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5st. 71b. RUGBY LEAGUE PREMIERS
Back Row : N. Morton. R. Beakey. B. Slater, G. Lamb, R. McNellly,
B. Rowlingson, B. Morton, J. McMahon.
Front Row : K. Comrie, V. Klaikalietis. K. Gallimore (captain), B. Scott,
A. Apps.
Absent : N. Byrne. Bram. Steele, W. Steele, D. Bartlett, J. Hurren, R. Seeley.

A Trip Through the Suez Canal
After being twelve days at sea, we arrived at Port Said, our first
port. Here we had to stop to take on board water, oil, fruit, and
vegetables.
However, we were not allowed to go ashore and so the Egyptians
brought their goods to us, most of their wares being finely made leather
articles.
Then at 11 p.m. we joined the convoy to go through the Suez Canal.
I think that everybody was on deck and eyeing with interest this great
man-made wonder.
To the left and right of us were the great deserts, and many of us
wondered how the Egyptians and Arabs were able to live in such barren
wastes of land.
Our ship was not the only one to pass through the Canal that
day, because we had to stop twice for ships to pass us.
Besides the ocean-going liners which were plying the waters of
the Canal that day, there were the graceful Egyptian dhows skimming
across the waters.
On one side of the Canal was the Australian War Memorial, erected
in memory of those who fell during the war.
During our journey through the Suez Canal the sun had beaten
solidly on us and a continual supply of cool drinks was needed. This
was a typical summer’s day in that part of the world, but to me it was
one of the most interesting days of my life.
MARGARET LAWLER,
Form 3Al.