NOT ISLAND HAPPY....YET
# cpl. morgan of the a?M a cJ» has had nine : 5 ’ months hero after eight mouths in fiji and is not " island happy ” yet. seme of his tent mates have been here eleven months and v'• they are not listening -o thenaioulis.,? ♦♦ cpl. morgan features the hot showers as the highlight of our camp/ of 'hich ha speaks — highly. ; ; 0
# our lorry'drivers hive had a heavy time the last weeks n thursday night tom skel—ton looked pretty well faggeda doug racintoeh left hero one me/Ding nt six for base camp* loaded up and st back here at 12,50 to arrive at erit» cocil arthur has been doing some fast trips and collected tho duet* dump and tip drivers too have done their share,.
#, ele.btric light hart made the mess a homely ftlaca this week) but Most of tho writing so far is &till done in the tents» most of us agree that I’lp mess, which is about the same size as .vie at our base, is much more comfortabloo taybe it io the matting round the sides .'i.u.t is your guess 7
7T ,s first time i‘ve felt i’ve had a cloan wash since , J. eft' waiouru 8 has bcenheard several tiir’f since the hot showers were installed tis week it is not tiled and cranium pitted# but it is a housed ten mon place that ’as clothes room and kilo
r . ' if some J tea. of tho number of trucks that roil in aft right may be gathered lom the sixty odd Vat tho night shift unload*
# hoopitfl sifts resembles a man size beehive pushes grinds away all day J lorries octinuously pour in with prefabricated pans, flooring for wards laid ? mechanics -.op busy, plumbers shop wastes no time, C • penters shop makes sawdust fly» i .
V. - ■ / . ■■ $ since' ?.yt Saturday night when major ■vj blacker amuncod ‘ work on Sunday *’ tho work has it god ahead with a will which earned the wntaneous remark 11 say, guy? your boys k..r, how to get down tfc it. c and it is wc i. earned* our plan of publishing a story <•' tho job this wook, we decided would fit in otter with the home issue next wook-j
SPECIALx R FAK^‘ i SAINSBURY THREATENS EDITOR.
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Dozerdust, Volume 1, Issue 15, 18 September 1943, Page 4
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