BLAZE AWAY
; x ■ Surely th event of the week has beer • the fire. organised and '’controlled’- by ' H.?. Officers I Re'Ss. Naturally details* are hard to obtain, as the only /ihdspend- • ■ one witness was killed on the spot. It happened over a-rar"-' some say ' Q scu tl ? en agei’n there-. ..are.. rumours chc.t- it Uys a dog, c pedigree 'cow, the organiser of. the 5.- rg eari t s * ' Concert. Any - .' pay.- they ranted to kill it. ''■/' f. '• • " .-■ J hs prey’s'first mistake <as to 3 et in ■ a, tree - cl ’oiler tree - near tho mess.its second mistake was in coming out ... again, but as the tree had been,filled tiu’ petrol .and somebody found to throw a match into it (he’ll never raise his eyebro s again one can understand how ; ; -he rat etc felt about it. r .■■• . ,He v/as. a goner, however, for 'someone / .nuh er .stood on him, -bit him (which is j ... i , . unlikely) or shot him with a nisto.l I - (which is impossible). , ’ ” Z Then, of course, the firs. . on, yes, the-fire. - bOV C’ J.,'. {h " 1 ere* a ?"I 0° W I'’*'' r- Pr*l 1 • ■ / J- h-1 OO e vi/c 11XX CtrilCi ci IX . tnat sort of thing. / -throw -some rarer on it. Nearly exitt 1S^ 6 j s . lent, ' ; takes to the river. '■ 01 )?Tse: a. waver cart. Oh, good. But- < -fi 8 fire v.-as brought -up or water. It was ’prooably trying.to--get at the bear in the moss locker. . . ■■ ' Jo, ti ' l s u ishers..o ■ .bio, : brother, ■ not 12’13 fir--, . ... f se.-a.i. it, thro-.? 'things at it, drown It, pour m some Chili Con Out W last, ' • Ub —• And time for support * me, sir. Ezcuse'.me.LEr, pie ’ ) OUTSLDO’''' 11 S’*" l ' l ’ l ’* ■■ l -‘TYo THERE*'S A FIRE y<-.,s a xire. Rather early in the . year,; don’r you think. THAT? H ; . _• And so again. '.'Lter,' oil, ben sine - inrow on anything you can think of. Cut c: but oiNu QXd t u ' OCT ALL THE TENT ROPES c ' ' Bio lights out. But it takes no ■ -ice. Obviously a civvy fire.' How 'did it~” 7 g B "t hi" g mo: Seo the Euard- sergeant. ‘ Bur vnacever you do, don’t die- up the lawn and ; j.Q'O’> f. j ?'R J - rm h o v-i ‘NT ■' ■ ■- .he lire. Please • 1 con t. Please».- e i•• ■■ ..... j They’ve done it. ; J It’s out# . »' ’ •..[ I
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29th : the Voice of the 29th Battalion, Volume 1, Issue 9, 18 July 1943, Page 3
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