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J• H. ("'LE '" ) ALTERATOR, Manager of Plants 1 and 2, Fi hermen·

Bend, joined GMH at Bri bane in 1934 after many year ' experi­ence of the motor trade in both it mechanical and bu ine

a pects. Educated at Scone, .W., he tudied accountancy, economics and industrial management.

Appointed Bri bane Plant uperintendent in 1940, he wa placed in charge of the ser icing of U. . war aircraft engine there. Later he vi ited American automobile and aircraft factorie . He became manager at Perth plant in 1946, and tran ferrecl in 1947 to his pre ent po ition in Melbourne.

While at Brisbane, Mr. Alterator was in trumental in ha ing a course in indu trial management included in the Bri bane Technical College yllabu , and wa vice-pre ident of the Indu trial Management A sociation.

His pre ent hobby is golf, but formerly he wa an enthu ia tic cyclist, and holder of the amateur 5-mile champion hip of . . W.

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OUR CO,VER

GMH (Melbourne) Pion!

Football Team members

train at evening for one

of their games in the Sat­

urday Morning League.

From left: VIC. Le CEUR­

VAS, LES. COLE (Copt.­

Coach), BOB HEARN, and

SNOWY BOWLER (roving)

People C 0 M P L E T E S

ITS FIRST VOLUME

WITH thi i ue Peopl complete it fir t year. It i produced by the Public Relation Department with the help of GMH people in all plant . Most of our reader are GMH people.

ome have been actual contributors. Other haw made sugge tion which have been followed in our effort to haYe the contents of Peopl m et the demand expre ed by reader .

We, in Public Relation , haYe tried to contact a many reader a po ible. But there are many we have not met, and we invite their idea , or their critici m o that future i ue may be further improved. Readers in each plant can mo t com·eniently send contribution , photo and letter , to People through their Per onnel fficer . o far, corre pond­ence indicate that P, 1! · mo t popular feature are: employee per onal items, porting or hobby picture , emi-technical item , and .. Know Your Au tralia"-panicularly when it deal with early Au -tralian hi tory.

Below we introduce the two member of our taff who hwe been mainly re ponsible for the pa t 12 is ue of People.

INTRODUCING YOUR EDITOR K . � LL C·-CRA B BE, OBE(Mi l), R.F , · J · E , x·Cro u p apt a i nH.o a l - i r Fore , was p rev i o u�lr wb-ed i t o r of 'H raid, " :V l el b o u rn . P r -war w a ·pecial w r i t r in fr i <·a Parifi(· Europ , et ·. \\a� 8 y ea r· "Hera ld" moto r

ed i t o r, x cu t i ,· of Liaht a r l ub and p ria l r pre n t a t i v " m r i ­can u t ornobi I " ( 1ew York ) a n d " - u t o ·ar" (Lon d o n). Fo u n d d and d i rected "Herald" To u r i ng l ub an I Road G u i d . . 'lo t of hi Ia I wa r ·en·i <·e-i n Malaya yria, Iraq, ! o r t h fr ica, India a n d Tur­key-fol l owed wo u n d i n g in Burma as F l i gh t L i e u t . a n d u rv i v al i n 1000-m i l · 19,�2 l a n d r· • t rea t from

(twi e rn n· in Liberator

that mad 'Lo nge.t ·ean Ho p"­w i t h ln d i a-P r t h n o n- ·t op fl ight . In h i n a d id l i a i on d u ty wi t h "Flyi n g T i g rs' a n d n . tilwcll. Beca m e t afT Officer (Ai r ) to Field

ar·sha l · l cx a n der, � a e l l , u ch ­i n l eck, a n d Lord Mo u n tba t t n, t h n tak •n on i r . l i n i · t ry _t ren gt h a n d app o i n ted Dep-Direct o r K i n ernato­gra p h y con t rol l i n g fo rce of 3400 for t h • 3 ervi<·e·. In 1946 co-ordi n­

h i ef of taff for BCOF, Japa n . Fea ture in Eve ur ie and Jacqu s Ma rcu e; . . wr i ter

or e Roger , Jatk Bel den, o rdon Youn g L l a n d towe, l fred � a g", Dan De Lur • ; .K. wri ter O'D. Ga l l a h r, d r i c a l ter, T. E. . H ea l y, Vi · tor Thornp on; a n d u t ral i a n w a r corre pond n t � . Burche t t . uthor of " l i pp •r h i p," "Journal i t In Fiji," tc., ev rat fi l nro, a n d man y hort ; t o r i ·. I o e t c·h r and IJia(·k and wh i t e art i t .

AND '13END) PLANT CAMERAMAN

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GMH AIR

BUILDS A

ACE

CAR

F IR T War R.F . . ace fighter pilot, BILL HUBBARD, OF and Bar, de G (with Palms), who is in charge of in pection of

experimental bodie at Fishermen's Bend, is one of a number of GMH people who are enthusiast over the building and racing of miniature cars.

He i honorary ecretary of the Victorian Model Race Car lub. of which LAURIE MURCOTT (Engineering), FRED WILLIAM ( Inspection), ALA HIGGINBOTHAM (Inspection) and JOCK FREESTONE (Frigidaire) also are members, and he is pictured at ri8ht with 10 c.c. engined special car he ha recently built. Already h i working on another car, featuring aluminium casting .

This hobby takes skill and extreme patience. Excluding the engine it took Bill four months of pare time work at home to build his car. It can al o be an expensive pa time. Commercially made model race car cost up to £9 -and there 1 always the ri k of their being com­pletely demoli hed in a crash at high peed. Thi happened at a recent meeting when one car struck a match that had been flipped on to the track by a carele spectator.

Bill 's car, and those built by other member of the club, will be featured next month at the Model Exhibition, in the Exhibition Build­ing, Melbourne.

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Above: BILL II I.WAIW with J. i, cur .

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Left: Fro n t \" i t·w " ' " '"'' imi larity to ERA, Maserati and i\1cr ·d o, ' hich in pirt•cl cx trrna l dcsi�n. Fuel tank. fil led through radiator rap, can bt• ot•cn hchi nd ra.t-ulumi nium ri l l e. R•·st of car i built from ! in. heel a luminium .

