Ca Ne Fait Rien - Part 4

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18 JAN 1918
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Advertisements
Manicurists wanted by
the transport, must have
had experience in
trimming frost cogs.  
Typiste required for  
Orderly Room. Must be          
young & fair. Ability to      
type readable orders             
not necessary.   

Canteen Stores            
Drawing - see original document.
Our socks                       
and shirts                       
make privates                  
look almost                                         
like corporals                               
WAR NEWS
Men from all Over seas                    
troops (except Australians)
with a knowledge of ploughing
are being sent to Blighty to
do a bit of cultivation. There 
you are, that comes of 
skiting about sheep stations 
they think no Aussie would 
take the job on.

On the Eastern front there is nothing to report 
 "     "   Salonica   "       "      "      "        "    "
 "     "   Italian       "       "      "      "        "    "
 "     "   French     "       "      "      "         "    "
 "     "   Western   "       "      "      "         "    "

 Battalion Beauties
Drawing - see original document.
Darbys Duck 
Drawing - see orignal document.
Pte Catchpole is 
photographed with  
his girl                      
LIBELS or OTHERWISE
Did a nerf point deux
upset a promising little
poker party recently?
Did a batman prophesy
promotion in such a
manner as to cause his
officer much embarassment?
Have any actresses
answered those letters yet?
Has any officer an objection
to leaving the candle burning?
Who pinched the Yank's
chewing gum ration?

Has Jack George ever been
known to miss a gate post?
Who has been wandering
round the cottages near a
windmill with a tot of
rum in his hand?
Has Pol ever killed a chinaman?
SERIAL STORY
Chapter
On saturday the
poor girl was in
tears, when Egbert
arrived. He dried
her eyes with a bit
of kat byder, then
turning to the villain
who was camouflaged
behind a large beer
said savagely "Encore"
To Be Continued
Notice.
It is no use sending
as a contribution
your personal opinion
of a Sgt. or anyone
else. We know that
already, but we are
glad to receive
funny or interesting
items, so buck up.
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cable address "Tellumorf"
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Verses and OTHER ITEMS
There was a pay Sgt named Lew
Dearly loved a 'debit' or two
He once got a 'credit'
Turned pale when he read it
And murmured "Oh lor, is this true?

— C.W.B.
Drawing - see original document.
"Bugler, what are you
sounding now?"
Bill in Blighty
I was down in Hyde
Park one sunday mornin.
All the 'eads get there then.
They ride orses there too
Well all of a sudden I seen
such a peach of a tabby.
I never seen one arf as good
in Bendigo even. Me cobber
says "Come on, they looked
back." So I goes along
an me cobber, e gets on
all right with is one, but
mine looked so orty
an classy I was scared
to say anythink for
fear I'd put me foot in it.
Anyow at last I ses
"Ow is it you aint out
in your motor this
mornin?" She looks at
me an ses "Cut out
the kid stakes, digger
You aint the first Aussie
to come to London" then
she went off toot sweet
AT THE THEATRES
Drawing - see original document.
Oscar Asche
& Lily Brayton
as
Romeo and
Juliet
Drawing - see original document.
Miss Phyllis
Monkman meets
someone from A Coy.
Short Story
(Translated from the French
& other languages)
"Ha Ha" hissed Gustave
"The pretty spaniard will
yet be mine." Perdita
the abovementioned tabby
looked piteously through
the bars of her prison and
sighed. She felt sure that
her Aussie would come
to the rescue. The buzz
of an aeroplane struck
her eager ears and the
propellor hit Gustave.
"Foiled villain" said the
Aussie for it was him.
"I have papers here, which

I got at Horseferry Road
proving that Perdita is
not a spaniard but
the daughter of the Earl
of Clapham."  Perdita
threw her arms round
his neck and sobbed
with joy. Bill took
her home in the plane
and they will be married
when Perdita gets the
family coronet out of pawn.
 

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18-1-18
CIRCULATION
2½ MILLION
100,000 Prizes:- 1st Prize, Souvenir Mess Tin
with a beautiful old rust finish also 99,999 valuable
war relics including shell splinters, dixie handles and ration biscuits
for the best names suitable for the Padre's Charger.

