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which was Q011IE of the stores that are Than an told about bomb episodes are quite amusing. A present from Hitler was recently dropped in the middle of the road in a country district, producing a hole into which it was feared
someone might fall at night. The rural A.R.P. arrived with a lorry and equipment, but decided that the best thing to do was to wait for daylight. Accordingly they parked the vehicle over the hole for safety and went to sleep in the cab. Daybreak revealed the necessity of calling in the bomb-disposal squad. We have heard the expression " Sitting on dynamite," but we would not i)ersonallyrelish sleeping over it or its equivalent. Is Proper Check WAS anything been done to Kept on Service "check waste of fuel by the
Fuel Services? We know that some
units regard this matter seriously, but in others there seems to be considerable laxity. Many of the stories we hear must, of course, be treated with reserve. Drivers must be trained, and it cannot always be 'arranged lor loads to be carried in the vehicles that are used for this purpose, or anti-aircraft detachments may have to scour the country. In a war, however, costing over E10,000,000 per day it is most essential to stop every leak. We still believe that a Petrol Controller for the Services would find scope for his labours and would more than repay his appointment.