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COURIER(Registered at th-e-G~P.O. Perth, for transmission by post as a periodical)Address All Association Correspondence to Box T 164 6, G.P.O. Perth

Vol. 15. No. 153. NOVEMBER, 1961 Price Id.

Ct/it'l*illlEmpire and Commonuiealtli Games

Re-UnionYou would be a remarkably naive

reader if you did not think thatyour Editor has not been trying toawaken Australia-wide interest inthe Empire Games Re-union.

As this event is now a bare 12months away the pressure will nat-urally become greater to try andtrap your interest.

This major sporting event pro-vides a unique opportunity for ourspread membership to get togetherand see the great athletes of the

. Commonwealth compete and at thesame time relive for a brief periodtl(e marvelous !friendships engen-dered by a service together as aUnit. The word unique is used ad-visedly as in the normal allottedspan of our lives it is most unlike-ly that a sporting event such as theOlympic or Empire Games will bestaged in our Continent. With allthe various nations willing and eag-er to stage the Olympic Games itwill probably be at least 60 yearsbefore Australia can hope to be thehost country again. As far as the

Empire Games goes this also ap-plies bu t a more significant factoris will there be a Commonwealthin another 20 years? This iseveryones golden opportunity toprovide the excuse to get togetherwith their mates.

Interstate and country memberscan be assured that Perth as thehost city and your Association inthis State will leave no stone unturned to give you the welcome youwill so richly deserve. The WestAustralian Branch has appointedthe main officials to organise theRe-union and these together withthe whole Committee are eagerly atwork to make certain that personscoming to Perth either from inter-state or the country have the timeof their lives.

A most adequate programme ofentertainment has been drawn upand this, although adequate in it-self, has been so designed to inter-fere as little as possible with themain object, that being the Gamesthemselves.

CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS PARTYat Place: South Perth Zoo, Sunday, Dec. 12, 1961, Time: 2.30Give the wife and kids a great day out in wonderful sur-roundings. A plate of refreshments please, you good women

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The main burden will of coursefall upon the Perth metropolitanmembers in the provision of accom-modation and this will not be mis-placed as it is felt that rio-one willpass up the opportunity of makingtheir old mates welcome.

All are requested to co-operateto their utmost with the organiserswho will have a very· full handfulin the ensuing 12 months. Yourattention is drawn to a notice ap-pearing elsewhere in this 'issue ask-ing country and interstate members

NOVEMBER, 1961._------ ._----to advise of their needs and inten-tions and it is hoped you will givethis matter your immediate atten-tion. The further ahead the plan"ning and organisation can get atthis stage will make for more leis-ure for the organisers at a laterstage. .

This can be made into somethingthat will be remembered to thelongest day we live and all that isrequired is a bit of effort on you,the readers, part to make the ef-fort bear glorious fr ult.

A~ociation _A~tivili{J~NOVEMBER MEETiNG

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A most enjoyable evening wasspent at Anzac Club on Nov. 7,when John Burridge gave an in-formal account of his recent busi-ness trip to the near and far Eastand also to Europe. Johnny is amost articulate speaker and heldthe assembly in rapt attention forabout two hours while he took uson a verbal tour of Singapore, Mal-aya, Kuwait, Beaiut, Rome, Lon-don, Scandanavia, Japan, and backagain to Australia via Singapore.I'm sure that his first hand obser-vations of such places very muchin the news at the moment asSingapore and Malaya, Kuwait withits oil riches, Rome and Londonwith his comments on the EuropeanCommon Market, Scandinavia withespecial reference to Finland, wasmost educational and assisted all tounderstand some of the complexpolitical and trade implicationswhich are occurring at the presenttime. We are most indebted toJohnny for coming along, enjoyingthe evening himself and at the sametime giving us so much enjoyment.I really do think it becomes doublyenjoyable when it is possible forone of our own members to be ourguest speaker. Nobody has anyinhibitions and questions are firedright left and centre. One of ourbest evenings for ages.

(Printed for the publisher by "TheSwan Express," 10 Helena Street,

Midland, W.A.)

