General, Sir John Monash, Personal Files Book 22, 1 February - 10 April 1919- Part 6

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AT THE MINISTRY OF SHIPPING. A Senior Clerk Soliloquises. I loiter down to work in Town, I scan the ocean's borders To see what ships horizons crown To take my royal orders. At staving off decisive acts I'm clever, doosid clever, And lists may come, and lists may go But I go on for ever. Australia snaps, Australia snarls, Calls all my doings blunders: Those poor Antipodean carles Don't know I'm working wonders: I give them ships that make no trips (Will this our friendship sever?) Well, Diggers come (but do not go): I'll still go on for ever. By London's 'fleuve' I sit, nor move (That touch of French is artful); I measure out red tape about Propellers by the cartful. When owners cry 'Demurrage high, To do them I endeavour. For Demobs come and Demobs go But I go on for ever. So tho' their trust in me go bust, I'll go my way unheeding, And scornful sniff at off'cers if They try to set me speeding. While I.O.U's will suit their views, I'll promise them for ever; But ships, real ships, to run real trips! They'll get them, never, NEVER!!! Srauch zesgig
OUR Nunquam idem. THE CRRAT AUSTRALLAN CIMMMA. THE FLYING DUTCMIAN DONE. LIGHTHINC CHANCES. COMPLETE CHANCE UF PROCRANLE DAILY. THE ELUSIVE PLIFERNEL. Australia tries to catch an Admiralty ship! AN OLD FRIEND ACAIN. "Is it the DELTA?". M ON EY T A L K S. Lloyd's ask 90 Guineas per cent for insurance that ship will sail on advertised date. COURT-MARTIAL ON NAVAL OFFICER. Captain Parker tried for giving false information to Demobaust. GEHERAL DESPAIR. Ceneral Monash. HE DISTANT VISION. The fleet you cannot see, because It is not yet in sight. --- CENTEDARIAN'S LEMOIRS. "From Boatroll to ship: or, Fifty years of Europe".
8 Ruslanter Sleta Aunstralian Garto Gerestai amt telegoafte vae usten dvesljenesed Ssri Säasle foootose reme komdong oaltesatunlg bhat rarlrert date dan tra arruse tese evttiorit Varlaver ineovvernense, egøstrig posframsmne aaa Njonat Bensbanst.
A 573a Gntiäe e Cenese Bwnläack. bpavck- DD.op.s. Ratgerg ifralike kom hant voll 7 Tndtle. Alderegt, a. O.C. Hevase Are ang more maf dae fr Traner Bordl Dnattal og wartug o füle 44tfo N0 Taskae Eygtn stigting Fvlavgs laverlad e tsuvg Sa sip diegprad- 2/ ko ty beaonl Thandle fiå pasvåee (etetga (ustz Hrttnet Hst Stostr füeet. Ptadeameeetter TrarS 15 71455
2 sea Büttoy Heto Hddste Busran Beflg av Hanee ofpee Zn Slag at ta tl elk ) Sotung Mrelte Deter Behé Gralle fa S Srst aea OMruledAEANC Nerseth B9. fr Hrunlig Arester Befuue fa Balle ns 4510 astto
4 Resgerte Erdtslean Garfe Tor Senessl HS Riesle 2 a Gtorg S 55 wosh aae gomdtomdon trrchfttr od o aflat aas jonasty lnsbamt
Aesfred( 39 8 Instvalien bese Beglt Hasse Shet e k mbad g luslås yom antuesfaate being abla aecsmodkste foom bjarat baveretgetk omvvard- nas Monest emsbvarst.
