HILL-BILLIES' CORNER Bits from Mt. Bates

Duffy's Gen, Issue VI, 5 June 1945, Page 7

HILL-BILLIES ' CORNER Bits from Mt. Ba tes

All join in congratulating Stan Milnes Joe Windle on their recent promotion. Both are acknowledged as fine types. Would the gentlemen concerned please note that when a Tallyho or general Call .to Instruments is sounded for a jam session, the resultant hasty removal of loose bodies beyond earshot is not to be taken as an aspersion on their ability, it being prompted by our desire to deny ourselves the plea sure of hearing the immature product in order to enjoy the finished product to a greater extent. We wish to pass a vote of thanks to acknowledge the work done by a certain group in dealing with the rat situation. The chaps concerned have put.considerable time and thought into their work as is evidenced by the number of ingenious devices in operation. Foremost among them is the 11EDMUND MK .II" , consisting of a 3 pound weight suspended by a piece of string over a -lump of chocolate set as bait. -When the sleeper is aroused by the munching of the chocolate, the weight is released to fail on the head of the victim. The leading ace at the moment is Killer Burdett with two confirmed and one probable, a good effort for a n exponent of the straight trap , During the "It pays to be ignorant" Session at the recent Football Dance, it was noticed that one young lady in reply to the - question "What is the answer to a f maiden’s prayer ?" preferred to renege rather than repeat the . ; half As titled, reply which involved a certain co moral,