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Below: i{ II•. )lonopo>to :-ip•·•· ia l ha. •Jlt'Cd of mor • than 90 m.p.h. I. J>Owcrt'd w ith HI r.t·. two-strok petrol t'ngi nl' mounted horizonta l l y. Tran'­mi!',ion i> throu,:h rt•(hwtion pur g ar to front axle. lndt'penrlt•ntly-,prun,:

rear wl tt·c l,; .-a rry •tccrinj! adju81m nt. BraSh hos · behi nd front "ht·t·l n•t·.- i vcs th ru�l from starting fork for pu>h �tart.

Jig Maker in Tooling ' c t i on ( Product i on Engi neering), o. l Plant, DO G OBERRY hu· been 16 y ar with ' MH .

Typical of t lw i tent> p lunnt·d a n d made lty the t·rtion i• t h i s fixt u n· fo r tht· >Lth·a>>emhly of m u d gvard a n d ' ing .

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Long Service employe in sect i on include GEORGE OA EY, jigmaker (14 years wi th o mpany ) , and T BY IL 0 , j i gmak r (22 year-).

THEY

FOR

MAKE JIGS

ASSEMBLY

As every amateur motor mechanic knows,

assembly of motor vehicle parts proves

that Nature made a grave mistake in human

design, by eliminating the monkey's flexible

toes and prehensile tail. A mechanic simply

hasn't got enough hands and fingers to

cope with some of the problems he comes

up against.

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yT i largely the job of the o. 1 Plant Production Engineering Sec· � tion at Fishermen' Bend to make up for these human deficiencie

by designing and making jig , fixture , pecial tools and handling equipment which simplify and accelerate a embly operation . These products keep the lines moving moothly in all five GMH as embly plants by simplifying and lightening the ta k of the as embler a fat as po sible.

Jack Green, who report to Le Alterator, manager of Plants 1 and 2 at Fishermen's Bend, is in charge of both tool de ign for the Section and of its machine hop. ometime his job i complicated by the fact that a design which is perfectly sati factory at Fishermen' Bend may need modification for orne other plant, due to the a embler having developed a different technique of working.

Jig for a em b l y of radia tor and ide gr i l le for on· of the rang of M H car-.

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AND FIX TUR ES

OF NEW MODELS

THE tool room employ 12 men, and i equipped with lathes, hap­ing machine, profile cutter, power aw and urface plate. Most of

it· production i concerned with a sembly and handling equipment, but it al o produces manufacruring equipment for Plant 2, including uch item a die for the Bedford utility and panel vans, also tray

truck ; jigs for forming the rear fender rece on rear panel ; and haper jig .

A embly equipment usually has to be worked out without much as i tance from over ea design . The reason i the much lower output ar a GMH a embly plant compared with an oversea factory uch a Chevrolet or Vauxhall. This limit the amount which can be pent on pecial a embly tool and fixture , and method economical in capital

outlay must be sought.

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MORE than 50 item are usually de igned and built for the assembly of each new model. The 1946 Pontiac, for example,

required 52, and the HOLDEN, 54.

In the ca e of the HOLDE , the problems were different from rho e

involved in other GMH car , for rhe volume of production to be dealt with wa much greater. Thi allowed more latitude in de ign and con truction of tool and fixture but also called for considerable cxten ion of the normal work of the o. 1 Plant production engineerin ection, and entailed the planning and con truction of many completely

new type of jig and ub-a embly unit .

The amount of work rhat goe into orne of them may be reali ed from a couple of recent example . A ide-panel hammer jig for a �cd­ford P.C. utility took more than three month of a man' time in it de ign and re-working from an earlier model. De ign and con truction of a recently completed body a embly buck for a J. . utility took about

the arne time.

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Jig-Housing for final ub-a , m b l y of com p lct front end, inrl u ding mudguard, wing, and front gril le.

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Lifting d vice for moving bodi on to cha another product of the ection.

on a se m b l y l ine

Assembly lixturl' for liM' w i t h Hol t lt·n ,tc!'r in • wh!'!'l and g<'ar ;hi ft Icnr.

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Below: J CK GREEI , on left, ha· be n ix year with MH. I- draftsman­·upervi ·or of -ec tion. \\ith Ja k is LEC 0 L LEI H, turner and fi t t er, with 4} year.' oen·ir�>.

Suggested un impro em ·nt in !Jutt welding r ur axlt: hou�ing flangt'>. L. BA , ·of Plant 5, Fi�hermcn'; Bend, receives an award of £10 from Mr. ]. L. imp on. On ·ug c;tion maker'� left art> K E CROLL, Fort>mun. Drums and A I t·ction, Plant 5, and Mr. . \\. GIFFORD, hairrnan of

uggc tion Committ<'l'.

SUGG E S T IONS WIN

FOR

CASH

GMH

AWARDS

E MPLOY E ES

FEATURED on thi page are three more GMH employees who have received cash award for new ideas submitted by them under the GMH ugge tion Plan-which operates for our employees

in all tate .

Every uggestion received under thi Plan i con idered by a Man­agement ommittee, which make a ca h award for each uggestion adopted, the amount varying with the practical alue of the particular idea sugge ted.

Woodville now i con idering the afety uggestion which recently won a GMH award in Melbourne for JACK HA YOEN, of the Fisher­men's Bend Maintenance taff. He ugge ted the u e of a Miner's afety Lamp, worn on the operator' head, to eliminate the danger of fire being caused by faults in electric hand-lamps, fed by trailing flexible cables, when cleaning down the inside of large metal ducts from spray booths. He also sugge ted that the Miner· Lamp would give the operator free u e of both hand while crawling in ide the e duct .

The sugge tion wa adopted and the lamp-fitted with a special barnes , made at Fi hermen 's Bend, to support the battery under the arm-ha been mo t ucce ful in anual u e.

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Jack Hayden at h·ft wl'aring the ,aft'ly lamp and •IH'l'ial harnl' which form th hasi> of his oafcty ugge tion .

