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Note Jim Mitchell is seeking to burnish a rather tarnished pair of jackboots by requesting investigation into the activities of a group sending money to the VC. This in the cloistered halls of a National Party Conference, produced speedy police statements of intent to look into it.—A possible House Un Newzild Activities, the House that Jim built.

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Speaking of House's of Cards, E006 was treated to the S.A. Consul General acting as Council Housing Inspector for Capetown, "Slums will be a thing of the past"—Such was his reasoning for the Multi National State that supporting is envisaged in the future. He and his Chairman dressed in 3 piece and/or /[unclear: stripes] made a pretty pair of eco-Edwardian conservatives?

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With futuristic play based on Cornflakes being shown everynight in the Memorial Theatre that would interest neither Ron Pretty nor our Pretty Jim, they could throw rotten eggs at an anti-establishment satire on Thursday. Dropped in on a rehearsal of "The American Dream". Pity It's not today, it would elicit lovely response from both at forum, better luck next time. Speaking of the capitalistic conservative society ridden with subliminal advertising would you believe ...

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Off fascists and onto our own pretty little socialist Labour Party: it is rumoured that they are getting rather upset at the profundity of socialist branches being formed to join, or, beat the band. Big things are planned but not new things, security in all things social and socialist. Actually that little group of men seem to like combining a nominal dash of Marxism with large amounts of commercialism and old corseted ladies—Marx and Spensers as it were.

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