WORKING BEE KINGS PARKAbou t a dozen of the gan g tu rn-

ed up at Lovekin Drive, Kings Parkon Sunday, Nov. 19, and got stuckinto the area like a mob of beaversand cleaned it up in no uncertainmanner. With three motor mow-ers the area was soon mown andleaves and debris from the tr eesremoved from the grass then thewhole section was fertilised. Ar-thur Smith meanwhile got all thesprinklers working like a charmand when finished the area lookedexcellent.

This is a crucial year for us withthe grass as adequate watering andmowing is an essential. Anyonewho can assist with watering of thearea is asked to get in touch withthe Secretary or Editor as soon aspossible. If you can shoot up toKing's Park a couple of times aweek and turn on the sprinkler systern for an hour you are the blokewe are looking for . Don't be shyand hang back, shoot your name inas soon as possible.

CHIlLDREN'S CHRISTMASPARTY

This will be held at the SouthPerth Zoo once again this year inas near to the same spot as poss-ible. The date, Sunday, Dec. 10, at2.30 p.m. All the arrangementsare well in hand and a good time isassured to all who attend. A visitby the genial old chap with thewhisk er s is a certainty and fun andg:t'mes will fill in the afternoon withthe usual drinks and ice cream.

Parents are requested to bringalong a plate of eats to make, after-noon tea a bit more enjoyable.

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c.:«. CommentSince last we went to press two

Committee meetings have been heldr.ne a special meeting on Oct. 31to discuss the Empire Games Re-union and the other the normalCommittee meeting held on Nov. 21

At the first of these all the es-sential preliminary business regard-ing. the Games Re-union was dis-cussed at length and a good groundplan was formulated, The mat-ters of urgency were considered tobe th e bookin g of suitable ven liesfor any functions, the booking ottickets for the more importantgames, and the appointment of or-ganiser and assistant organiser.

Before booking of venues couidbe decided IIpon it was necessaryto decide what the functions shouldbe held and when and where theyshould take place. It was finallydecided that the two major func-tions be the Re-union Dinner and aLadies' Night. The dates for thesewere decided as: Annual Re-unionFriday, Nov. 23, 1962, and Ladies'Evening, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 1962.The first function will be held atAnzac Club 'Basement and the sec-ond at the A.N.A. Aquatic Club.Both venues have been booked .

. The tickets to be booked for gamesevents were also decided upon andmainly concern a sufficient numberfor opening day, closing day andthe swimming events.

C, D. Doig was elected organ is-er and DOn Murray assistant organ-iser and both are at present stuckinto the job of early organisation.

This was a most successful meet-ing and much business of import-ance was transacted.

The usual Committee meetingwas held on this occasion at BobSmythe's office in King-st., andCommitteemen took the opportun-ity to pack and prepare for theChildren's Christmas Party. Mostof the business transaction had todo with organising the Children'SParty and the December meeting.Some discussion took place on thenecessity for providing wateringfor Kings Park as at present it fellrather heavily on a very few per-sons. Mr. Smyth and Mr. Doigundertook to look into the matterand see if some workable plan couldbe evolved.

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The Committee is once moredeeply indebted to Bob Smyth forhis tremendous efforts regardin gthe Children's Party and other ev-ents. Ron Kirkwood has provedto be an excellent assistant to Boband these two have put in an amaz-ing amount of work to make thisfunction tick.

"LEST WE FORGET"

NOVEMBER:

Kemp, Tpr. L. B., killed in actionNew Guinea, Nov. 12, 1943.

Thomas, Pte. J. E., killed in actionTimor, Nov. 11, 1942. Age 29.

Smeaton, Pte. A., killed in actionTimor, Nov. 11, 1942. Age 24.

Ludlow, Cpl. S., killed on serviceW.A., Nov. 18, 1945. Age 28.

EMPIRE GAMES RE-UNION

FOR INTERSTATE MEMBERS

If it is your INTENTION at' thepresent to visit Perth for the GamesJ{e-union from Nov. 22 to Dec. 1,1962, send your particulars as un-der to Box T 1646 G.P.O. Perth,as soon as poaaible:-1. Name and address.2. Number in your family group

that will be coming.3. Will you require accommoda-

tion?4. Main sporting interest (athlet-

ics, boxing, etc.).5. Method of travel (rail, road, air)6. Approximate length of time you

would like to stay.7. What troop did you belong to

in the Unit (Sigs., Engs., A,B, C, etc.).