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Left: (lwlow) IC. II AMILTOi'i, Foundry, Fi,llcrnll'n'• Rcnd, rrcrh • award of '10 for hi u 'J!t'>lion of an improvNI method of clamping ><Ill 'I'Z IH'ad to nuu·hirw, from r. E . • ·. Da' it·>, Foundry i\lanaj!<'r.

Precision manufacture of th Holden i streoscd ao.,.idcntally in th offil'iul Victorian registration plat on thi car at Fi herm n'o B •nd. The plate read MY.OOl. In car manufarturc .001 1ucun on thou andth of an in h, o car ha· Leen ni knamed "My Thou'."

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co er education in

What does it mean to ?lte? To be on the job every working day

• My e arnings remain constant.

• I help to maintain a steady flow of production

which keeps my job secure and my company

in business.

• I become known as a depeJldable workman

which benefits me when I am ·considered for a job promotion.

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Listening to a debate at a meeting of the peech Training roup a t oodvi l l e, visitor (front row ) are two former employees of GMH, L E 1

R IDLEY, organi· r for the chicl e B u i l d er8' nion, and JIM T ORY, ·ecretory, ustra l ian Labour Party.

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PEOPLE'S PHOTO CONTEST

Photo. taken hy 0. BER .ER, t o o l ro o m , umher 3 P l ant, Mel bourne, or hi on and Jnu ghtcr with two y o u n g fr i <'ncl,, a n d a pt· t l arnh, on a farm a t Finl ey, 1 . . . � • l fl/6 award .

Taken ut Cook Pa rk, Orang•·, . . '. � ., 10/6 a w a r d pho t o (bdowl sho' . � . T. (Jat·kl JO E ·, i,,· .. l lant'OII' Trim, \\"uothi l l t•, w i t h h i , •·hildrl'n, Ev un (8�) unci Lynn (3 yea r.).

Groups ( ut ldt): J, GM H peoph·. 2, Queen' Brid g Motors' party. 3, Ron and Keith h ney' party. 4, rs. J. Dil lon, Mr . H . E. Bet tie, Mrs. and Mr. John Hil l . 5, At upper. ,M H erv ic Dept . and Pre'ton Motor ' partie in foreground. 6, GM H ante n persona l i t i es. 7, A 0 party. 8, Le Nicol l ( Mod rn Reprod uc t ion), Mr,., l i • ·o l l and . uh-Bran1·h socinte Dan Austin ( (;. . , reen & on ) .

months ) •·ream.

£1 a ward go t o F. K . TER, t o o l r o o m this happy n a p o f h i s chil dren P LL (18

years) roncentratinj! on the camera and on i<·l'

Two 10'6 uwurJ w i nn •rs. hove: happy ·nap or h i children, Ro:<s (II) on swing, K en (8), at right , and K aye (5), in front. with t heir p l ay m a te .

orm and K ·it h Holden, by . ODF R EY, Chev rol et lnt rpreter, , Meli>Ournc. Be low: Thi young m o tor nthu i a t is 2-year o l d oel, on o f LYELL SELBERG, Me lbourne GMH court · y driver.

Dramatically, ir Henry dr ·w a pi tol and threaH·ned to 1-hoot him selr

unl es� th "w . . dding" wa a l l o w ed to continue.

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The masked man carried the "lovel y Quaker" heire • to uno ther couch . Thi urprised lwr eompanion , who were ex pel'l ing to hf' st·urched hy thf' "highwaymen."

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KNOW YOUR AUSTRALIA

S I R HE N RY THE L A D Y

WAS TUl\ A S HY

The American War of Independence had many trange ef Before 177-, Britain' felon had been a ource of profit 1

. ale to contractor for even year in America." The war end· over·crowded, and the pri on hulk even more over-populated. portion of convicted per on or to find orne new place over E

IT wa costing much money to keep the prison population alive, and the numbers of felonies were increasing rapidly mainly due to the Enclo ure Acts having dispo es ed the yeomanry and mall farmers

of lands they had occupied for many centuries, w i th a re ultanr tre· mendous overflooding of all labour markets.

Farmers had been tvicted from more than two million acres; village commons had been hut against cottagers to prevenr them continuing to own or graze cows, pigs, and geese, or have a ource of upply of free firewood. The alternatives for hundreds of thou and of these di · posses ed and uddenly homeless or starving people were poaching, or crime. o against them the Laws were as uddenly t ightened.

The already large list of hanging crimes was extended ro include tea ling rabbits, fish, deer; solemnising marriage without banns or licence; assembly by Quakers under pretence of Holy Worship; unregistered preaching by ministers of the Episcopal Church of Scot­land; failure by such ministers to pray for the King and Royal Family; and as punishment for "such notorious thieves a did teal goods valued ar 20/- from Hi Majesty's stores· burned hay or corn rick at night; were Irish rebels; or were guilty of perjury, forgery, ubordin­ation, abduction of heire e , as ault, design to rob, stealing linen laid to be printed or bleached arson, embezzlement burglary at night, day housebreaking, picking pockets above 1/·, hoplifting above 5/·, maim­ing or killing cattle, cutting down rrees, per onating bail, uttering counterfeit money, or of challenging juror above 20 in capital crimes or tanding mute... There were many other capital crime , including murder, attempted murder, treason, petty treason, third and fourth degree treason, mutiny, desertion, ab conding from apprenticeship, returning from transportation, de troying any bridge, gate, fence, turnpike, or fish pond, po ing as an officer, hooting at a revenue officer, or rioting by two or more people.

London a a result became known as the "City of Gallows." ix gallows worked there daily at Tyburn, Finchley, Wimbledon, Black­heath, and Thameside each "polishing off Capital Cove and Covesses at the rate of 13 to 15 a day," including many boys and girls in their early teen who e only crime had been stealing food to dodge star­vation. But still the gaol populations increa ed and when an African penal colony failed dismally-with a lo s to the Government of £15/10/- for each convict stnt there, plus £50 for the tran port of each -rhe settlement of Australia wa decided on a a mea ure of desperation.

