ROUND ABOUT

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 186, 15 July 1940, Page 5

ROUND ABOUT

— * i. (By Aitchel) The mail bag was more than . bulky last week, letters pouring in because this column was absent - from last Monday's issue. One ad- ] mirer informed me that the break > was severe,- after an uninterrupted i series covering exactly thirty-five - weeks. The number of Round-Abouts - was more than I knew. It is said that a changc is as good 1 as a rest. I had a change last week, \ but no rest.. The readers, of course l , enjoyed that. * * «. * There is a. phrase common among writing folk, 'It is. in teres ting •: to note'. Many things, of course, ar*a interesting to note. That cannot lie said of Ministers' replies to resolu-* t\ions and suggestions submitted to them. You wilt recall that the • jjublic meeting called to urge upon the Government the necessity of a War . Cabinet including members of the Opposition, passed a resolution conr veying the collective opinion "of/ those present. You know what happened to that and dozens like it; from various parts of tlhe country. And now the Joint R : e;cl Cross and St. John Committee's resolution isreceiving the Government's consideration. You can have three guesses what'.lK happen to it, but there jf| no prize for the correct answer. « « « « The employees of a local estab-». lishment on Thursday night set a trap for a liuge rat that had been, causing some interest for weeks. On Friday morning the trap was found to have its grim:, ghasltlyf catch, but the rat did not seem anywhere as big as when running about. It was definitely decided that it was not the: same, and one employee held forth thus-: "The big: joker wasn't game; he sent the kid: out tb have a scout round first and . the lad put his headi - in the nooseThe big chap was yelliow. Fll tlelE you what he is, lie's an Italian rat.". a m ' ■ For that which you see below, I' claim no credit. Nor, if that, is the way. your opinion of it inclines, can you debit me with it. The screed purports to be a true description of soldiering life, according to hymnology: 6.0 a.m. Reveille: "Christians Awake" . 6.30 a.m. Sick Parade: "Nearer my God to Thee" 6.45 a!.m. Rouse Parade: "Art tihou weary, art thou languid'" 7.10 a.m. Breakfast: "Meekly waib and murmur not"' 8.45 a.m. Manoeuvres: "'Fight the Good Fight'" ' , : 9.30 a.m. Company in Danger, Oft in Woe" - 10.30 a.m. Kit Inspection? "All Things Bright and Beautiful" 11.45 a.m. Swedish Drill: "Here we Suffer Grief and Pain"' 1.0 p.m. Dinner: "Cdme, Ye Thankful People, Come" 2.15 p.m. Rifle Drill: "Go, Labour On'" 3.15. p.m. Officers' Lecture: "Tell me the Old, Old Story'* 4.30 p.m. Dismiss: "Pralise Got? from whom all Blessings Flow" 5.0 p.m. Tea: "What Means This Eager,\-Anxioiis Throng" 6.0 p.m. Free for the Niight: "Oh Lord, now Happy we Shall Be" 6.30 p.m. Out of Bounds'-: "We do» not Know. We Cannot Tell** 7.0 p.m. Route March: "Onward Christian Soldiers" 9.45 p.m. Air Raid > Drill: "We Plough the Field and Scatter" 10.'0 p.m. Last Post: "All are Safely Gathered In' 1 10.30 p.m. Lights Out: "Peace, Per feet Peace" 11.0 p.m. Night Manoeuvres: "The Day Thou Gavest Lord is Ended" 11.30 p.m. Guard Inspection: "Sleep On, Beloved." • • • • The report that the Italian Navy was proceeding to Oran under faitoed draught proved to be incorrect. Doubtless some enthusiast in Rome or Berlin got confused between forced draught and hot air. Incidentally that was rather a good cartoon which depicted Admiral Mussolini telephoning Hitler. "We beat tho British Navy," Mussolini is saying, and Hitler, on the other end of the wire, adds, " . : . by miles. 1 " • * .■■< l ' * Berlin, by an official order, became a sea of: flags in order to welcome Hit\er back to the cit3*. advantage about a sea of flags is that there "would be no British Navjfc on it.