FOR COUNTRY MEMBERSIN W.A.

If you intend to be in Perth forGames period and will require ac-commodation please advise Organ-iser, Box T 1646 G.P.O. Perth, as'soon as possible.

To enable a sufficient number oftickets to be obtained for the Op-ening Ceremony Day ALL COUN-TRY and CITY members are askedto advise if they intend to be pre-sent. '

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Sorry to hear that Ning McCaighas had quite a stretch in Holly-wood. We hope that by the timethis gets into print he will be onthe mend and able to get homeagain once more.

Others in Hollywood at presentare "Wock" Crossing and "Ajax"Harrison and we wish both ofthese a speedy recovery. Speakingto "Ajax" the other night he seem-ed as bright as a button and ex-pected to be ou t in a few days. Heis at present employed by theT.A.B. at Cottesloe.

A little bird told me that theproud driver of a vehicle in thathuge metropolis Melbourne withnumber GGL 001 is none otherthan GeotT Laidlaw currently man-aging Ampol in that State. If myinformation be correct J see a littlemore than the hand of coincidenceat work.

Bob Smyth looking extra well af-ter a lengthy trip through thenorth selling any form of goodsthat his clients want to buy. Bobsees "Buck" Peters on most of histrips through the north and repo-rts"Buck" to be driving a grader forthe Main Roads Board.

Rumour has it that "Dusty"Studdy has returned from his so-journ in the north but can't COn-firm as haven't sighted the bodyyet.

Had lunch one day with Don Tur-ton and he reported himself morethan happy with the outcome of theField Day. Has been busy assistingwith the running of the Golf Ball

When in TownMake The

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Meet Dave Ritchie and SayGood-day

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Remember

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William St., Perth

at Wandering which was a greatsuccess.

Sight myoid mate Alf Walshvery frequently and he looks fitand well. About the only placewe don't see Alf is at meetings.What about it, Alf?

An informant tells me Joe Poyn-ton and his wife had recently beenon a trip to Esperance. My matesaid that he saw a bloke with hishead under the bonnet of 3. carlooking at a radiator and on in-spection it proved to be the oneand only Joe. Hope you got homeall right Joe.

Haven't laid an eye an Ray Parryfor so long that I'd have to greethim with a "How do, stranger," ifI did see him. What about comingout of hibernation Ray and sayinga cheerio to the gang over 1 grogat a meeting or so?It was with considerable regret

that owing to lack of response bymetropolitan members that theCountry Convention scheduled forGeraldton on Queens Birthdayweekend had to be cancelled. Iwould be most remiss if I did notpublish a note of thanks to PeterBarden and Jack Denman for thework they put in arranging for thisconvention which went for nought.Thanks very much Peter and Jackand I give my personal assurancethat the next time we have a' COn-vention it will be at Geraldton andit will succeed.If you are thinking of buying a

Mini Morris Gerry Maley is yourman as Maley's Ampol Service Sta-tion of Morley Park have receiveda franchise for this vehicle.

This unfortunately, has been a"flat" month as far as personalitiesgo so you will have to be satisfiedwith this short list this time andmy fervent hopes for somethingbetter next edition.

LOSTAddresses of members who are'

at present on the "Missing BelievedDeparted from Previous Address"are required for the names as list-'ed below. Surely their where-abouts are known to some memberor other who is asked to write inand advise.

The West Australian Branch isat present assembling material toprint an address book containing

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the names and addresses of all per-sons at present known to haveserved with the Unit. Before pro-ceedin g wi th the task it is hoped toget the address list as up to dateas possible.

This address book wil! be dis-tributed to all persons whose nameand address is known at the time ofpublication. Members will no doubtagree that this book should be anexcellent medium to keep ill touchwith one another. If you call assistwibh any of the underrnentlonedmembers' addresses you will earnthe undieing thanks of those try-ing to collate this address book.

It is hoped to publish the bookearly in the new year so pleasewrite in quickly if you can assist.

South Australia:BACHE, H. E.WOODHEAD, L. J. (Lionel).

