friday pm

The day crawls round. Soup, coffee, arettes, chocolates and apples arrive at regular intervals. The donors—most of them East European migrants—wave away thanks. Some bawl a bit. Preparations are being made down at Vic for a meeting in Parliament grounds on Monday. The news, that the Speaker, a Mr. Joke, has refused permission For the use of amplifiers at the meeting arrived. (A good item for the "Czechoslovakia-is-a-little-far-off-country-about-which we-know-little" file.)