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RAOC Gazette - 1978 - September - page 124

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Corps RAOC
Material type Journals
Book page R02470123
Chapter head 1978 - September
Chapter key R0247006
Chapter number 6
Full title RAOC Gazette
Page number 123
Publication date 1978
Real page 97
Colour No
Grey No
Early date 1978
Late date 1978
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September 1978
INTO
W$t gfaitot'* Matittst
Editor: COLONEL E. RIDGEWAY, OBE (Retd.).
Treasurer: LIEUTENANT COLONEL H. A. MILLEK, (Retd.).
SUBSCRIPTION RATES—HOME AND ABROAD
30p per copy, or £3,60 per annum, post free.
Orders for monthly sales should reach this office by 9th day of
the month, accompanied by remittance for previous
month.
Cheques and Postal Orders should be made payable to
l
* Treasurer RAOC Gazette" and should be crossed.
CONTENTS.
The contents of THE GAZETTE are strictly
copyright
and all rights expressly reserved.
The views expressed herein do
not necessarily eatress
the views of the Editor or the Corps,
therefore no responsibility
will be accepted,
PHOTOGRAPHS.
If it is desired to illustrate news with photographs, the photo-
grapher's name and his written permission
to reproduce
must
accompany the pictures, to avoid infringement
of copyright.
ENGAGEMENTS, MARRIAGES, BIRTHS AND DEATHS NOTICES.
These will be inserted free to all past and present members of
the Corps.
FOR SALE AND MISCELLANEOUS
NOTICES.
These must be submitted in the farm, in which it is desired
that they shall be published.
Charges: £1 for the first five lines or
underj a n d 15p p e r line subsequently.
Charges must be pre-paid.
Box numbers will be aHotted if asked for.
DEAD-LINE DATE FOR RECEIPT OF COPY.
The K Gazette i3 is published monthly about the 29th of each
month, and all articles, Station News Letters, etc., should reach the
Eduor by the 29th of the month for publication a month later.
" Letters to the E d i t o r w a n d short news items will, however, be
accepted up to the 7th of the month.
Copy should be typed, if
possible, and douMe spaced.
EDITORIAL OFFICE: RAOC SECRETARIAT, DEEPCUT, CAMBERLEY., SURREY,
(Telephone; Brookwood 4511, Ext. 535.)
INDEX
TO
Volume 60, Jio. 4
1906 = 1978
OTHER
A
PINT
POT
MORE Units are sending in contributions in the form of news-
letters than ever before, an excellent sign and one which should
be good for circulation though paradoxically it is a development
which could, over a period of time, have the opposite effect.
Because of the number, and in particular the length of some
newsletters, I am having difficulty in maintaining the balance of
interest matter in THE GAZETTE and have a backlog of a number
of good articles in danger of beoming out dated as they await
publication.
Editors are always in a difficult position and particularly
so when constricted by space. Units naturally dislike their
newsletters to be drastically edited down and contributors,
though generally very good, are not always so patient in
awaiting publication of their articles.
At forty pages we are just about the largest monthly journal;
achieved by very careful budgeting, by the use of lightweight
paper with carefully selected type and by cropping the four
and a half thousand copies we distribute to exactly match the
economic postage weight—often alas, having to sacrifice presenta-
tion for the maximum use of available space,
We cannot afford a larger magazine so I would ask our
correspondents while keeping up the good work to be interesting
but to be reasonably brief and to bear with me when editing
for space has to take place; my apologies to those who await
publication of their articles.
My main concern is that contributors are not discouraged—
at the moment judging by your comments I know that you are
not, but it would help to get the quart into the pint pot if the
slogan became—be interesting—be brief.
While on the subject of contributions I often have suggested
cover photographs sent in but taken landscape ie horizontally,
these of course are usually non starters since they cannot
normally fit the available space. Photographs for the cover
must be taken portrait ie vertically and have sky or other blank
areas at the top, or at the bottom, to take the titling. Have
a look at some back copies—August was the perfect example.
Good cover photographs are very hard to find,
PAGES
For the Record
".
People in the News
Notices
Subaltern Student
Corps Weekend in BAOR
MFO— A Military Thrombosis
Corps Individual Regatta
Sports Report
Station News Home
Station News Ahroad
Postings, Promotions, Retirements and Discharges
98—100
101
103
104
105
106
107
108 and 126
109—117
1 IS—126
127—128
COVER
PHOTOGRAPH
THE wind howled and the rain turned to hail
a quote from the report on the Corps Individual
Regatta on page 107.
The gray and stoTmy scene, which is fairly typical
of Summer 1978, comes over well as Brigadier
Richard Cooke and crew appear to just about take the
lead at Netley.
Book number R0247