Tom Newman

The label collection was compiled during the period 1950 through 1955. I was, at that time, employed by the Australasian Jam Coy Pty Ltd, Garden Street, South Yarra, Victoria -

The depth of love
The success of love is simplicity to measure

Reach for the skies
Break off the ties
of doubt and hesitation

I recall when, as a 15-year-old Electrical Apprentice with the Australasian Jam Company (AJC) in Chapel Street, Prahran, I saw a very old sign remaining on the wall of the antiquated pay office:

A programmer’s mind is but genius working
How can we stand those checkers lurking?

Life’s greatest joy is from those held near
Those close, the ones held dear
It’s really of their love for you
That’s life’s secret- it’s nothing new

A friendly home
A grand retreat
A place of solace
With birdsongs sweet
A kind Karma our host bestows
Throughout the cottage, this truth shows

A home for a time so peaceful and quiet
Wi…

In front and waiting for recompense
Head bowed in this queue of veiled pretence
Stands John, out of work, hoping never to see
Any friends who might see him taking dole for a fee
His plush m…

Leave a flower on my grave
and some love for me to save
and in return, for you to know
just how much I loved you so

Remember not the bad of me
forgiveness is my earnest plea
A…

When the day’s end is near
And I stop and see clear
The sun softly glowing