By Flt/Sgt. T.J. Bannister.

ATC Observer, 1 September 1942, Page 8

By Flt/Sgt. T.J. Bannister.

■FOR THE SAKE OF SOME PAPER' THE BULLET LAS.LOST, FOR THE-SAKE OF THE BULLET THE PLANE WAS LOST, FOB THE .SAKE OF '.THE PLANE THE SHIP WAS LOST, FOR THE SAKE OF THE SHIP THE BATTLE .WAS LOST, . FOR THE SAKE OF THE BATTLE THE WAR WAS LOST, AND ALL. FOR THE SAKE OF SOME PAPER. - ■' -

Glancing through a recent copy of the New Zealand "Free Lance’* ihe Editor was attracted to the photograph of an attractive WAAF* Natural curiosity impelled him to read the paragraph below* Sorry we can't publish the photograph, boys, but here is the aforementioned paragraph:- ' glr g .. u To the ; fore in organising the dances arranged for the Air . v k Training Corp lads x in Hastings is *.*.**.( ind it ' yourselves) 1 1 a Wellington WAAF\who does clerical work at the A.T.S* Depot* Last week when Gisborne ATC. boys visited .Hastings, their only fault to find was that their time was not long enough* What with a dance, two sports- matches and a church parade at the High School followed by tea dispensed by a canteen from Napier, it was ' a red-letter holiday© . /? \ J "Looks as if they'd been having; a lot of fun and games, eh, ‘ chaps! Well similar excursions; are being formulated by , your Officers and N. o.o’s, so'.give them your support. 1 ' .

The August issue corrections: ' Page 1, - middle of page - should be-Fit»Lt. not F/0* Page 5, para. .3 line 2, should be:~ . - E*F«T.S*, i.e, Elementary. Flying Training School, not E»P*S*, i.e. Emergency Precautions Services. , /' - ■