Officer: “ What do yon mean, you want leave on compassionate grounds? What are the grounds? ” Private Muggins: “ Well, sir—that is—er Officer: “ Como on, man, you don’t have to be shy about it. Get it off your chest.” Private Muggins: “ Well, sir, it’s this way—tho wife’s made a birthday cake for me, and it’s too heavy to send by post.” The Central Fire Brigade was called out at 11.55 a.m. to-da.y to attend to a chimney fire in Musselburgh Rise,.
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Evening Star, Issue 23694, 30 September 1940, Page 1
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