COULD THIS HAVE HAPPENED ?
Sir,—Explaining to me the why's, and wherefore's of a recent short and sharp skirmish with the Manpower Authorities a friend of mine shed a little illumination on their playful little ways. (Personally I don't believe a word of this). Apparently a veteran of the 191418 scrap received his call up, which greatly amused him seeing he had been confined to a bath chair for 12 years, but for the fun of. it, and in a daze he filled in the forms" etc. and was duly given a rail warrant. Arriving at (Hush! Hush!) aerodrome he woke, up to the fact that the matter had gone beyond a joke so interviewing the foreman, he asked sarcastically "Well what am I , supposed to do?" The foreman said nothing, but wheeled him over to where a man was shovelling sand into a lorry., 1 * "See that bloke there," said the foreman, "well, all you have to do is to tell him when the truck filled. He's blind!" Yours etc,, BERNARD HACKSAW.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 86, Issue 7, 30 June 1944, Page 4
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172COULD THIS HAVE HAPPENED ? Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 86, Issue 7, 30 June 1944, Page 4
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