A Bomb of One'

Own

By Whim Wham

Ours is the safest H-bomb yet.

It will not hurt a Fly.

Some Jokers say we should not; It off—but we reply That our Precautions are comp] No serious Risks remain.

Science is sure—need we repea; —Objections are in vain.

This harmless necessary Job, This well-conducted Test Need trouble None, nor need it i You Jokers of your Rest.

This calculated Crack of Doom Cannot get out of Hand: Just trust the Boys in the Back R* To bring it off as planned.

The reassuring Scientist Can estimate precisely The dreadful Blast, the lethal Mi He’s got it worked out nice] What’s coming up, beyond a dc He’ll forecast by his Skill— Of course, he has to try it out To find out if it will!

As safe as Houses is our BomU Outside the danger Zone.

Fear not the Radiation from THIS Test —why, it’s our Planned so as not to hurt one ] Of our devoted Heads — Give Thanks, you Jokers, of , Care; Lie easy in your Beds. (The above nonsense verse was puho a couple of months ago in the "New Z« Herald". It probably expresses the mou most South Pacific residents when they co plate Our Bomb—amused cynicism.) t The US Department of AgricuL has developed a new, all-pun insect repellant, reported to beE most effective preparation of kind ever to be invented. The chemical formula has been tui over to a private concern, which begin marketing the repellant slu under the name “Off.” The repellant, whose active ingreo is dietryl toluamide, can be widely against flies and mosqui if Friends of Mr. John Nurm senior Cook Islands AMP, wil pleased to know that he is mas a good recovery following o surgery at Greenlane Hose Auckland, late in March.