New South Wale.:BAGNALL, K. (Sketta).DIXON, D. (Douglas).HANSON, J. (Jackie).HARRISON, P. J. (Kiwi).HOGG, D. (Dave).JONES, A. F.MAHER, C.MARTIN, R. D.MORRISEY, J. W. (Joe).PRESS, F. A. (Frank).PRIOR, J. (Jack).SIPPLE, J. (Jack).THORPE, F. J. (Slim).WATERS, K. (Keith).WEIR, B. J.WILCOX, E. C. (Wally).WILSON, K. G. (Keith).TIERNEY, T. (Tom).O'BRIEN, T. L. (Tom).LAFFY, Capt. J.ANDERSON, W. S. (Bunny).

A coloured church was organis-ing a Society of Virgins. One ap-plicant came up carrying a baby inher arms.

"But, Sister," queried the secre-tary, "how come yo' figger yo' isable to join this here society?"

"Well," replied the woman, "Iwas only foolin' when this happen-ed and I 'lowed as how I couldget in as one of (lese Foolish Vir-gins."

'.« '" '"The McCoy had just married the

Martin of the Hill Country and offthey went to a cabin in the moun-tains for a honeymoon. He hadonly been gone one day when hesuddenly stormed into his pappy'scabin.

His pappy said: "Where's yourwoman, son?"

McCoy countered: "I done shother."

"What fer?" asked the old man."She was a virgin, paw.""Ya done right, son. If she

weren't good enough for her ownfold she ain't good enough forusen." I

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West AuatraIia:COUPLAND, A. (Alf).McLAUGHLIN, J. R.BRADY, N.COOPER, W. G.DODG.E, C .

Queensland:CUBIS, C. F. (Col).

Last State Unknown:BARNES, J. E.BURNS, J. L.BURTON, R. A. (Dick).PERKINS, A. L.SNOWDEN, T. (Tom) ,

PRIVATE WARD"Tell me, Tom," asked the vis-

itor in the luxurious private hos-pital room, "since you can affordall this plus the services of a fulltime private nurse, why did youpick such an ugly old bat to lookafter you?"

"Well," Tom answered, "whenshe begins to look good to me Iknow I'm getting well!"

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NOT GREEDYAn insurance agent was trying to

interest an Indian woman in an en-dowment policy with which to sup-plement her social security whenshe retired, and told her that shewould get 50 bucks a month whenshe was 65.

"Listen, mister," she replied,"when I get to be that old, onebuck a month will be more thanenough for me."

* *CONFUSCIUS SAY:

Man like auto. Perform better forgirl who give right kind of oil.

ROCKY WILLIAMS, of Box 16,Rose Bay, N.S.W., writes:-As Christmas and the Association

Children's Party are fast approach-ing I would like to submit my child-ren's names for the party. As Iam in Sydney and may not be ableto make the show my wife will betaking them. Their address is still21 Simpson S~., Ap plecr oss. Iwouid be grateful if you could letmy wife know the date, etc., of theparty. Enclosed is' £2 to coverany costs, as they have been suchgreat successes in the past, I wouldhate the kids to miss' out and sowould they!

I have now been in Sydney forthe past eight months and haveenjoyed the stay but you can't beatthe West and I will be pleased toget back around Christmas.

Wishing you and the Associationall the best for Christmas.

B. J. "Peter" BARDEN,of Box 310,GeraIdton, writes:-As mentioned in my reply to

Jack Carey, we were all so sorrythat the Geraldton Convention hadto be postponed. A few days be-fore receiving Jack's letter, I wroteto you to see how many would becoming from Perth, as Jack Den-man and myself had met and dis-cussed the accommodation side ofthe convention, as well as otheraspects. In addition, I had per-sonally made quite a number of our'members in this area aware of theconvention, and they were all look-ing forward to seeing the boysfrom "down under".

Jack Denman has now told thetwo hotel and motel with whom hehad made tentative inquiries, thatwe will not be needing any accom-modation as the convention hasbeen cancelled.

Irish Hopkins phoned me fromMorawa the day after I got Jack'sletter, and was indeed disappoint-ed to hear the news as he was look-ing forward to meeting all the boys.

Eric Smyth recently returnedfrom a trip to Canberra duringwhich he forcibly submitted Ger-aldton's case for inclusion in In-come Tax Zone "B" with the Fed-eral Treasurer, Mr. Holt, and the

Taxation Commissioner. A num-ber of Geraldton organisations paidtor Eric's trip, and he reckons wehave got a good chance of success.It would mean a saving of about£20,000 to £40,000 a year as aresult of the taxation deductionswhich would result from such achange.

