IN RETROSPECT.

Dozerdust, Volume 2, Issue 23, 5 August 1944, Page 4

IN RETROSPECT.

ON a blustering night, just over a year ago, was born ” Dozerdust ", the Unit paper of Works

Service Engineers. Produced in a typically confused and excited newspaper atmosphere, the two- page cyclo-styled news-sheet was des- - tined for a life of over twelve

months, recording all thee events and interesting happenings of this Pacific Army Unit, and creating for its&fefan affectionate niche in our life here in New Caledonia .The early staff took great pride in ,

their joint effort; Artist Ray Barnaby; printer Henry Ford; Typist Percy. Kenna Proofreader George Aim;: Delivery Man George- Lindsay and lan Pears &andy Man, Under the light of several hurricane • lamps, production was effected on a disused ping pong .table, the sh.fts, after going through the

duplicator frame, being laid out on a pile of c merit bags on one side of the flapping marquee, where the wind gleefully hurled them all over the plape. :::: BETWEEN

cursing and chasing wet sheets of paper the staff slaked its jour-

nalistic thirst with beer and maintained the production pace until the last copy was stapled and stacked ready for delivery. Delivery Man George Lindsay who ' had slipped out with a lew advanced copies returned with the news that the Unit censor had banned the issue on grounds that . .... the

paper contained enough dynamite to ” create an international incident Involving the French, Americans and English V A hurried consultation was held and udzu bc-pr drinking from which emerged the decision to leave the whole matter unit! the morning. ::::

LATER Artist Lyn Lipanovic and iter Alex Bowman combined to present the paper’s most successful' series of Army Biographies)’’ Personalities -Parade ", achieving a wide

readership. A father page was tjion added, mating th: paper a six. page weekly. ::::: FURTHER series of

articles on problems in the Pacific added to the paper’s interest. In between! a mass of material was printed' covering all material activities of the Unit * sports, dances, personalities, poems, local geographical and historical data, sketches, competitions and a host of other interesting material , found its way into " Dozerdust ’4

LOOKING backward, we can say that 11 D6zcrdust " did a real good job, and many copies will be treasured in the years to (Come ns

records of the a cumulating experience • •••• membership of the 3rd. Division of the N. PERCY..?. IGNNA.