THE JOURNEY.

Dozerdust, Volume 1, Issue 14, 13 September 1943, Page 2

THE JOURNEY.

# R be ready to shift at 7,50 in the morning ll .our turn had cano 6 with it camo rain by the bucket full. everyone - moped despondently round in the rain and slusho * * * we wore afraid of our newsprint ' getting damp, afraid oil files being soaked,-afraid of tho cyclostyle being ' damaged 0 in fact, .we were fed up® the transport sgt fl would give us no comfort, he was doing all his scones s the transport officer was • more encouraging, he suggested a cup of tea and biscut. it w was almost morning-, time anyway. * * *” this is the last.we’ll see of this camp 11 wo prophetically assured each other, forgotten were the times we had roundly cursed the p£aco, the -isolation and the mosquitoes. * * * so buckedup we sot off. lin sitting in a. cab with the typewriter , on his knee, and " butch n miller in another with the radio on his knee, the party in the lorry were assured by lon boot that all the kits would bo safe from the rain, and that we had cpl e weintosh to thank for the a? vered waggon© * * * a mile or •so from .cap, normm mat thews lorry slithered ■ off -the-Jr bad at a corner, skilful handling by norm saved a tip over-, * * padre lawdon led the extricating party, and surprised everyone« once on the road again, wo had an extra passenger in' a gendarme who was going through to noumoa. lon boot triad out his french, but found ho got on bettor with onglish which the gendarme did not speak. * * * at our -first stopping place, tontbuta, the padre earned the thanks of the party..., the tea, ,cakes ? pie and biscuts was very welcome o it should perhaps be mentioned that there were odd stops when the whole party got out to admire the -roadside* * * * on turning off intt wo had our first glimpse of american camps, the 55Jrd general service engineers merited the praise bestowed ' on it as the lorry passed by© * * * n this’ll do mq. 11 'was the comment as the lads hopped off the lorries* tents wore up, and the cooks had a good tea ready*..©and so ended tho journey.

v wo have much pleasure in announcing that our staff has been ( theoretically) ' augmented by charlie rye who will act \ as proof readers mistakes 'in this issue, arc not attributable to his ipoor work, or his lack, of interest in his job : he wassound asleep' when we went for him today, more active support was handed out by ray barnaby, one of our foundation members, who has been out on jobs for the last two months«