Harry Botterill met Eric in Mel-bourne and ihey had lunch and afew grogs together. Harry, of Sig-nals fame, is reported to be welland as fit as a fiddle. Ex-signallerGeorge Kennedy and Jim Wall alsojoined in the happy little re-unionat Melbourne. Eric also saw BertTobin, who is secretary of tworadio and T.V. stations run by the"Argus" newspaper company inMelbourne. Berti is also fit and welland he and Harry Botterill havebooked their train passages for the'Commonwealth Games Conventionin Perth in November of next year.Fortunately they were able to takeover two cancellations. Eric Smythwas the guest of Ralph Baldwin atGeelong.

Sorry to report that Jack Den-man has been a bit off colour oflate. Jack has been having a busytime with raffles and what-not inhis capacity as President of theHigh School P. & C. and followingall this running around he foundhimself in bed for several days withthe old complaint. rheumatic fever.

Eric Weller is again buildinghouses in Geraldton and intendsmaking his home here. I ran intoEric and his wife the other day,and they and their family are allwell. The next time I struck Ericwas on Sunday of last week when Iwas next to him in the processoinin honour of Christ the King,which drew a record crowd of about3,000 to the grounds of Geraldton'sfamous Cathedral, St. Francis Xav-ier's.

. I ran into Brush Fagg, of North-ampton, in Geraldton recently andwhile he was enjoying fair health,Mrs. Fagg was not too good. Brushi's now driving a school bus atNorthampton.

My elder son Ross (he will be19 in January), who is an appren-tice plumber with the Geraldton

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Building Co. Pty. Ltd. (which em-ploys about 250 men) is spendingsix months (that's the minimum)at Koolan Island, near Cockatoo Is-land, north of Derby, where theyare erecting 54 homes and 10 16-man bille ts for Broken Hill Pty.Ltd., at a cost of £400,000 (it'snot much if you say it quick).This job is part of a £6-millionundertaking to develop the iron oredeposits on Koolan Island. Havingwon two football trophies in therecently concluded season at Ger-aldton, and also a best and fairestbasketball trophy, Ross is piayingbasketball at Koolan Island and histeam has just won the premiershipin a competition between teamsfrom Koolan and Cockatoo Island.

I'll be having my holidays inJanuary-February, so I hope my vis-it coincides with one of your meet-ings. In any case, I will look youup in the hope that we can havea couple of quickies together.

Regards to all.

RON TRENGROVE, of 46 HillcrestAve., Mona Vale, N.S.W., writes:When one doesn't see anyone it

is rather hard to write somethingthat would interest anyone, how-ever as I have met recently JimEnglish and have seen and spokena few words to Bill Coker I guessI should be able to make up some-thing.

First things first. I have beensending on John Rose's copy of the"Courier" and as they haven't comeback I guess that man is gettingthem as I address them to Hillston,N.S.W. No doubt he is well knownif for no other reason than that hewas reared there, and if he cuts hislawn like he did when he was atHarbord he would be known as theman with the longest grass in (Idid say grass) the west. So any.mail, however sketchily addressed,would find him.

I am very sorry to hear MaDavies has been so ill and guess'that one of the things he will haveto stay away from is beer, as Ibelieve that the old kidneys won'tstand abuse after one has been af-flicted with hepatitis.

My apologies to Harry Botterillfor not sending cup tickets backhut I never saw them until afterthe cup. It's not worth tellingwhy, but sufficient to say with me

out of sight out of mind, even hadI seen them in the first place.It is a bit late but I would like

to offer my sympathy to Bill Cokeron his recent loss and if my infor-mation is correct it was most un-expected as his mother was in goodhealth.

We, that is the Tr engroves,would very much like to see youall next year but short of winninga substantial prize in a lottery wewill be among the missing.

Talking to Jim English the otherday he advised me not to moveaway from the pole I was leaningagainst as one or both of us mightfall down, but after informing himthat I was actually working he wasmost apologetic as you all can im-agine. Unfortunately his newsabout his daughter is no better thanwhen I last spoke and told youabout her.