Enclose name and 100 Francs in stamped envelope and address

to Art Editor.
Drawing - see original document.
Entries close
on Feb. 1st
when I'm
due for
Paris Leave
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Drawing - see original document.
"Some Night"
going into the
trenches for
this last spin.
WHO'S WHICH IN THE 6^TH
Bob Jenkins, The Man from
Snowy River.
Ready to argue with anyone
about anything.
Semi-official War Photo.
Drawing - see original document.
On the night of the — a successful little raid took
place on the Aussie Front: Ask C Coy.

Drawing - see original document.
Frank Noonan
out for
copy and
on the 

track
of a good
news item.
Goo
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6th Bn A.I.F. Paper
No 9
Edited by { Capt C Gould
                { R.Q.M.S Noonan F
 

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Who's Which in the Sixth
Drawing - see original document.
Readers of high class literature will learn
with horror of the untimely end of Peut Etre
But we are happy to say that we have secured
the services of the talented staff of our young
rival and can promise the public something special
in the near future.

Drawing - see original document.

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They say - that the manufacturer
of the Famous "TUNKUS"
Rum Butter will pay the
Battalion a short visit.
Drawing - see original document.
On dit:- That a well known
6^th Bn. Officer, who got a crack
at "Wipers" is now piloting the
festive rookie over to France.

Drawing - see original document.
Official War Photo:- Aussie troops crossing the Alps
on the way to Palestine.

Drawing - see original document.
"They toil not
neither do
they spin."
Goo
15-1-18
The Belgian Interupter.
 

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Editorial:—
This talk about
wanting peace is all a
big bluff on the part
of Germany. Our special
correspondent in Berlin
kidded he was drunk
one saturday night and
a Fritz lance jack told
him that all the Kaiser

wanted was to have
the Aussies sent home
Of course this may not
be dinkum, and our
correspondent may have
been really drunk (he
is pretty good on the swallow)
but at any rate it is
more truthful than the
article in "John Bull"
entitled "What the
Kaiser told me about
the Australians"
WAR NEWS
On the Eastern front 25000
Fritzs have gone over and
dug in with the Russians
A great many more could
have gone but for the fact
that their leave was
nearly due.
According to an English
paper, one of the Italian Generals
is an Anzac. Some of our
readers will probably remember
him as the man who used to
sell ice cream to the fatigue
parties who were waiting
for water in the gully.
Our Battalion Beauties
Drawing - see original document.
Lieut Horsborough's
friend in Blighty
Drawing - see original document.
Downie's
Donah
LIBELS or OTHERWISE
Who was the man who
went looking for a dead
horse and was lost when
he found it?
Is it necessary when
going on leave to Berlin
to hand in equipment &
blankets to the Q.M.
Who spread dubbin
on his bread in mistake
for dripping?
Can the transport corporal
speak French? If so, why
did the madame bring
him a sheaf of hay when
he was trying to get a cabbage?
Are a few cross words
permitted when you have
cleaned everything up to go
on Blighty leave and then
discover it is cut out?
Did a stout young lady
in Bailleul go home by herself?
Serial Story
Chapter 9
"Do not trust him" said
the old hag in the corner
Marie turned upon her
with a fierce, proud light
in her green eyes "I
would trust him with
my life, or even half
a franc" she said
It was useless. Clarence
paid for the coffee avec and
To Be Continued
An Unrecorded Hero
Drawing - see original document.
The C.Q.M.S.
who carried a
bag of spuds
from Bailleul

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Advertisements.
Deaths
Died, one week old, dearly
beloved by some officers
a little paper, named Peut-Etre.
"Perhaps it is in Heaven now"
Its health was never very bon
Perhaps its parents - here we bow
Will write for us, now it is gone"
SAVE THE WRAPPER
round your coffee avec
When you have 20 of them
post on to us, and we will
send by return, a recipe
for removing champagne
stains from sandbags
Canteens, Messes
Please Note.
Try our powdered milk.
only slightly dearer than
chalk. Neither looks nor
tastes like milk but is a
splendid thing for soldiers
They can't tell the difference
Will C.Q.M.S's please see

that these papers are
returned to the Q.M. as
they must be forwarded
to the Aus. War Records.
Bill in Blighty:—