What the average "convict" chosen for this new tran portation thought of the idea can be gleaned from the fact that a number com­mitted suicide and others demanded their original enrence of execution rather than ail. A at that time thousands were dying yearly in the gaols and pri on hulks through lack of food, clothing, infectiou diseases, and brutal handling, the inference (and we have plenty of documentary evidence that it was true) was that condition on the trans­port hip were far worse.

It was into these conditions that the Law uddenly pitchforked the "Wild Irish Boy," Sir Henry Brown Hayes, one of Au tralia's first citizens and one of the most picturesque in our history. In Ireland ir Henry had been called "The Doyen of Marcaroni .'' In Au tralia

he became known as a trouble seeker-who always found it . •

S IR Henry was the son of Arwell Hayes, a wealthy, con ivial and eccentric aristocrat of Cork. Henry was one of the leading

"Regency" bucks of the city, wild but popular w ith everyone. He was married young, a widower at 40, with several young children.

Extravagant living had reduced hi mean , and the £30,000 to which she was heiress probably influenced his falling in love with Mi May Pike, 2 1, who had inherited from her Quaker banker father.

One legend is that they met accidentally when he was out riding and the "lovely Quakere .. was being driven in the carriage belonging to a Mr. Cooper Penro e, a family friend who e gue t he was at his

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WO O E R: H E I R E S S

:ange effect , one being the fir t ettlement of Au tralia. profit to the Government, which had tran ported them "for

var ended that trade, and very rapidly Britain' gaol became pulated. Only two remedie offered. To execute a greater pro­e over ea to which the urplu population of the gaol could tmn ported.

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home near ork. Hayes, a ''brisk, military-looking man·· (only 5 ft. 7 in., but a militia officer), with "remarkable whisker ," ' probably looked rarher romantic on his hor e and in hi gaudy militias.

Another account, probably true, ays he had decided to elope with the Quakeress before they had ever met .

In any case, Haye planned an introduction to her by visiting the Penro e home when it ground were open for public inspection, and making the acguaintance of Penrose. He succeeded in getting himself invited to dinner but no formal introduction to Mi s Pike was made.

At 1 a.m. on the day after the dinner, the Penrose hou ehold \ as arou ed by a knocking at the door, and a man handed in a note to Miss Pike eating that Mr . Pike had been taken suddenly ill, and was likely to die.

Accompanied by her aunt, Ann Pike, and Anne Penro e, May Pike left hurriedly by coach. They had reached the trand, when five men armed with pi tols sprang from the road ide and held up the horses. A heavily-muffled man came forward and ordered the ladies to descend rhat they might be searched. The muffled man, who was Hayes, then eized May and lifted her into another coa h, which wa then driven toward Haye ·s home, Mt. Vernon. The other men cut the trate of the Penrose coach to prevent pursuit, then Red.

Almo t immediately after their arrival at Mr. Vernon, a man dressed a a priest and two women "witnesses" entered the room to which Hayes had taken Miss Pike, and the "prie t" began reading the mar­riage ervice, partly in English, partly in French. Miss Pike prote red continuously, and finally seized the ring and Rung it away.

Hayes then drew a pi tol, and dramatically threatened to shoot himself if she persisted in refusing to marry him. o the "service" was continued, although the bride continued to protest. Hayes then left May in charge of the two women, one of whom was his sister. May was not, however, prevented from writing to her friends, who came to Mt. Vernon. They informed the authoritie , and Hayes was declared an outlaw.

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A LTHOUGH such abductions were common at this time (July, .£\.. 1797) they were both unlawful, and carried the death penalty. Like another titled Irishman who had tried it and had been executed a little earlier, Haye had counted on the girl and her family accepting rhe marriage as an alternative to candal.

o Hayes Red, and remained in hiding until he decided the best thing to do was to face the ituation. He then arranged with a ork barber, Coghlan (a former family retainer), to denounce him to the authorit ie , and o collect the £ LOOO reward.

f:or his protracted and colourful trial, the Cork courthouse was crowded with fashionable ladies, "Bucks," and troops. Seven advocates, led by the famou urran, appeared for the prosecution, and eight for the defence. Curran, a friend of the Penrose family, prosecuted even more rigorously than usual. After his eloguent final denunciation, Haye was sentenced to death, but this was later commuted to transportation to New South Wales for life. Both Curran and Hayes were popular favourites, and the whole town wa intere red. As he entered the Court on the last day, a fishwoman called to Curran, "I hope ye win the day ... Curran answered: "If I do, I'm afraid you'll Jose the knight."

Haye wa sent to New South Wales on the convict ship "Atlas." The voyage started guite plea antly as he had "tipped" Captain Brooke several hundred pounds to ensure decent guarters, clothing, food and treatment. Then a difficulty arose. A passenger, Dr. Jamieson, resented Hayes's freedom and guarrelled with the Captain. Finally they fought. Hayes and another man separated them. Jamieson left the ship at Rio de Janeiro but at Sydney, Hayes found that Jamieson had taken a faster hip, and had arrived fir t. Jamieson was a Government surgeon, with an official position ; Haye was just a convict, and Jamieson­later one of Australia' fir t big landowners-proceeded to get his own ba k by having Hayes gaoled for six month . Thu Haye began on

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his career of consi tently "backing of the wrong hor e"-a habit which cau d most of his troubles in New outh Wale .

For example, he was sent to Parramatta under threat of trans­portation to Norfolk Isle if he came_ to yd�ey, where h� had pur­chased a considerable property. In sptte of thts, Hayes deoded to go in style to Sydney and install a Masonic Lodge. Governor King refused permission, but Hayes held the meeting. Police broke it up and arrested everyone present. All were acguitted except Haye , who wa ent for a term to Van Oiemen's Land.

On Hayes's next appearance at Sydney, Governor King, who was apprehen ive that there would be an Irish rebellion, placed Haye on the list of suspects as one of the leaders. Ar that time in a total population of 5000, more than 500 were I rish political prisoners­"Oefenders" sent out after 1794 and 235 sent out after the L 799 rebellion-while the number of troops in the Colony wa only 450. The threatened rebellion was prevented by informer and some execu­tions, deportations and brutal floggings but nothing could be proved against Hayes. Governor King, however, was determined to banish him.

