Gerry returned in and told Michelle to sit for breakfast that Shona would be serving them. Unsure Michelle sat and Gerry just said tell Shona what you...want. There was a lot to choose from but Michelle just had scrambled eggs on toast and tea. While Gerry just had tea and toast. Shona brought the food to the table and served them both and asked if they needed anything else. Gerry said no that she could leave for now. Michelle wanted to know who Shona was and Gerry told her this is part of your. It was awkward for a moment for him and I left in silence together. Then he said, “Great girl, your Karen,”“The best,” I said.“You okay with... Us -- you know . . .”“It’s what she wants,” I said.“How do you know it is?”“We talk -- you know. Fantasies and stuff.”“Yeah?” He raised an eyebrow, looked at me as if I had lost the plot completely.“Yeah”I could see he wanted me to say it was okay, say, go ahead, fuck my girlfriend:“And?” he said.“Up to you now, mate.”He became thoughtful, got up and. I noticed a chap about four places up from me who was wearing a salmon-pink frilled dress shirt and a large purple velvet bow tie. I supposed that it was fashionable a couple of years earlier, but I was glad that I had gone for the standard traditional white dress shirt when offered the choice by the assistant in Moss Bros. It had seemed a little extravagant to hire a shirt as well, but I had outgrown my old best white shirt, and was reluctant to invest in a new one until I was sure that I had. The South African campaign made it blatantly apparent that Australia’s isolation from its armament source could lead to serious problems in future conflicts. After federation of the states and establishment of the Commonwealth in 1901 the new Government faced responsibility for the country’s defense. The Government resolved to make Australia independent of British munitions and armament supplies. In 1907 the decision was made to establish a factory for the manufacture of small arms in.