98 6510 SMG (G.NA 7. Senstendsliannen ang) ar Kongg (Rednnstenm g Ruskan belms Slandardg Tar dvvurld ranae most- pakaves dolsat at ejekg Caskakean Slage Arosliosan of insbelgations aae Refresent Drng vinds vergg atronglgg aaa 2f gom ravonot- Featsse originaeltoame enfaaastg it i sevettte- abeolutalg lass fomfarnteve tr rmavntan ålastas at klnvn i Sonetkomand eactes amt bogaorolt pann foude ordkid Seyffieiant, fram arevmnodsto t detived Bulk laslas Fased t ttadregflus namal pasg of Cannale ana nattatans ase notevonflavns ing of faang cvmditrone aar bjomaste Bensbant dr ang lase foreso tor Ensfenasons og sednetes- Tr. Austas alveadg ovganget egfleining Derivat divosganiplisn dud eunfrarm lettante follord
sofafie Selegram Hor Forine Sivinsted: 2 Samm avang tas Hould spom affrove om piøneiptagegjatout 156 menbete 4 tnstralian dorferial toske drons im lerrope of Scandnanan od krettetlank. bertte being goantet Kaave fool aagg oak soomtkr artte ov urkkeate hagg urttr od urtkoate fora varlevagg and alæavnet tases to wait pratents ant tromes om ddrmnnatk teveden Nadnvang Ggboa ttolland aae No cost oolvad bo llnteolra egraft frt varrlavang aunt slæamer tareo brik raving og füre ohellingo fer dang egfølat rot Suberslak bog nd--aaa Donast Gensbant-.
7139 tosfis - atodref, unt A eestan amemt of diasstifaskon ov aaut ta egast ån soa A..P.t dei erbid tated kak skovipkro ferndenee in Rafarta- kon io t be banak ofon date g Enkastonenk -- Ihere ave avme adke unge Spnifåaalleg skake poradena pkoned kave baan poaantek aennsdung to bul s åmbarkkakion.klntt-Ihen eskata dittyb e dankel akt, apos ting davn eshn dngene affeakl laeatta tave erla are dønetkg-ffavded,adoskeneg net geernslas eartg a ple t hoch Ripdørelis- a-dkeg vvart k-dur kal a drkar p Srrisle sstelaskak- dieanan in vag osmikar ta skat ovtust, enanen arten Hlad, kr. brangdlandlegdalia) iel sja Sprerfaa tovnet, a. tr tune, od oment, ot panatg, u set lgang clansplejokat-. O fasiliar eganple - tkat g vr goat ga var se, tünbefügek Sorakak o daravat-- Sthalases condkekenne a-ta date as boealet, oad, We e aig anvargs amdeokaople eike comeider skat srag ongkt to ba smaladek v Srat sttåss angke tr ba eyokasket. And Skag nnge dkir vrava gåte komntlg baannan Stasiat comeideratin, estinsk vang om eack ån dideink eane, atfask br skun as beins mov mkostant aner( hhan da smesa oitinn og data, se tanne, a pla ale dåk d auk saske mattir-, ange tin pasko og Rafa-dålind Baradkensa, o kaveved grik ogfoonble stase. e Tpabertesspde åik sfariat and omdridast canuideratenn, aut ittaperatat rpposkomnt å vala askrst ov claat, Enngle md, enitg affkad, slie banak apaa a lagaaat veanon o ende appliaadee, aut sliet i landea ta or laaat membar of anmenkone eprafk. Sonnesn iå da at add s tha legene bain g dteg Eutistat a tat tu date oonchund, Maske tr date g ke Svlddied- nnttetsavak bom. lüie defagton tir baaines- od orempaatins. Io or Sta date tomm astunk tir evkole tøne ank rarunen kav- nonsker beam at tr diepoasl g srr Stat. St in tw tir detg tket hir ekale var Serne ran ba vaakonek, gak afart tom dkta paakkg ar matere g sat enana, eskake Spat å a bainang canp, od an ookmanee dapat, a at sa bullletoat. Wr ås a claar ant, defønste eiskeviva, frad toos ang avaglåaatat inddivickant e Conadkeraton unak ar nonkk appleg to almavat ang odkat ask- osennee. Eg5 dr Bål, i i ungad, kat kka man oska avtnallg anbaskket foast skomek lav påsd elanne t kka man oske enlestat froat, uuck a ake clan dann ba fomndlad omleg afom dra faapk- dkat tclarnut. Fgaalatg g - manie arat paerdune o t taken ot acnd