About this time two Irish bank forgers, Austen and Meurant, made some jewellery, notably a lovely necklace, as a present to Mr . King and were pardoned at her request. Since the death sentences on both men had been commuted in Britain on the express condition they hould never be pardoned, the decision caused much resentment orne papers were written and circulated in London expressing "surpri e" and accusing the Governor's wife of accepting gift of stolen property. Hayes and Wm. Maum, another su pected Irish leader, were blameJ, and King rook the opportunity to end them to Norfolk I land.

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D URING the "Rum Corps" rebellion which depo ed Captain Bligh, Hayes, who had returned to ydney, again sided with the

wrong party-Governor Bligh. He was banished by the Military "Government" to Newcastle after too vigorous an expre sion of hi views. At that time all real criminals among the young Colony· many "convicts" were isolated at Newcastle and Van Oiemen's Land.

Early in 1809 Haye wa allowed to return, but five month later he was, as he wrote, "attacked by armed men who aid they were con­stable ," defended himself vigorously, and was returned to ewcastle. Lieutenant Lawson, who wa in charge at Newcastle, hated Haye . He took every chance to humiliate and injure him, and once even burgled ir Henry's room to eize letters which he feared were being written

to Cabinet Ministers in London, criticising hi brutal handling of convict at the lime kiln and coal pit .

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HA YE eventually became something of a social figure in the Colony. Actually, he was one of only three ex-transportees ever

to be accepted as egual· by the Military Caste which for so long dominated the society of early ydney.

In 1805 he had bought land for £100 at Vauclu e, and there built a beautifully situated cottage. But he was plagued by snake , and after finding them in hi bed he remembered the legend that ince the day of St. Patrick, snakes could not live on Irish soil. He then arranged with a friend in Ireland to end him out barrels of choicest Iri·h bog soil, eventually getting 500 ton . Then a gang of Irish convict labourers pent a happy period digging a trench six feet wide and two feet deep all round Haye 's cottage, and filling it with the oil. It is aid the charm worked. It must have had other oothing effect on tr Henry's tumultuou temperament, for from that date mo t of hi troubles disappeared.

Hayes, after his emancipation, was invited to dinner at Government House by Governor Macguarie, who was more liberal-minded in the matter of ex-convicts than were many of hi taff. But the officers of Macguarie' regiment refu ed to sit down at the Governor's table with Hayes.

Hayes said nothing, but next day he met one of them, a young ter of new rich parentage who had been particularly offensive. Haye pulled this officer's nose enthusiastically and painfully-the popular method in those day of punishing an insult-then kicked him along George treet from the Royal Hotel to the corner of Barrack Street.

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HAYES was pardoned in 1813. One of his daughter -a notable beauty-was a guest at a ball at the Brighton Pavilion, given

by rhe Prince Regent, later George IV. George asked her to dance with him and, in thanking her afterwards, inguired if there were any service he could do her. She replied that her father was a convict in New South Wales, and begged his release. George, admiring her moral courage, had Hayes's case reviewed, and his pardon wa granted. Hayes then returned to Ireland, and disappear from Australia's tory.

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THE moon shone fitfully through gaps in the scurrying clouds. The wind howled and shadows danced fantascically on the silver ribbon of road that curved up to the grotesque, waving trees on

the hilltop, then fell into a thread a it disappeared toward the McPher­on homestead.

Where the road topped che ridge a man sat on a black horse, half in light, half in shadow. Erect and motionless, the hor e and rider seemed cast in bronze except for the white blaze down the hor e' head and the pallor of the man' face above a heavy beard.

The moon broke clear of the cloud smother; lighted a white cloth nocice nailed to the ragged trunk of a gum. The rider bent side­ways in the saddle and read:-

"£1500 Reward. Wanted for Murder. Daniel Morgan. Wangaratta 1865.''

To Morgan, on the horse, the fine print underneath was blurred, indecipherable.

TRUE STORY

"Food," he demanded, then added a an afterthoughc, "if you plea e.''

Mrs. McPher on did not reply. Actually until the end of the drama seven hours later she did not once speak. But she brought food from the ideboard and placed it on the table.

Morgan fell upon it, eacing like a famished beast, but as he ate one hand still held the big black revolver on the table top.

Only when he had finished eating did he again notice Mrs. McPherson, where he tood motionle , away from the table. Behind her on the ideboard were bottles of brandy. wiftly Morgan raised che revolver, picked out a bottle at each side of the woman's hip , and fired twice. The neck went cleanly off the bottles, but Mrs. McPhee on did not move. Morgan grunted in admiration, then strode over and picked up the bottle .

"There' a piano yonder, Mi sus," he said. "Give us a toone." He stopped, chen repeated gruffly, "If you please."

Again the woman obeyed, but did not speak.

he was a good pianist, but chat night the performance was wor e

than mechanical. And little wonder, for Morgan sat at the end of the piano tapping out the time on it with his big revolver, swigging drink or blowing lazy, uffocating moke rings.

Thu they at chroughout the long night until Mrs. McPher on became self-hypnoti ed and the prisoner in the other room ceased their shouting and beating on the locked door. But Mrs. McPherson played on endle sly, repeating at Morgan's compul ion hopin's famou Raindrop prelude, Op.2 o. 1 5. Tap, tap, on the piano went Morgan's revolver and tap-tap-cap went on the theme of the prelude.

But meanwhile Fate had found the mean for playing its trump card. The maid-servant wa small abnormally so, yet almost too large to squeeze through the one-pane window. But eventually she was forced through by the impri oned men and ran co the neare t home­tead and aroused the inmates.

He cursed aloud, lurched down from che addle and caught a loose edge of the pro-clamation in one hand. Under the impulse of savage spurs, the hor e leapt forward and the notice, ripped sideways, was left hang-

Either through ignorance or carele. s­ne s Morgan had overlooked this house standing in a clump of sugar gum , a mile from McPher on's. ILLUSTRATION BY NOEL SIMPSON

NASCO, MELBOURNE In the chill of early morning the hypno­ti ed woman ceased playing, unknowing and uncaring. Morgan then began co chant

hymn , rising at interval to pace, sentry-like, up and down the room. ing, a mockery of rags.

