GENERAL NEWS

Mt Benger Mail, 9 October 1940, Page 1

GENERAL NEWS

Anyhow a Para Small evacuee, volunteering information; “My father has joined the Home Defence Army and he is now a parasite.” Definition A dictatorship is a nation where men once had freedom but didn’t use it Played With Live Bombs Children in a Hampshire town had a remarkable' escape when they started playing with two live bombs which had failed to explode after being dropped on a practice range. A boy, noticing that one bomb was fusing, threw it as far as he could, and he and his companion took cover behind some sandbags. The bomb exploded with a deafening report, but the boys escaped with a bad shaking. Last Word The countryman is often quieker-witted than lie ‘appears to be. An amusing story was told by L. Ramsbottorn in a Home Service broadcast of an incident that occurred a few days ago in the wooded by-ways of Essex: “A motorist reaching four cross-roads where signposts are now absent, hailed a local resident to inquire the way. ‘Can you tell me where that road leads?’ Don’t know. ‘Then that one!’ pointing to tnc right. ‘Don’t know that either.’ Then to the left; again ‘Don’t know.’ ‘You don’t know much do you?’ said the motorist. ‘No,’ replied the countryman, ‘but I’m not lost.’ ” —Listener of London