THE TRAMP GOES TO TOWN

Transit Tramp, Volume 1, Issue 3, 17 October 1943, Page 3

THE TRAMP GOES TO TOWN

a certain well known officer is known as ’’Sconnie” - We > wonder why. Probably it was about him that the old songl was written which goes : - ? ”My sConnie lies over the ocean, My sconnie- lies over the ; sea, Oh ’who will go over the ocean, And bring back my sconnie to me ? ”

Cpl Arnold Bell is a member of the Red Cross Committee. We presume that this makes him protected under the Geneva Convention. All ranks will therefore- have to stop throwing mud at Arnold.

Cheerio to Colin Harper who has left us for duty elsewhere. Don’t all rush the spare bunk in ’’GreenMansions, ”

■ The new water heating fac- , ilities adjoining the Cook -house are a joy 'to behl'ld. ' Men on the '’last two shifts at picquet will, however still have to stoke with wood, i u?>bish etc. We’ve always Considered ourselves ‘ that ’’There’s no fuel like an oil fuel.”

Vic Roach has now rejoined t c- DaWN DIPPBRS accord•in,.: to dur beach correslent. He was forced to it. draw temporarily■ owing to a cold in the head. There is however, no truth in the rumour that other people whose colds wefe in the head have al -so burned out again. ' *** *"’ "* “* . Marc Golding - -acting -leputy-Assistant-Dircc >r of Government Housing announces the registration of v the foil owing j nines for residential areas of the camp. Major Tarleton & Capt Vrigbu ” Pansy Palaces. 51 Other Officers’ Tents 51 Rot ten Row 1 ' Block from Cooks den to Woodpeckers Nest '•’Green Mansions” Arnold hart on’s tent to Fish Nash’s. ’•’Tent Terrace” Workshops ’’Mossie Meadows.” Medical ” Dead Men’s Corner.” Signals - ’’Sigside” WOs quarters. ’’Bachelors Bungalow” .*ll other areas will be. known as the slums.-

'lO S IN THE TEAM ? •ar Illustrious Batmen. u 3. Batman E.A.Hope n tune whistled soulfuly, probably “You Made me, uuve You ’, and round the corner comes Eric Hope. The oflicers call him “Shorty” but other ranks with less respect fur his venerable appearance call him “Baldy.” ■ > . ■ . a man who simply lives for his hobbies. His chief one is collecting “Varga Girls” out of the Esquire Magazine. Has -a collection unrivalled in South Pacific. *•:

A keen sportsman and a solid me her of the Headquarters (Duck & Quacks) basketball and table tennis teams. When asked what he thought about the DAWN DIPPERS “Baldy” said “ I promised ray girl faith -fully that I would nut go bathing till I had learned to swim. I must stick to my premise. “\-