March 2nd 1919.
AT THE MINISTRY OF SHIPPING.
A Senior Clerk Soliloquises.
I loiter down to work in Town,
I scan the ocean's borders
To see what ships horizons crown
To take my royal orders.
At staving off decisive acts
I'm clever, doosid clever,
And lists may come, and lists may go
But I go on for ever.
Australia snaps, Australia snarls,
Calls all my doings blunders:
Those poor Antipodean carles
Don't know I'm working wonders:
I give them ships that make no trips
(Will this our friendship sever?)
Well, Diggers come (but do not go):
I'll still go on for ever.
By London's 'fleuve' I sit, nor move
(That touch of French is artful);
I measure out red tape about
Propellers by the cartful.
When owners cry 'Demurrage high',
To do them I endeavour.
For Demobs come and Demobs go
But I go on for ever.
So tho' their trust in me go bust,
I'll go my way unheeding,
And scornful sniff at off'cers if
They try to set me speeding.
While I.O.U's will suit their views,
I'll promise them for ever;
But ships, real ships, to run real trips!
They'll get them, never, NEVER!!!
 

 

OUR MOVIES
Nunquam idem.
THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN CINEMA.
THE FLYING DUTCHMAN DONE.
LIGHTNING CHANGES.
COMPLETE CHANCE OF PROGRAMME DAILY.
THE ELUSIVE PIMPERNEL.
Australia tries to catch an Admiralty ship!
AN OLD FRIEND AGAIN.
"Is it the DELTA?".
MONEY TALKS.
Lloyd's ask 90 Guineas per cent for insurance that
ship will sail on advertised date.
COURT-MARTIAL ON NAVAL OFFICER.
Captain Parker tried for giving false
information to Demobaust.
GENERAL DESPAIR.
General Monash.
THE DISTANT VISION.
The fleet you cannot see, because
It is not yet in sight.
A CENTENARIAN'S MEMOIRS.
"From Boatroll to ship: or, Fifty years of Europe".
 

 

RD     Despatched
4/8/19
Australian Corps
Ascertain and telegraph me when does General
McNicoll propose come London or alternatively
what earliest date can he arrive here without
serious inconvenience ^to existing programme aaa
Monash
Demobaust.
 

 

A
573a
Gntiäe e
Cenese
Bwnläack. bpavck-
DD.op.s.
Ratgerg ifralike kom hant voll
7
Tndtle. Alderegt, a. O.C. Hevase
Are ang more maf dae fr Traner
Bordl
Dnattal og wartug o füle
44tfo
N0
Taskae
Eygtn stigting
Fvlavgs laverlad
e
tsuvg
Sa
sip diegprad-
2/ ko
ty
beaonl
Thandle fiå pasvåee
(etetga (ustz Hrttnet
Hst
Stostr füeet.
Ptadeameeetter TrarS 15

71455
 

 

2
sea
Büttoy
Heto
Hddste
Busran
Beflg av
Hanee
ofpee
Zn Slag
at ta tl elk

) Sotung
Mrelte
Deter Behé
Gralle fa
S
Srst aea
OMruledAEANC
Nerseth B9.
fr
Hrunlig
Arester
Befuue
fa
Balle
ns
4510
astto
 

 

4
Resgerte
Erdtslean
Garfe
Tor Senessl HS Riesle
2
a
Gtorg
S 55 wosh aae gomdtomdon
trrchfttr od
o aflat aas
jonasty
lnsbamt
 

 

Aesfred( 39
8
Instvalien bese Beglt
Hasse
Shet e k mbad g luslås yom antuesfaate
being abla aecsmodkste foom bjarat baveretgetk omvvard-
nas Monest
emsbvarst.
 

 

98
6510
SMG (G.NA
7. Senstendsliannen ang)
ar Kongg
(Rednnstenm g Ruskan belms Slandardg Tar
dvvurld ranae most- pakaves dolsat at ejekg
Caskakean
Slage Arosliosan of insbelgations aae Refresent
Drng vinds vergg atronglgg aaa 2f gom ravonot-
Featsse originaeltoame enfaaastg it i sevettte-
abeolutalg
lass fomfarnteve tr rmavntan ålastas at klnvn
i Sonetkomand eactes amt bogaorolt pann foude
ordkid
Seyffieiant, fram arevmnodsto t detived
Bulk laslas
Fased
t ttadregflus namal pasg of
Cannale ana nattatans ase notevonflavns
ing of faang cvmditrone aar bjomaste
Bensbant
dr ang lase foreso tor Ensfenasons og sednetes-
Tr. Austas alveadg ovganget egfleining Derivat
divosganiplisn dud eunfrarm lettante follord
 

 

sofafie
Selegram Hor Forine Sivinsted:
2 Samm avang tas
Hould spom affrove om piøneiptagegjatout 156 menbete
4 tnstralian dorferial toske drons im lerrope of Scandnanan od
krettetlank. bertte being goantet Kaave fool aagg oak soomtkr
artte ov urkkeate hagg urttr od urtkoate fora varlevagg and alæavnet
tases to wait pratents ant tromes om ddrmnnatk teveden Nadnvang
Ggboa
ttolland aae No cost oolvad bo llnteolra egraft frt varrlavang
aunt slæamer tareo brik raving og füre ohellingo fer dang egfølat
rot Suberslak bog nd--aaa Donast
Gensbant-.
 

 

RII
10/3/19
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