“TIKI TIMES” Talk To Rotary Club
Printing of an illegal newspaper by New Zealand prisoners of war was the subject of a talk by one of the organisers of the paper, Mr Mel Ross, of Whakatane, to the Whakatane Rotary Club on Tuesday night. The paper was not a literary masterpiece, but was started for the sole purpose of amusing the men in the camp, which comprised mainly New Zealanders. It was called Tiki Times and went a long way to cheering .and making prison life* more bearable. All the articles were contributed by the men and it was amazing the amount of talent unearthed, said Mr Ross. It was printed entirely by hand and the first copy came out in an exercise book. .
The paper was displayed on a notice board and somehow remained undetected by the Germans. From 1944 until January 1945 it came out each week and when the camp was broken up three of its organisers carried the copies out of Germany. One of the men was taken ill and repatriated to England, taking with him these copies of the “Times.”
Later it was brought back toNew Zealand, Mr Ross concluded, and printed under it’s original title.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 16, 5 November 1948, Page 5
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201“TIKI TIMES” Talk To Rotary Club Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 16, 5 November 1948, Page 5
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