CAMP MAGAZINE

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 229, 23 October 1940, Page 8

CAMP MAGAZINE

PRINTED BY THE TROOPS HUMOUR FROM EGYPT New Zealand engineers in Egypt, the sth Field Park Company, have issued the first number of a maga>zine called "Tales From Abroad." In the 95 pages of the magazine there are numbers of vdrses, stories, and articles written by members of the company; there are also good line drawings done by the editor. Although some of the contents will be ambiguous to New Zealand relatives and friends of the writers, many of them will cause a great deal of amusement, as, for instance, the typical letter home, the confession of a censor, the diary, the confirmation of the rumour that Suez smells, and the odd jokes appearing in the issue. It is mentioned that the printing was paid for before it was done by the Egyptian engaged; that the company has now found out where flies go in winter; that the members are most grateful to all who have helped to make their time in so pleasant; and that the company hopes the magazines will be kept in many homes in New Zealand to be claimed later by the soldiers as | souvenirs. Ducking for Peacemaker. * Angry Avords passing between two soldiers near the Christchurch railway station the other day attracted a civilian,-who felt disposed to adopt the role of peacemaker. He placed benign and friendly;• hands ,on the shoulders of the two lads, then quickly regretted his interference.The soldiers forgot their own argument and joined forces, the peacemaker being rather roughly deposited in the side channel to the great amusement of the soldiers and-most of the people looking on. Ring No. 10 for that next Printing order. Beacon, Box 7.