WHERE CAN WE DRAW THE LINE?

Serial Waves, Volume 1, Issue 9, 12 September 1940, Page 3

WHERE CAN WE DRAW THE LINE?

Father Neptune was not the only one who came aboard yesterday - did anyone see the goat? Ship’s QMS is S/Sjt D. Jones - lie keeps the locker*’ T?hat Ho - The tawny Neptune arrives, 'mid fanfare of trumpets. It was a hot day, but not hot enough to keep the boys from Mt* Olympus away - though no nymphs accompanied the Patriarch* Pa Neptune’s rooters made a judicious selection from, those present* Capt Anderson, 19 Army Troop, was first to bite the dust* Sister Anderson and Sister Allen, In quaint native attire, graced the baptismal font* Amongst those present were Major Mantell-Harding, boyishly resistant, Colonel Sage, rampant, Mr* King, pugnacious, Mr* Boyer, docile, Mr. Camachan, expectant, Mr. Laurie, underwares, the R S M , fighting, Pte Joe Crossen, unconquerable* QOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOO Did the 0 C enjoy the light fantastic dance by the Serjeant in the corridor? LOST - 1 x 50 Piastre piece* This has sentimental value, having been carried by the present owner’s brother throughout the last war* Will finder please return to G* Turner, 4-745, Hospital (Reward) COUNTRY HIMBERS PLEASE NOTE : Our old friends Web & Zeb, the Storekeepers, are in business at No 2 Hold* NO TICK GIVEN* Overheard near a lumber camp on A. Dock : Officer - ’’What are you doing, George? 4 ' George - "Nothing, Sir*" Officer - "What are you doing, Bill?" Bill- "Helping George, Sir. " "Lay my head beneath a rose", warbled a sorjeant* John Doxy suggests a steam roller* Who is the ex Prime tn nistor of England who puts the numbers on the meat tickets? APOLOGY There is ONE Australian subaltern on board who DOES speak the lingo* OOOOGOOGuOQO