~;e is some to those who gave their lives so that we contacting the R.S.l ., and the Executive has direct opposition to this may !=Qlltinue to live !he Aualralian way of proposal in some quarters of the town, an:l been. requested to . talce up the matter again. this is difficull to life. Hats off to tl'.em- · Pag~ ·30 l I s T;· E' N ' I N G P 0 S .T· ' . ·I Pepper , is _t}Ov.( !uniot\•. .· yice-president; and SIIENTON PAU trip a mea,sure ·of modern gem~ ~- - Jn· · ·Tom .MeaQhEir -was· .re..:ol!!cted as secretary. Although our, donee' held on Julr. . 14 w<;1s vtted io make each Thu~sday,; o'ne>; ,, "" . lr, Mr.' Loeke ·is '.hlinute secretary, and Doug ma•l enjoyable, it. :was,· unfortunately, not · a dancing-. evenlnqa and supJ)91'1 -~ :, • Shee,han. is sports officer. ~- Chappell gave linanctal success. But' the ladies of the branch. · Tt{;Gene~al .Meetinq · on ·.129 · a Wpor!' llRQ'n the· work'·pf tli'e Stale Execu aaxillc:ry 9ave ·a vad(gooa. acoount of them- · 'procfu~d · 8 · dty IJeins ,.for r . • e · tive. A busy-bee was organised to carry selves. Strangers to· the district are welcomed least of wh was· tne· usu!l!~ . I o1,1t improvements to the hall, and after 'a to our sports evenings. This ' Is a .good op for a rev(sion "of the character. 'Cif • ~ y BI~OCULARS We hove just loncled a ' large shipment of Army Disposoj,s Pds: ·MJl£11 motic BiAoculon of . if_:-'.·. • 'J ~·:· .. various B;itlsh oncl ( ' ~- e 3l «;l.!JIC F~Y Foreign makes. They CAPACIT)',. Gre oQ in excellent e _,_. _h.p_. PETR~ condition e~nd pticecl ENGINE from £12/lb/- to £27/10/- , • ~~~~MATiC ,. ' WI:IEELS Also ~Army Grearcoats, I st grcide, 20/-; Army Tunics, ·e DRAW BAR 1st 9.:0.te, :·I Si-; American Stirrup Pumps, 15/ -; .303 Rifle~, reconditionad, 90/-.: .303 Cartridges"' 22/6· ~r e LOADER, ~F lE· .I 00;_ .'31 0 Cadet Rifles. . QUIRED Also Tents; Stretchers, Working T.f"~~e' .Goj,~~; ~"'it.c~ses, IMMEDIAT! DELIVERY C~oth~, ~ . Wc;.tetprQ9f ·Coats.)ind Suits, ·BC!Pts, os well oi V ' ~ . ' 9'-itost of other I,ISefuJ lilies. Thete Mach~ne~ Also Avail.a~e fol' Hir• / .· :·~.~~:~ it c . Liten~ture and Prices from A•:.~ J.tJ.,.~;on a o. LIM.tJII· 197 :.Mu.~v- s-re- ~ -. ~. PERTH L Pho.... ,o.s· I • LtiJIIBBRN & ·,..ao. . . ., :rHE 0 -ESTABLISHED PIRM ;r~ .. .. .- .. lOa lrwin Street~ Pert... Tel. 1·7852 :•I· . ... . : • . ~ . .. ' ., ,., ..., ~· • ' I . ·: .;:-;,._~-~~ :'t:;> .. ·~· · ;-; -: - { ' ··<: . .... ~ \ 5eptember, ·t948 T ~ ~ . L IS TEN I N. G P o s ·T ( - ·~· ~· Staie ·War Meaa~ Ap,eal W·O. .ME-N.'S · { Coa~aecl 'fro• ~ · !!q,Ungup ...... 4 5 0 . Ra!Tway Workshops 4 4 0 AUX·I·t .IARIES l (W./... -~a~.,_ '-....__ .~ ·. Tfti·SHINE ~ ·_ . ~M'. , ASStY AND HARRIS SUNFIELD ·oJSC HARROW 'i THROWS THE SOIL OUTWARDS . I • Solidly and substantially conmucted throughout, and Is specially edaptd to heaY}' work. ,...e Available in sizes fr0111 10 'Discs, cutting 5 feet, to 20 Discs, cutting 1 0 feet, with Plain or Scalloped Discs optfOnol. ' e. Disc gants fold baclt over the transport wheels fOf transportint and ltorage• .Ask for iilumatecl leaflet from your nearest Agent or write direct to!- H. V. McKay, Massey_Harris Pty. Ltd. / Office and Showrooms: WaNheuse: ·Moylands CorneT Murl'Gy and King Streets, Perth Agencle1 ell Agricultural C4!ntres . " 'CATERPII.LAR' ' ' DI.ESEL Stationary Eight Mode1s Units 49-500 Marine anti._ . Electric Maximum Sets ·B.H.P. ' RING, .WRITE OR C~U SOLE W.A. 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