The bulletin

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NX 252
Created/Published
Sydney, N.S.W.: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 1880-1984
Issue
Vol. 76 No. 3942 (31 Aug 1955)
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Contents

The Bulletin 1
CHELSEA HOSPITAL, HOME OF HONOURED PANSIONERS 1
Advertising 1
The Red Page ALL ROUND AUSTRALIA 2
Across the Nullarbor 2
Pidgin in New Guinea 2
Merriment at Mudflat 2
CO CO RICO 2
Advertising 2 , 3
The Bulletin 4
PROSPERITY ON THE TIGHTROPE 4
Easy Payments and Hard Facts 4
No title 5
PLAIN ENGLISH A Modern Giant 6 , 7
POLITICAL POINTS 7
Society "AND IT’S PRINTED WITH WIMBLE'S INKS" 8 , 9
THE NEWEST PANACEA 8
ALLOWANCE 9
AN INTERPRETER'S HEADACHE 9
PERSONAL ITEMS 10
No title 11
ARORIGINALITIES 12 , 13
THE GIBBER PLAINS 12
ABOVE SUNNYSIDE 13
A "DIG" TREE IS RESCUED 13
Business, Rollery, Etc. INFLATION BACK AGAIN 14
Advertising 14
London aiunail 15
Advertising 15
The WILD CAT COLUMN 16 , 17
Advertising 16 , 17
Women's Letters MELBOURNE 18
SYDNEY 18
SUNDRY SHOWS TALKIES THEATRE MUSIC ART Stage and Music 19
Artbursts 19
Talkies 19
Advertising 19
Jo-JO'S Persian Journey 20 , 21 , 22 , 23
ON THE CLIFF 22
Advertising 21 , 22 , 23
SERVICE DEPARTMENT 24
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS 24
Advertising 24
See How They've Run— From “Red Hots” to Night Trots 25 , 34
SPORTING NOTIONS YOUR SHOUT! AND IT'S RED MILL URM. 26
Advertising 26
"Here is the news, rend by..." Six Deadlines a Day 27
UNCABLED ADDITIONS THE MIND OF ASIA 28 , 29
Advertising 28 , 29
Adenauer's Moscow Visit 29
Coexistence 29
Eisenhower 29
Various Voices 29
Advertising 29
THE OTHER FELLOW'S MIND 30 , 31
Advertising 31
THE MAN ON THE LAND "DON'T WORRY I'M SENOING IT TO GRAZCOS." -BEEF-CATTLE ON FARMS 32 , 33
REPORT FROM CROHAMHURST (21/8/’55) 32
KNOW AT A GLANCE 33
Advertising 32 , 33
Replay 34
“THE BULLETIN” CROSSWORD No. 345 34
Advertising 35 , 36

Text

The Bulletin  

“The Bulletin,” VoL 76—No. 3942  

Wednesday, August 31, 1955  

Price 9d.  

Registered at the General Post Office, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, for transmission by Post as Newspaper  

CHELSEA HOSPITAL, HOME OF  

HONOURED PANSIONERS  

'T'HE scarlet coat and distinctive headdress of  

the Chelsea pensioner is familiar sight  

in London, but the story of the foundation of  

the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, which is the home  

of these old soldiers whose campaigns are over,  

is not so well known.  

The Hospital owes its foundation to  

Charles 11, who felt some concern for the  

welfare of his veteran soldiers. His son, the  

Duke of Monmouth, on his return from Paris,  

described the Hotel des Invalides in such  

glowing terms that Charles determined to estab-  

lish similar scheme. The Treasury, however,  

was reluctant to provide the necessary money,  

and it only became possible through the efforts  

of Sir Stephen Fox, former Paymaster-  

General. The site was selected by Sir Christo-  

pher Wren, who also prepared the designs, and  

the foundation-stone was laid by King  

Charles II in 1682. Ten years later, after many  

delays, the building was opened and it still  

exists in its original form today, although addi-  

tions were made by Robert Adam and by Sir  

John Soane when more accommodation was  

needed after the Napoleonic wars.  

Today the pensioners number about 480, and  

the men are selected for their excellent  

character; they are boarded, clothed, nursed  

when ill, and are provided with weekly  

allowance. The Hospital is run on military  

lines instituted by Charles 11, but the pensioners  

have few duties and are allowed leave of  

absence whenever they choose.  

The central part of the building, containing  

the Hall and Chapel, has Doric portico sur-  

mounted by small tower and cupola. statue  

of Charles II by Grinling Gibbons stands in  

the middle of the Centre Court, which is  

wreathed with oak leaves on Founder’s Day,  

May 29.  

On the Governor’s table in the Great Hall  

stands an imposing row of huge leather jugs  

known as “Black Jacks,” which were used to  

bring up beer from the cellars to the dining-  

table. All the fine tables and benches in the  

Hall, and also the panelling in the Chapel,  

were made of oak from Windsor Forest.  

Above the altar in the Chapel is remark-  

able mosaic known as the “Star of Bethlehem.”  

Each small piece of wood used in its composi-  

tion was brought back from the Holy Land by  

Crusaders and afterwards pieced together to  

form this unique altar-piece.  

During the Second World War the Hospital  

was damaged by bombs on several occasions  

and there were number of casualties. In the  

Chapel can be seen an oak chair made from  

bomb-damaged staircase, and this is reserved for  

the reigning monarch when attending service  

there.  

No. 261: the Homeland Series by The House of Seppelt.  

“HERE IS THE NEWS!” -page 27  

 

 

 

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SOLERO  

SWEET OJR DRY  

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