Morgan rode at a canter down the slope to McPher on's. Close be· hind, like a pursuing Neme is hi shadow writhed on the uneven road.

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MR. M PHER o jumped co his feet as the door swung open, then his arms went up at the compulsion of the levelled revolver.

Morgan, kicking the door shut, advanced into the room. A maid carry· ing a tray of oiled plates from an adjoining room dropped them in screaming confusion as McPherson, walking backward, lurched into her. She sprang back and, before the three hands eating their supper in the inner room could move, Morgan drove McPhee on into che room and pushed the door shut.

So the fi e were made prisoners, quickly and easily. So easily thac the bushranger overlooked a small single-paned window in the dining room.

And that window played the part of trump card in the hand Fate held against him.

Hands on hips, Morgan began laughing as he faced the door listening to the kicking and shouting of his prisoners. Then he swung abour. Mrs. McPherson had come into the living room from her bed­room. She halted, her eyes widened in surprise, then, seeing the re­volver, he screamed. Morgan took advantage of her surprise. Seizing a mall chair, he hurled it at the bedroom door. It shut under the blow and he jumped forward and locked it.

But Mrs. McPherson did not move. She had conquered her impulse for by terics and now stood, white and defianc, in the centre of the room.

When Morgan addressed her it was the first time he had spoken to a human for more than three weeks.

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Twice the prisoner heard him break into shrill nervou speech; end by tamping wildly on the floor, or to cry shrilly for mercy from imaginary captors .

Captor ! Throughout the night men from the surrounding station had been clo ing around the house. They had completely encircled ic, when finally Morgan unlocked the door and, leaving Mr . McPherson still sitting ac the piano, drove the other pri oners before him to the stable . There McPherson, at Morgan's order, brought out the black horse. I t wa limping. Morgan's reaction to this was a flood of angry cursing, then a sudden flinging of hi arm about the horse's neck. But this show of emotion passed quickly. Cursing again, he drove the men before him to the next tables. his pistol levelled at their backs. And a he followed he drank deeply from a bottle of gin.

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A N onlooker would have found it a weird pectacle. The four men .1'1 walking in complete silence, with slow, measured steps. Behind them the giant, black-bearded ranger, who drank or ang alternately. In the background the morning mi 't were lifting in cloud of pearly blue, and the un hone faintly through the spectral gum .

The proces ion seemed funereal, and so ir was. A man stepped from behind a tree a Morgan pa ed. His heavy

rifle glinted, then belched flame. McPher on and hi men stopped, then slowly pivoted around.

Morgan lay on hi face, hi revolver clasped ahead in one hand. The other still clenched the gin bottle and the contents were gushing against his face.

They bent over him, cautiously. uddenly he ang ofdy some bar of a hymn played by Mrs. McPherson early the previous night. Then abruptly he choked, rolled over, and they aw where the rifle slug had bla ted out his life.-K.W.-C. •

T R A D E S M E N I N T H E

MA K ING AT WOODV I L L E

TAKEN at Woodville, these pictures by Ted Cay show 68 of the elected lad now employed there under the Apprentice Training

Plan . The apprenrice spend one year in the Training School, establi hed

in 19 5 , then receive peciali t practical training during the last three year of their course. Most of this training i given in the Tool Room, where the skilled trade are located. The lads are thus given the oppor­tuniry to become fir t cia tradesmen. Because of the exceptionally wide nature of the training many employees have had their son enrolled a G M H apprentices . There are vacancies for more .

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lunch-time tu b I , t ·nni · at '> oodvi l l e. P l ayer and spect a t or in this photo

are ( from lef t ) R O GIB 0 , LE R 0'1 , D. K LE , L l R A Y -

�1 D , I L R K l 'E, a l l of Finance Dt>pt .

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Croup o f 6 8 appr ntice e m p l o yed a t 1H row are E. POTTE R ( in>tructor ) and J. R. H

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Winner of t h e J. J. M a c far­l ane prize for 1948. PETER B I RT, Fourth Year Moto r Body Pane l l ing apprentice at '> ooJ vil le .

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ood v i l le. In centre of front K E, Mast r of Apprentice·.

Class of Fir t Year Tu rning and Fitting appren tice receiving demon­tration in the u · of the d i v iding l t l'ad fro m instructor E. P o t t t> r in tl t t'

Tra ining ·hool , '> oodvi l l t>.

Jack doc. soml' · l e er mixl'd j u ggling while ha l arwing on u ro l l r p l ncc·d on n barrel .

Below: Left : Dre ed as a ci rcus clown he doe� u hand-spring whil carryi n g in his I e t h thl' top of the Roman rin g from which hi you n g l l n u ghter swings. R i gh t : H e balances another u rrohat i t· l itt l e dau ghter on one hand.

JACK S O M E

KLOPP DOES ACRO BATICS

W OODV I LLE has in JACK KLOPP, str iker i n the Forge Sec· tion for Bt years, a one-man c i rcus.

Jack is only 4 ft. 10 i n . high, and weighs only 92 stone but he is very fit and st rong, and at 46, i s st i l l an excel lent acroba t .

Jack ' s c i rcus career dates back t o when he w a s 1 5 and jo ined Barton ' s C i rcus. Thereafter, for many years, h e appeared a s a professional acrobatic comedian w ith various South A ustra l ian and interstate c i rcus compan ies, and a l so on the vaudevi l le stage.

In his spare t ime he sti l l continues to give h i s entertai n i ng acts in Adelaide and its suburbs, generally with two daughter and a son as

his assi stants. As the photos show, Jack ' s ch i ld ren are al o excel lent acrobat .

The ch i l d ren regard this work as very en j oyable and hea lthy exercise, and when J ack dresses up as a clown and they rehearse an act in the backyard, they are always su re of plenry of applause from an audience of neighbours .

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Difficult balancl' al 'l on a board ". ee· aw i ng" on a frt•· r o l l l'r', i , per· formed by Jack and two o f hi chil dren.

