Red Letter Day

THE mail goes on a Wednesday, Every second one, And every second week I vow My letters shall be done.

I'll start the morning after In systematic way, In manner very orderly I’ll write a few each day.

I ought to write to good old John My cousin to be wed, I ought to write to dear old Bert— His second cousin’s dead.

I ought to write to Javid Bones To order socks and shoes.

I ought to write to Allison And tell her all the noos.

With fourteen days to do them all Here we go again!

It’s funny how I write them all The morning of the Plane!

Noelle Mason.

Bougainville, NG.

The Queen’s Commendation for Brave Conduct has been awarded to Sapper Simione Nakau of the Corps of Fiji Engineers. During the hurricane in Suva, in January, Simione went out from shelter at the height of the storm to rescue an Indian woman who had been trapped in a collapsed house. After extricating her he carried her 200 yards up a hill to safety. The woman was later taken to hospital but she had been so badly injured that she died.