”THE CAT’S CUT WALKING."

Dozerdust, Volume 1, Issue 12, 28 August 1943, Page 2

”THE CAT’S CUT WALKING."

$ ” this is where 1 live ” he said as he quickly opened and shut the floor before we could sea what was inside the par titioned corner of the warehouse we do not suggest that anything improper takes ■ place in the corner, but-knowing pgt« ' g, lindsay as we d0?,...he is young enough to have notions'? * * * o 1 (plat© d\b out ’ fifty yards from the main camp, and surroundod by naioulic, the warehouse Is an ideal spot for - « •--» tools and things . george holds down the job of"managerJ’w© learnt, as ho conducted us round the stock. * ’I 5 * at different times he had complained that ,! bloody lorries wore arriving at all hoV>s of.day. and night, but no one took him very seriously, s .it was put down to' 'his uflual WHDOi mann» s?r.. * * * half an hour in tho store now suggests' that lorries mußb have carried hefty loads and made enough trips to keep the staff fully employed. ***** there nails of all by th® ton, picks, shovels, blacksmith forges, wash tubs, pipe valves, electrical heating systems, an ice cream factory complete but tor the ice cream, wheel barrows, steel ropes, globes and parts of a steel bridge, to.mention only a. few of the ' r items wo noticed. * * * our surprise greatly pleased goergo who by thio time was warmed up to the job of showing us round. If you must woet the managing diractor' I ,' ho announced with some pride,• and at the s@ffi© time bawling out to apr. burg®, ask limits broukt-x’ if ho will sw© thus® blokes i 1 * * * neo J lop a bo buy 15 the blokes v/oro immediately asked to stop inside to tho.head office, by thia time georg© was booming, the ” managing director "'' made us very welcome,, the boob chairs wer© 1 made ready for. us, cigarettes handed out, while opl a jack mason and opr. burg©’ ‘ hastened to light . ouf smoke®, they then took up positions on either did© of uc, george standing discreetly in the back-, ground, * * * apparently lieut 9/ brookor caw the way george lut us merely - peep into his bedroom, for he hogan by tolling us that goorg© had the only wooden bed - ■■ floor in camp, and that the wood had bean 0 perq of some klnH. at thia georgo smiled modestly, ll&ut« brookor took th© hint and said no more on the matter, * * * the store, no told us, was actually an cragin—eor supply base which supplied not only the requirements of this unit, but else that of outside unite, at this both cpl, mason and spr f) burgs straightened or their chests oxp’nded,' unite vzo.ro provided with - their war equipment schodulo, but occasions very often orosH when comothing more was needed, port: of steal .bridges ’ or any ono of the eight hundred articles in th© store, as confirmation of thin spr. barge waved a heavy sheaf of pack ■» ing sheafs -before us and wiM R this means wo shall have over a thousand different things hero I' added to tools wo, all parts of tho prefabricated bull dings that haeo boon and will bo built have to bo accounted Sor. * * * apart from tho administrative * * * * * * * * * * * >?. * >; ■ ❖ ’X # 'M * $ ;{<, # * X< s!> * $ :■ '.(t * -,{< & $ * $ »)< * * *

difficulties, thuya was, Hout. ' pointed out, organisational diffioul the way of bookkeeping to bo overcome, as no precedent had been established which could be followed.' 11 headaches ”, yes, they . had all had thorn, that eno could appreciate ac one looked rounds lorries had coms in all times of the night, very often convoys would arrive one on’'top of th© other” as geargo nut it. jack mason did not even have time to dwell on his art gallery, which Z HouU brooksr hoped would hot happen again. .” 1 suppose you’ve seen everything of in - • tereat, ho added as wo got up to go. as we were about to answer geargo butted ini- ”■ the cat and kittens are out walking ” ■- 3RX Ujf.r.Ft: ,:;sps px p.; « fcUtas uscn--: K-" tn ics tua p:-. nKrjw ,=* rss jc is. jk • *ai m**m mb aw