C . B . E . F O R SCO U T L EA D E R

TH E King's B i rthday Honours List , announced last month, i n · eluded t h e name o f Mr. Henry W . Rym i l l , GMH Production

Manager, Woodvi l le . He received the CBE for h i s work for the Boy Scouts' movement. Mr . Rym i l l in 1 943 received the Si lver Wolf, the Empire's h ighest Scout order. He jo ined the Scouts as a schoo lboy, in 1 922 , became Commissioner in 1 9 3 1 , and Chief ommi ssioner for outh Austra l i a in 1 9 36 .

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Three GMH People in June

Adelaide Wedding � � �

M ANY folk in the fishermen' s Bend and Woodville plant ent good wishes for the recent wedding in

Adelaide of MISS SH IRLEY BARRETT, ecretary to Mr. Len Cocks, Executive Eng ineer, Woodville Tooling Depart­ment, to Mr. Allan Gordon, of Sydney. Shirley has been eight years with GMH.

Added interest was taken m this interstate wedding be­cause hirley's father, MR. HEDLEY BARRETT, is in tandard Department, Woodville, and has been with

G M H for 1 5 years, while her twin brother, MR. WILSON BARRETT, of Fishermen's Bend Plant and Equipment Sec­tion, was be t man and his wife was matron-of-honour. Wilson served as a Flight Lieutenant in the RAAF during the war, bur he al o worked at Woodville before enlisting.

The photo at right show the happy bridal party leaving the church after the ceremony. The bridegroom and bride are on the left, Wilson and his wife on the right. Coming through the church doorway-immediately behind his tw in ch i ld ren-is M r. Hed ley Barrett.

Above: B r i ban t· Pl a n t person n t'l a n d t h eir wi"e at the All Hal low Bal l a t Bri tiban e' ' C l oudlan d." P a i r , from l eft, are : HARRY and MR • . Le 'LER Q, J . O R K E and M R . COR K E, G. BROW and M R S. BRO'>

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Below: t l cl w t a n t · a t r · · · · ·n t I I H a l l o w . Ba l l was PAT U ELLY, of Tr .. asury Uept . , B r i , b a n P l a n t . Pat j o i n d G 'I H in ) a rmnry, on coru p l l.'l i n � her s t u d i (• n t .\ II H a l l ow · Con e n t . H r h o b bi s a rc t en n i s, rea d i n g, a n d k n i t t i n g.

As contrast, de igner J a ·que· Fath, or Paris, ofT rs thi dinrl'r gown. Fath ( in t at right ) l ec t a leek, traple " • form-fitting design in mooth

b l ack cr p . To w ar with ·uch design · Fath makes un xp ct d l y hort swa gger t•ont of bright wool , gai l y d corated with J>attern · of nai l h eads.

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PREVIEW ON FASHION

FOR NEXT SPRI NG Parisian cr ator o f th ew Look,

a pre entat ion of h i s i d a o f a ew Look vening gown. He u ·e xtrava gant ma e of mat ria l and ·we ping lin . The l ayer and l a yer. o r egg h e l l tul l e l i e in ri ch fo l d s above the ankl i n front then d i p gra r fu l l y to form a rega l tra in.

T H R E E N AS C O G I R LS E N G AG E D

ENGAGEMENTS recently announced by gi rl tn men' Bend, include:-

A 0, Fi her-

MAVIS PRETTY, of Pr icing Department, to DOUG LA A CO Stockroom. Mavi ha been with A 0 6 years ;

M I DAVI , of ale Department, to B I LL HOPLEY, eva ha been with A CO 4 year .

M I RHEA LA WRE CE, of Engineering Department, to W I L-L IAM H IMM I , of Hampton. Rhea wa at GMH, Pagewood, three year ; ha been with ASCO i x month .

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Welsh co·tume are worn in thi s pictur · of J A N I E D A V I E ( 14 ) and D I A E DAVIE ( 5 ) , the dau gh ter· of E. 0. { B i l l ) D IE , of Mailing D i ,· i i on, Mel b ourn e. B i l l ervcd from 1914 to 19 18 with the 6th Batt. Royal Welch Fu i l ier· and carne to u tra lia in 192 1 . Formerl y he l i v ed at Caernrrvon, orth-'\ e t Wal es, on mile from tha t • ·ountry'o , m a l l e�t vil l a ge w hich boa t the name o f LLA FA I R P W L L � Y ILL . G-ERCGWER DROBWLL D I S I L I O OGOGO H .

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AND ON COMING F I LMS

" F A L L E N I D 0 L "

FOR the "FA L L E N I DOL," h i s fi rst prod uct ion at London F i l m Studios,

Caro l Reed chose a screen ada ptation of a gr ipp ing short sto ry,

"The Basement Room," written by a d i sti n g u i shed author, Gra h a m e

Greene. I t has g i v e n Reed, a s Producer-Di recto r, opportu n i ty t o b rea k

new ground in story, p lot, a nd treatment .

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The mea n i n g of the ti t le of th is unusua l fi l m is fou n d i n the centra l

cha racter of a c h i l d , who views a n a d u l t tra gedy from the baffl i n g

sta n d po i n t of a n e ight-yea r-o ld w h o has p in ned h i s faith t o t h e so l i d

character o f one a d u l t o n l y t o find that, one b y o ne, h i s o w n co n­

ceptions of that cha racter are fa lse.

The chi ld, bri l l ia nt ly p la yed by a you n g Anglo-French boy, Bobby

Henrey, watches the love a ffa i r of Baines ( R a l p h R i c h a rdson) with

J u l ie (Michele Morgan) : watches the cruelty of a nother a d u l t, Mrs.

Ba i nes (Son ia Dresde l ) , toward them, and toward h i m se lf : sees the

somewhat sordid tragedy move to i ts co nc lus ion : tr ies to protect his

hero, Bai nes, from what he be l ieves to be a crime: learns that truth to

a d u lts is someti mes less accepta b l e tha n l i es a n d fina l l y, with h i s c h i ld i sh

i l l us ions shattered, finds secu rity o n ce more with h i s own pa rents .

