Total exemption.
_"The Purrsweet Record," August 21st._
At the Purrsweet Tribunal, Messrs. Prongingham and Co., proprietors
of the popular multiple grocery establishments, applied for exemption
for their local branch manager, William Dudd (28, B 1). The chairman
of the Tribunal, Sir George Prongingham, stated that he had had some
doubts as to whether his position as president of Prongingham's, Ltd.,
did not require him to leave the disposition of this case to his
colleagues. They had persuaded him to a contrary view, and certainly
his patriotism could not be questioned. His son Reginald had been
serving gallantly in the Army Pay Department since the outbreak of
war, and he himself had been consulted by the Government on several
occasions. In deciding the case of the applicant, William Dudd, he
felt no bias of any kind, and the Tribunal's decision to grant total
exemption was made wholly out of regard to the young man's prospects,
and not in the interest of Prongingham's, Ltd. (Cheers.) ALGOL.
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[Illustration: _Farmer._ "YOU'LL NOT BE FEELING GIDDY, SURR?"
_R.F.C. Officer (on leave)_. "NOT TILL WE REACH TEN THOUSAND FEET."]
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THE CONVERT.
There were three of us--a soldier, a _flaneur_ and myself, who am
neither but would like to be either.
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