I guess television is probably oneof the worst enemies to associationslike ours who are rather thinlyspread over a large area and havenot the benefit of a clubhouse oruse of permanent meeting housewith facilities to draw one out andaway from a comfortable chair,etc., so I guess one must be thank-ful for the die-hards that do turnup when something 'is arranged.Bu t how disheartening for thosewho hope and arrange in anticipa-tion that this time they will turn upEven as I write these few lines Iam trying to watch and listen tothe story of Ernest Hemingway.

Well I guess as I am not doingeither of the latter things success-fully I will close wishing everyonewho reads this "Courier" a veryHappy Christmas and a healthy andhappy New Year and may Miss Eng-lish have your prayers answered.

"DUSTY" STUDY, of FreezingWorks, Broome, writes:-Just a few lines. I have decided

to buy all the tickets myself as itis in the air whether I will see theseason out. Over the last threeweeks eight jokers have left thisdump .. Today we decided not to goto work unless the tucker improveswhich it did at lunch time. ForSunday night's tea and this morn-ing's breakfast there was no butteron the table. Some of the meatyou get you would need a pair oftiger's fangs to chew it. About six

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weeks ago we had a strike for thesame reason. Well that night whilstsome of the boys were cookingsome tucker who should appear butbuff-head himself. He is the ownerof this outfit. Believe it or not hepulled out a.4 5 and with the butt hethen smashed the plates, saying:"You are not going to eat on myplates." He must have thought hewas acting in the Three Bears.

Another night two of the fellowscame home about 11, full. Theythen had a race to see who couldclimb onto the roof first. One wasnot satisfied with that he then gota stick, running from one end ofthe hut to the other scraping theroof after him. After a few lapshe must have missed his footingas head Over he went and out wentthe bloody lights.

This place up here should be re-named the wild bloody west. LastThursday I had to get my clearancefrom the doctor as I had droppeda 60 lb. carton of meat on my bigtoe. Yours truly did not go backto work. I then went to the pub.About 4 o'clock who should walk inbut the toughest bitch I've seen.She was flat chested, wore a tengallon hat, a coloured handkerchief,narrow green trousers, elastic sideboots with high heels and evenrolled her own cigarettes. Abouteight o'clock after drinking a fairamount of grog she turned herglass upside down. Just then whoshould walk in bu t a copper. Shecalled him everything. I think hehad a bit of the tom tits as he rangfor the other two coppers and aftera struggle they finished by cartingher off in a taxi.

Well, give my regards to theboys on Saturday night. Hopeyou can understand my writing asI'm bloody hopeless at it. Cheerio.

(Since writing this "Dusty" hasreturned to the metropoIia.-Ed.)

Adultery is a triangle made up ofone bed and two fools,

Write to Your Editor:Col. Doig,Box Tt'646,

Addreu All Your Correapondencp.:Box T1646, G.P.O. Perth

NOVEMBER, 1961 NOVEMBER, 1961

RUSS SYMONDS,of 43 Leg~et St.,Windsor, Queensland, wl'ites:-

Firstly please find enclosed sweepbutts and cheque to cover sameplus some of the back fees I mustowe.I can assure you the amount of

workr you good folk in the West putinto the "Courier" is really appre-ciated by the isolated few in thisState. After digesting my copythis last, 18 months I have been posting it on to "Beaky " Smith. Thispoor bugger along with "Harry theHawk" Hancock, are sitting ontheir behinds on 11 acres of rock16 miles of Coffs Harbour suppos-edly looking after a lighthouse butthe buggers spend most of theirtime fishing.

Had quite an evening here 'about12 months ago Sailor Ward, KelCarthew, Eric Davies, Bob Smith(on holidays at the time) and. my-self. To be honest haven't sightedSailor or Eric since then but bothwere 100 per cent then. See KelCarthew ever so often. Hasn't al-tered a day.

Was fortunate enough last trip toMelbourne to meet a number of thelads down there. Thanks due toJock Campbell and Bert Tobin.

Noticed in June issue where MalHerbert is coming to Queensland inAugust with the W.A. Rifle Team.I would appreciate it if you wouldforward enclosed on to him. Mayhe able to put a couple, in the fridgefor him but as I'm travelling for adrug company must know when hewill be here so I can make the ef-fort to be in Brisbane. My travel-ling takes me from Tweed Headson the N.S.W.-Queensland borderto Thursday Island including West-ern Queensland, virtually still livingout of the old kit bag.

