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PRISON-BREAK EARNS CONVICT A PARDON
David Ellis OUR early colonial governors usually gave convicts a ticket of leave as a reward for good behaviour, not one for breaking out of prison. But such was the case with notorious Western Australia bushranger and serial jail-breaker, Joseph “Moondyne Joe” Johns. Joe earned himself ten-years in England for stealing some bread, bacon and […]
TROOPSHIP’S DEATH A MINEFIELD OF STUPIDITY
David Ellis WITH increasing Japanese activity in the South Pacific in late 1942, America had urgent need to bolster its base on the island of Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu,) where it was readying for a massive assault on Japanese-occupied Guadalcanal. And the quickest way to get its troops there was to […]
TROOPSHIP’S DEATH A MINEFIELD OF STUPIDITY
David Ellis WITH increasing Japanese activity in the South Pacific in late 1942, America had urgent need to bolster its base on the island of Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu,) where it was readying for a massive assault on Japanese-occupied Guadalcanal. And the quickest way to get its troops there was to […]
Struth! Jersey cops by the dozen
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says the British Crown Dependency of Jersey in the English Channel has a population of 95,000 – and an amazing thirteen police forces. It’s because of a custom that goes back to the 13th century when the […]
Struth! Jersey cops by the dozen
IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says the British Crown Dependency of Jersey in the English Channel has a population of 95,000 – and an amazing thirteen police forces. It’s because of a custom that goes back to the 13th century when the […]
WHAT’S IN A NAME – IT’S ALL ABOUT MARKETING
ROTHENBURG: postcard-perfect street scene David Ellis WHERE would we be without the ubiquitous marketing men and women of this world? To say you’ve surfed Ehukai Beach on the north shore of Hawaii’s Oahu island doesn’t sound nearly as exciting as boasting you’ve survived a tube on the Banzai Pipeline – even though Ehukai (it means […]
WHAT’S IN A NAME – IT’S ALL ABOUT MARKETING
ROTHENBURG: postcard-perfect street scene David Ellis WHERE would we be without the ubiquitous marketing men and women of this world? To say you’ve surfed Ehukai Beach on the north shore of Hawaii’s Oahu island doesn’t sound nearly as exciting as boasting you’ve survived a tube on the Banzai Pipeline – even though Ehukai (it means […]
“TOO MANY FOREIGNERS” ON OVERSEAS HOLIDAYS…
David Ellis SOME people just can’t seem to break with habit, even when taking a holiday. A colleague overhead an English fellow at a camp-site in Switzerland bemoaning to a captive at the bar about the camp’s lack of ‘proper’ food. “It’s awful,” he growled. “They didn’t even understand when I ordered egg and chips […]
“TOO MANY FOREIGNERS” ON OVERSEAS HOLIDAYS…
David Ellis SOME people just can’t seem to break with habit, even when taking a holiday. A colleague overhead an English fellow at a camp-site in Switzerland bemoaning to a captive at the bar about the camp’s lack of ‘proper’ food. “It’s awful,” he growled. “They didn’t even understand when I ordered egg and chips […]
Struth! ‘Pierless’ couple in wrong hemisphere
STRUTH ! IN his continuing search for the more weird, wacky and wondrous in the world of travel, David Ellis says a South African couple who decided to make their own internet hotel bookings for the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand should possibly have done it through a travel agent – they got the […]
