EDITOIRAL

Rangiora Gunner, Volume 1, Issue 2, 20 October 1942, Page 1

EDITOIRAL

.We take pleasure in presenting the-second number of ’’THE RANGIORA GUNSIER” which-.we hope is aji improvement in both format and legibility. . .Our initial number whs, on; the whole, - very well received by both the ”boys“ in 3amp and Rangiora residents generally. To make the publication as newsy as possible, however, we particularly desire a-representative of each-Battery (the 20th. 21st. and 24th.) to supply regular news and' notes of their activities in sport, ■ work and. 1 entertainment. All such reports should be left with Mr. Les. Sutherland at the Y.M.C.A.

Original contributions, too, are always welcome, so Gunners try your hand at short humorous items, verse or short stories. Try and make ’’THE RANGIORA .GUNNER” really representative of the Camp as a whole, and not id merely a small minority of it. l . • .■ •' • • : ' ‘. Since our last .issue the 130th. Battery have left us for. another Camp, hut we hope to receive reports of -their ’’doings” for publication in our pages from time to. time* Our cartoonist, Bombadier Wesney, has also departed, so we cordially invite’other artists. among-the newcomers to submit humorous sketches for reproduction. '■■■■■ ... . . Although a number of well-known faces have gone the new arrivals will soon become acclimatised and most have already made themselves at home in •the attractive environs of Rangiora Camp. * Owing to the shortage of paper we have decided, to make ’’THE RANGIORA GUNNER” monthly in the future as from this present number.

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Since our last notes a , new Y-M«C*A. ita/all its pristine glory has risen on the site of the weather/bdaten tent. ? Two carpenters,, assisted by a bunch of Gunners, have for a week ur-Tnore been . hard 'at work, phammpr i ng. for long hours with an occasional break for -a welcome cup'' ~-q$ "tea -An Lps ’ s "parlour*" Temporary accommodation for the "boyb'" Was-- provided by erecting the ancient tent in the vicinity of the kitchen, so ..that the evening’s supper could be easily carried across the "wide-open spaces" to the hungry mob around the * piano' or playing table-tennis , ■* ♦ • 1 . .■ ■ .... We understand that the "boys" are contemplating putting on a Camp Show in the ,‘ne ar “. future. Local- talent should be much in demand. So rally round you singers,"' dancers/ burlesque experts, and musicians * ..Pet monkeys;-and performing fleas only are strictly barred. '* \- ■The Library part of the Y.M.C.A. is shortly to be classified and tidied up'-' generally* The.re ; will be an extensive "purge" of reading matter over. JO years...bld, ; 'i and -possibly some additions'in the periodical line especially The Librarian of the Christchurch Public Library has also .promised us a supply of books, which- will be gratefully accepted.- We may-add/’. that don-> ations of- books a re,, always an asset. We prfer them to have a beginning rand' an ending,, the title, .page' and cover, at least. If the -middle is missing it is just i. t00.,/bad 1. And as cleanliness is next to godliness clean books are always best. In the past banana skins end insoles-have frequently been: left inside reading matter as bookmarks, in addition to dead moths/ /ext net beetles and other decomposed matter, ad lib. Let’s take a pride in bur.J' -/j Library, Gunners. . - • . ■ The new. Y.M .C .A'. Hut has been donated a stage and fittings by the.’ people of. Rangiora, an action which is much appreciated by the boys. On a recent Sunday, during the process of taring of the Hut roof complications -• , resulted. ■ Some of the." Tarzans" mounted on the roof were liberally be- • smeared;, from head, to foot. A few feathers-would have .completed, the Recently installed in the .Y.M. is milk-shake machine, a welcome '' novelty. A wet canteen would probably be a greater novelty till,A says■ a Gunner. : ’ OOcoOO ” ' * '' < ' HOW TO 'WIN A - GAL • • Meet her on Subday o Make fun of her on Monday. Slap her on Tuesday. Insult her family on Wednesday. Laugh at her on Thursdayo- -Spank her, .'?.• - J deride her, criticise her, accuse her on Fridays Margry her on d ? . . - “WJx.G. Signal" (Canada) 0 '•