Kind regards to all the boys inthe West.

Jy. It is always of interest to learnof the doings 01 old friends andassociates.

I had hoped to visit Perth laterthis year, but time, that elusivePimpernel, is running out and nextmonth will find me off on my an-nual trip to the East. Please con-vey my special regards to all mem-bers of 9 Section, particularly myold friend Arch Campbell. Incid-entally, my new representative forW.A.-Jack Watson-tells me hewent to school with Arch.

Cheque to the amount of £1,with butts for the Kalgoorlie Sweepare enclosed. By the way, I havemoved from Wahroonga on theNorth Shore line to Taylors Point-situated on Pittwater, behind Av-alon. This is a most delightfulspot, with a beautiful view of Pitt-water. Having a waterfrontage, Ihave secured a small boat and havemy own slips. I find this new in-terest occupies most pleasantly allmy spare moments. I have goneso far as to join the VolunteerCoastal Patrol, and now I find my-self endeavouring to cope with theintricacies of navigation, logarith-ams, etc., principles of which havelong since passed from my mind.

My boys are growing up, too.Robert, now 13, and David, 11, andalthough time seems to be passingvery quickly I personally feel nodifferent than I did 20 years ago,and occasionally get out and kickthe footie with the boys, whichbrings back pleasant memories ofold times and that physical-fitnessenthusiast Arch Campbell again.

At the moment, however, I am dictating this to my good wife from aprostrate position in bed, with ahead like a melon. I had the goodfortune to be successful in winningthe Sports Goods and Toy Retail-ers' Gold Shield yesterday and the19th appears to have been a littletoo much. So, old friend, I mustclose this as I require a new icepack.

Wishing you and all my friendsin the West all the very best.

R. C. FIELD. of "M~nderIey," 206Hud~nn Parade, Taylors Point,N_S.W.,writes:-Greetin Q'~ and salu tations, old

friend. It has been a long, long'time no see-or any other old!!nit friend with the exception ofRav Cole. who at last has been res-cued from bachelorhood and is nowthe nr oud father of a bonny bounc-in!! boy.

I must thank you for forwardingcopies of the "Courier" so regular-

COLIN CRIDDLE, of 124 Nan.onStreet, WembIey, writes:-Please find enclosed sweep butts

and postal note to the value of£2/10/-, the extra 10/- being forsubs.

No activities to report except for

Len Read who came into the depotlast Friday in the regular army asa Staff Sergeant. Reports he's en-joying life immensely. and wouldn'tbe a civilian for quids,

Regarding the annual re-union onSaturday, 19th, I would like to ten-der my apologies for not attending,the reason being its the wife's birthday and there's a party organisedfor the occasion.

I sincerely hope in the next fewyears the date may be altered, oreven next year for the EmpireGames, It would be a nice wind-up for the Eastern Staters to havethe dinner after the games.

Trusting these few lines find youin good health, and best regards toall the gang.A Later Letter from Colin reads:-

Received cheque for £10 on sec-ond placing in Kalgoorlie Cup.Quite a surprise and I can assureyou, very much appreciated. .

My apologies once again for' notbeing in attendance at the AnnualRe-union for it always coincideswith the wife's birthday, being the20th August, and the right thinghas to be done in the way of :1.11evening at home.

I would like to make a sugges-tion at this juncture, not to covermy own excuse but how would thelast day of the Show Week fall intoline for our Annual Re-union, sayFriday night. Having most of thecountry chaps in town may havereason for a larger attendance.

With Show week coming up, andmy good fortune of running intosome of the boys, I will most cer-tainly chew it over with them.

Well, I'd better away and buckledown to do some work for thecompany.

BILL BENNETT, 18 Southcreek Rd.Deewhy, N.S.W., writes:-Thank you very much for the

£25. Looks as though I am havinga bit of a lucky run,

Please forgive me for taking solong to acknowledge receipt, buthave been through a trying periodover the last few weeks.· As Imentioned in last writing, my mo-ther was very ill, and unfortunatelyshe passed away recently, and withthe sorrow of the loss and all sub-seouent arrangements, etc., I havenot had much time or inclinationfor other matters.