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"THE FALLEN I DO L" m a rks a defi n i te step forwa rd i n i ntel l i gent

enterta i n ment. It is described as a fi l m for people who th i n k-a sen­

sit ive, beauti fu l fi l m, deftly h a n d led, a n d as a tri u m p h for the p ro­

d u cer and his sta rs-Sir R a l p h R icha rdso n , Michele Morgan, So nia

Dresdel a n d Bobby Henrey.

Audiences in Sydney a nd Mel bourne w i l l short ly see this film o n its

fi rst release in Austra l ia .

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Right: S I R R L P H H IC H A R D.'Ot a. l h t · hu ll• •r, B u inf'>, and ( ; E R R R O I I I 'ZE a > t h t' amha••a• l o r .

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Below: T H E B Y overhea r· th v io l e n t q u a rrel between th b u l l e •· a n d h i wife. L a t e r M r . Bain e fa l l s f r o m this l a n di n g t o h r d a t h whil e spyin g on h r hu b a n d and 1 u l i ( iichel M organ ) .

Right: M R . . B A I E. ( Son i a On• del ) t rick Felip into t e l l in g h · r o f th c landest i n e meet i n g of h ·r h u band and J u li

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French .tar M I . H EL E 1 0 R ( ; "The Fall n I d o l ."

p l a y > hl'r f ir>t U r i t i It film r o ) ,. i n

Pagewood Courtn Dr iv ·r T Or -h<'t t er know n a. ' Th �

' 1 a n Tn r y"-h a. bePrc w i t h ( ; l\I H f o r 1 7 year:; � i n d u d i n g • i x Y •·a�·· ' �r

,1·rv i r . ' t an a ' cry kt· n garden er, has two charn u n g d a u ghter , E l a m c , 23, al l l l , h i rl cy, l 9, who ure keen w i m m i n g, ten n i s and danci n g �> n th u si a · t , .

Tlw fa m i l y is prepa r i n g a >JlHi al party for ptember to n· lchratc the

' i l v · r \\ dding a n n i ,•cr a r y of ' tan and M rs. K i l gannon .

MET IN G M H P LANTS

Perth per·on a l i t i es. Jndu, tr ia l H � R Z II EH. j o i •n· t l ( ; 1 H 2� year · a go af ter r v i n w i t h t h f' R F i n the i o l an ds, 1 a n i l a a n d. ' i n gapore. EOR E K l ( on r i gh t ) , i\1 a i n tenan ·c E n g i n eer, jo ined G M H

i n 1 935. I o ·erved w i t h R F d u ri n g the war. One of Perth p lan t'� t a h l e formerl y a . . Lcagu · foot h a l l c r, J) l a y i n g t ' l ' l l t r for

SECU R ITY OFF I CERS AT fourteen year• a go C h i ef c• t · u r i t y fii eer C H A R LI E H L L ( ocron d fro •n r i ght in group p i c t u r ) joined G 1 H a s t h fi r t M c l b o u rn t• .'er u r i t y Ofiicf'r. Chnrl i ·p rved w i t h F i rst A I F i n \\ orld 'I u r ne. T w o Wf'Pk>- l a ter J A .K 1 3 1 KLEY ( ex t reme l ef t ) j o i n f'd ( ; 1 H and b cam o. 2 Sct· u r i t y Ofii rer . 1ex t to h i m in photo i� J A K F UR E who has be n •wn yeuro w i t h t lH·

Company a t Fi shermen'� Bt·nd. On r i h t o f group is L F C:L R K E, who j o i n d ;MH two yea r · a g o a f t e r crY i n g 20 1 0 day� i n t h f' Proll(l A IF.

I f wa · former ly a prom i n •n t oar man and hnd many t ro p h ) U t'CC · oc · w i th the l i l d u ra, Eaglehnwk and olac R o w i n g Jub::.

At Right: Va gcw ood c · u r i t y Offic ·cr,, J CK TR A Y O R a n c l J. -\ . K R R I B A L D .

Extreme Right: Wood d l l e Gut G u ard, 0 C £ { P M P s t·ar h a , he n w i t h th • ompany for n •ar l y 1 4 year . H i s hobhi are fi h i n g a n d h o o t i n .

A N OTH E R G M H S E RV I C E

EMPLOYEES at B i rkenhead Assembly Divis ion are p ropagat i ng the

t rad i t ions of " erv ice' ' estab l i shed by G M H . In October, 19 8, they decided to make a week ly contr ibut ion to the Adelaide Ch i ld ren ' s Ho pita! . nder rhe auspices of the Per onnel Officer ( M r . Townley ) members o f the taff have adhered rigid ly to thei r elf . imposed contract and thei r £9/ 1 4/- donation to the recent Hospital Empi re Week A ppea l brought thei r 5 month · total to more than £26. This has been greatly appreciated by the Hosp i tal Board of Management. Accord ing to a

spokesman from the Hospital "the men i n the Assembly Division have a l ot to be proud of . If every factory i n South Austral ia were to p ro­duce s imilar resul ts pro rata every month, the problems of the Board wou l d be very materi a lly implified."

I t is in te re t i ng to note that free t reat ment gi \'en 5-100 c h i l d ren rn 1 948 cost the Hospi ta l £79,000.

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I N F I V E S T ATE S

Brisbane p l a n t peopl · : I l eft , D m l l l y ) an d \\ LL , E DOG . ETT, t o e k t aker . � a l l ha bf'cn 5 ! year · ' i t h G �l l- 1 .

• i n gf'r o f mer i t , h e i , a l l l t ' l l l l , rr o f Br i b a n f' ;. , I . Dav i d' 'I l l ' l 1 ,h o i r.

Tomatoes f ' i gh t fef' t h i gh . h o w n w i t h t h .. ir • ro\\•er, L R R I E K IR B hard' are fi n i ;.her Tr i m •H· m b l y , W oodv i l l • • . C ho r r i l' i an exp t ' r l i n f l o r i no l t u n• a n d •ard f'n i n �.

FISHERMEN'S BEND, PAGEWOOD AND WOODVI LLE

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