THE TRAMP GOES TO TOWN

Transit Tramp, Volume 1, Issue 4, 2 November 1943, Page 3

THE TRAMP GOES TO TOWN

For -sone' weeks past we have seen Gordon Stalker ; decking. .. out the area .behind the Sergeants’ Mess with a ’.mass of sheets, towels, pillowslips .- etc. - The rest of ‘the Staff still confine themselves to the normal three sheets in the- wind- ■ ... .. There is an excellent tenniquoit court "down ; at the Sports area, but no one seems to use it much. There still appears to be a marked preference for an older variety of the game' of quoits. Our officers-’ assure us that ’ ; . their .dance- on Thursday last was a success. ;as' far as we were concerned the highlight of the evening was , a touching duet by Sgts Reg Reed and Fist Nash VF ( veteran' of Fiji) "We’re - always on- the . outside On the outside always looking in. ' . A number of .-people -around here seem to be suffering ’.from Wa c-wurry. There is however no truth in the ru'mour that- the Field host Office is shifting its . Headquarters to the hospital. - •’ • In a recent issue .of the LIFE Magazine"a series of photos of night clubs appeared.. Under an •appropriate, photo we read

• 1 ’The- -three dictators, Hitler, Mussolini ’and Tojo are, caricatured on the back pf three chorus girls panties. Customers then hurl cotton balls at shapely backsides”- •’£; We’d say a pretty bum show ’

" The Ordnance 4 ' Who arc-' the boys who bask in the sun ? •who get plenty of.. leave - and plenty of fun? Who always growl when work ’ s to be. done ? The Ordnance Who are the men wh,o dole out spares When .not at work with other wares ? . And stand all the abuseWho cares ? - The Ordnance. At whom do new boys pout their jaw as if they’d won the blihk i ing war ' When really they-have done ! no more ; i Than the .Ordnance ? ■ Bug never mind we’ll do ; our share j We !i;y be here, we may be there • -■ Who will be left when it’s time to care ? The. Ordnance (Op.l J.t. Parnell)