Well, when I came outer
'orseferry Road after drawing
me little bitter dough, a bloke
comes up ter me an ses "Hey
cobber can yer lend us a
couple of bob, I aint 'ad
nothink ter eat all day, a
tart took me down for me money."
Well I felt sorry for im so I gives
im a few bob, and at the corner
I meets another bloke who
tells me e was took down too.
I give im a few bob and blow
me, if before I get a undred
yards along the street, if another
bloke dont tell me the same
thing. I only give im a dollar
cos I was getting low. Well
when I left im a real lady
came up to me and ses
"A lot of you Aussies is bein
took down by crooks. It
would be better if yer kept a
few shillins in yer pocket
and gave the rest to me to mind.
Well I done that and then she
asked me to look away while
she put it in her stockin
When I turned round she ad gorn.
At the Theatres
Drawing - see original document.
Shirker & Coldfoot singing the
popular song "How I
pinched the soldiers girl."
A famous
Actress
at
Home
Drawing - see original document.
Miss Carmine Boko of the Beauty
Chorus writes to lonely soldiers
LETTERS etc
One often reads in the
Sunday papers of interviews
with stage beauties
They all tell of the huge
numbers of letters received
from their many admirers
It is marvellous what
paint will do. Most of
the London Theatre
Favourites are old
enough to be the

grandmothers of most
members of the A.I.F
We are quite sure that
nobody in this Battn
would write and lay
his heart and sheep-station
at their feet;
nobody in A coy
at any rate.
Please hand personal

paragraphs & suggestions
to your C.Q.M.S and
we will be sure to get 

them.
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Cą Ne Fait Rien
The 6^th Bn A.I.F Paper
No 10
Edited by {Capt C. Gould

                {RQMS. Noonan F.

"Ca Ne Fait Rien" 24-1-18
CIRCULATION
3½ MILLION
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Drawing - see original document.
Published every Friday, sometimes.
The reason why the rum ration
was short the
other day, was
because the
Rum King,
Pte Laing
got interested 
when the 

girl from the
Kookaburras
passed the Q.M's.
store on her
way to rehersal.
Laing has since
joined the
bunch that 
wait outside
the stage
door

every
evening.
But 'e 
ain't met
'er yet.

Drawing - see original document.

A Fritz camouflaged

as a bag of rations

and making a noise

like a piece

of cheese

recently

obtained

some valuable

information

from a 

C.Q.M.S.

Drawing - see original document.

WHO'S WHICH IN THE 6TH

C.S.M. HARVEY

uses one of those

hummer's pipes

that hold about

half a pound of

someone else's tobacco.

Drawing - see original document.

Semi Official Photo:- A Beautiful Moonlight Scene on the Aussie

Front in Flanders.

Drawing - see original document.

Cunningham

the cook

has taken

a vow

not to have

his hair cut

for the 

duration.

Goo

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Jan 1918

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Advertisements
For Sale
A pair of sideboards
apply at Orderly Room
Government Notices
A referendum will be
taken at the earliest
opportunity to ascertain

if the troops are in
favour of being sent
back to Desores
LEARN TO COOK
Private Alexander's short
correspondence course
is guaranteed to make
useful husbands out of
the dopeiest dope. Write
now for prospectus
SPORTING (early)
1ST Race. Distance 14 yds 4 ft
Prize A good dugout.
1st Pitt 2nd Wilk
Others from the Orderly
room stables also ran
YACHTING ETC
The Gramophone King
reports that Post Office
broke all records

crossing the channel
recently
WAR NEWS
Fritz has been very
busy with egg laying
competitions, on the western
front but fortunately
only a few shell holes
were damaged
The A.S.C have reported
that if there is not an 
advance very shortly
there will be scarcity of
firewood
Drawing - see original document.
"I'd like to change my blankets
sir. They are moth eaten"

"Motheaten?" Impossible!"
"No sir. You see I come off fatigue
and go on again so quickly I
dont get a chance to sleep in them"
LIBELS or OTHERWISE
Who was the officer who
received a letter in English

from a French girl, who it
was thought, did not compre?
Is the police corporal still
alive after forgetting the

rum issue for a whole day?
Did the pioneer sgt discover
the place near the line where
beer was sold?
Who is the original who
objects to being called a 
"chisel faced Anzac"
Who was the magician who
turned the runners rum
into tea?
Who was the sgt who recently
braved the elements in his shirt?
Have smoke barrages been now
dispensed with round H.Q?
Who pinched the wood from the
Artillery gun pits?
What did Dinny say, when, after
rousing the dope at the other
end of the wire, he found it
was his own corporal?
Is everybody in favour of
Strombus buying cigarettes
occasionally?
Battalion Beauties
Drawing - see original document.
Sgt Hunt's
Gay Parisienne
Drawing - see original document.
Sgt Barnett
fancies French
flappers
Drawing - see original document.
The Battn.
saddler
returns from
Blighty
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