HEADQUARTERS

ATC Observer, 1 August 1942, Page 3

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Io Where is it that night after night ■■ ' x ue, swot arid struggle, Flight- by, Flight, And sometimes-nearly do what's right? ' ■ '- ’ ' . H/Q o - ' ; ' is ,it that .outside the door dup- b\ -W The slot machines clank more and* more, ' . • And Sheilas • gather by. the score? . ‘ H/Q'o ' 3o .Where is it, . surely someone.is-. blundered; /.Nor. myself, live; often, wondered, . '' A 3 , That four' p 9 m* is sixteen .hundred? . ' ■ ■ ’ . ; H/Qo /// ... r- . . . 11l Where us it that* our backs' get cramp. 1 . 1 ■■■' ■ And our feet go down with Warty stamp"/ / And heads are held as 1 m a clamp? ' " -' h/u <'. ’ " J ■ , 5«- Where is it that we expand the chest ■ , And gallop, round'without a vest, .’. .. And, uwist our torsos * without- rest? 1 ; ' ' J 1 . ■ ' '■ : ■'i ' ’ p ' ' , • _. ' - 60, where Is it 1 that ' one clock hands' creep; ' : ' ~ Nr seven o'clock ibid r'? os ties x peep, ' •_ And their Xmas, pudding hey ? .can ; keep?/' 1 /s/Jf ' r - 1 /' “ ' H/C- 4 • ' ' - ?•' '. ; '■ d \ 7<> where is it ' meat- •waafs and, things, ' . Those earth-bound x angels without wings,< * ! /Treat we lads, like real beings? ■ . ■ ' Not H/Q v ■ , 1 ' A ■■ • ; _ - 8 O Where 1 ’is it that there is a store-' ■ ’With, stripes.and uniforms galore /'//, 'll”' “Welcomed writ’ upon the door? ‘ ’• ' ■ . . Not ,H/q o . ’ '/J'’/.. I- • . 9» 'When is it : that a lucky few . Will set a course both straight and true And travel on to find a -new • t'.' ' , .. . H/Q? ' ) .i ' ' ' P.T.Cu ... /j P.T.O. .

10. Where is it, if the truth were told,' Our thoughts will turn like sheep to fold? I'll tell you, it will be the old H/0.

A practise, cross-country run waj aeld on Saturday, the 22nd. Thirteen cadets assembled at Taylors Laundry, Kilmore Street, and set sail fra there at approximately. 2,45 on an enjoyable canter round Hagley* The only discomfort suffered was that-caused by the .rush of wind past the' ears as they headed down the home stretch, back to home base where th were entertained at 'afternoon tea by Mr. G. Taylor, z ■

The gymnasts -are busy practising for the Lu, A» Annual Display whip will be held at the end of Deptember 'in the RadiantHalle f Casualties have been very light in these classes, an odd bruise here and' there, mostly there, \ is all that' has been suffered to date, but we have hopes of collecting something a little more advanced before ..the-, end of the season. ' , i ?

Arrangements have been made for a Fitter Instructor from an R»N*Z,A.F Station to hold a class for the purpose of tearing -our Moth into little pieces. , The’classes will be held ,on Tuesday evenings from p 900-2100 hours, commencing on September the Ist? It is not thought necessary to hold, these classes over an extended period as the fundamentals are soon learned, and then the fun begins# . Cadets, will provide their own hammers and saws, and it is hoped that there will > be enough pieces left over to build the Wing’s very own glider*