Abergavenny Chronicle

j HOW TO GROW TALL. I Not ma-ny are hware of the fact thai we are shorter when standing than when lying, and tuller in the morning than in the even- ing. An Englishman was the first to dis- cover this peculiarity, and later Dr. Maraud, of the Royal Academy of France, I made several experiments to prove the theory. He found after a year's trial that usually in the night lie* gained almost three-eighths of an inch, and loot almost us much during the day. The matter is, of course, easy of explana- tion, and the cause is to be found iu the different state or condition of the cartilages which go to make up the spim. The joints of this part of our bodies are separated and vet joined by particular Lony substances, every one of whicli has a springy resilience. These are capable of yielding on all sides without bending the backbone or tspine it- self. The difference is scarcely perceptible in one joint alone, but the combined effect is appreciable. Naturally, when the spine is supporting the weight of the head it is liable to to contracted, and we are taller after lying down for s-cme time than after we have been walking about all day with the spine supporting- the weight of the head. When we lie down at night in a more or less horizontal positiun, these top parts do not weigh so heavily, and the 6pringv musclcs being expanded, our spines conse- quently beemtio longer.

I GREAT "IPS" OF LIFE. That little word "if" plays a wonderful part in the life of one and all of us. For instance, it is believed that Oliver Crom- well was on the quay ready to depart from his native England when he was detained by the soldiers of King Charles. If it is true, tl on the king must have regretted it later. But if Cromwell had gone! In that case it is quite likely that Charles would have won the; Civil War, and that his House wou.d 8"il be in possession of the British throne. When Quebec fell Canada became Bri- tish, but if Wolfe had not encountered a man who knew the way up the cliffs from the river, Canada would, in all probability, have remained French to this day. and the whole history of North America would have been different. It is possible, indeed, that there would have been no United States.! This country nearly lost the tremendous start which the invention of the locomotive gave her in the world's trade. George Stephenson at one time struck a bad patch. His wife died and left him an infant son, George himeelf was drawn for the Militia, and had to find a substitute, or pay a big sum—for him. In his despair he would have emigrated to America, but ho could not rrnse hie passage-money. So he stayed.

Attached to the Finnish Red Army are 30 women executioners. Mr. Asquith is 67 years of age. Prince of Wales is to receive the .freedom of Windsor on his return from Lis overseas tour. Over 200 German munition workers have been injured in an explosion near Coblenz. Foot, and mouth disease has appeared at Wyke Regis, near Weymouth.

FUN AND FANCY. I How often does it happen that When two vouiiz souls aro mated. The parents, not the bridal pair, Should be congratulated! Nell: "What would yen give to have such hair as mine?" Belle; "I don't know; what did- you give?" "Duty comes before pleasure," observed the sage. "Yes," replied the fool, "in the dictionary. Grown-up: "Why did you take the biggest apple in the dish;" Child (frankly): "I was afraid someone else would get it." "My teacher gave me an awful call-down because I used inter for intern. Was that such a bad mistake, pop?" "Well, my son, I would call it a grave sort of mistake." "Willie," said the teacher, "you have written the word rabbit with two t's. You must leave one of them out." "All light," said Willie cheerfully. "Which one ?" Alfred: "Dad, where is Utopia?" Dad: "Utopia is the place where people live up to the advice they give others, my eon." "Does your mother object to kissing?" "Now, just because I allow you to kiss me, you needn't think you can kiss the whole family." Fatun: "I wish you wouldn't talk while I'm shaving; you've made me cut my chin." Mrs. F.: "Don't worry, dear; you've got two more." Visitor: "They tell me the hand on that statue is eleven inches wide—why not twelve inches?" Native: "Because they didn't want to make it a foot!" Mrs. Perkins: "How quiet Harold and Doris are in the next room." Mr. P.: "Yes, it reminds me of my Army days. It was always wonderfully quiet just before an en- gagement. Conn: "Jiggs has but one ambition in life." Tike: "What's that?" Conn: "He hopes some day to be able to write letters as fast ae the cinema heroines write them." Teacher: "Now, children, here's an example in -mental arithmetic. How old would a person be who was born in 1888?" Pupil (cautiously): "Was it a man or a woman?" Magistrate: "The witness fenys that YOU and vour wife had some words." Prisoner: "I had Eome, your worship, but I didns'ot ner: chance to use them." Have you noticed that when you do a favour for a friend you- usually pick out one who has a bad memory^? Walton: "This is my favourite month. I wish it would last for ever! Naseby: "I have a bill due on the first of ntst month, too." "I cm so unworthy of you," he said sadly. "I -am'not so wife as you infer, nor so noblo I as you seem to think." "How about that ten thousand pounds you claim to have? Is that genuine?" remarked the sweet gold. "Oil, yes." "Then I expect you'll do." Tramp: "Have you any work for me to do, mum?" Lady: "What kind of work to you want?" Tramp: "WTork for me jaws, mum, for choice." The Young Man: "Gra, what is it your father sees in me to object to, darlingr" The Young Woman (wiping away a tear): "He doesn't see anything in you, Algernon; that's why he objects." Uncle Tom: "When two people are con- genial and like the same things, their mar- ried life should be very happy." Brother Ned; "Well, Helen and i ought to be happy then, for 1 know she likes me, and 1 am sure I'm crazy about myself." Dorothy: "How do you suppose Percy No- coin managed to propose to the beautiful heiress?" Rose: "Haven't you heard?" "Go on Why, he simply exclaimed, Darling, I cannot live without you!' which was perfectly true." "Charity is always gratefully received." "I don't know about that. Once, in London, I saw a lovely lady throw a penuy to a street beggav, And wasn t he pleased?*' "Well, he wasn't 00 very pleased. You tree, it hit him in the eye." Newcomer: "I always pay as I go." Hotel Clerk: "That may be all right in most cases, but in this one instance you will have to pay as you come. Guy: "Il« that courts and runs away may live to court another day." Gertie: ".But he who courts and docs not wod may find himrtolf in court instead." IV-s strange how homesick a man geta when he is away from his ivife for a week, and how sick of home he gets after he has been with her for a week. Mr. Smarts: "She has a very difficult part in the new play." Hits Wife: "Difficult? Why, she doesn't say a word!" Mr. Smarte: "Well, isn't that difficult for a woman?" Mrs. Henpecke: "My husband never goes out looking for trouble." Mrrl. C^ustique: "Meaning that he can get all he wants at home, I suppose-?" « — Wifey: "Henry, do you think me an angel?" Hubby: "NVhy, certainly, my dear. Lm very enthusiastic. I think all women are angek "Vou needn't be eo enthusi- astic as all that 1" She: "In a way, getting married is like using the telepl-icie. He: "How's that?" "One doesn't always get the party one wants." "You eaid you'd show me a real time to- night," she exclaimed, bitterly, as he steered her toward the movies. "Yes," he chuckled, villain that he was, "I did. Thoughtless of me not to have spelled out retl for you when I tMtid it." A physician was called in to treat a case of delirium tremens. Can you- cure the delirium tremens, doctor?" he was asked. "No," answered the physician. "Then what can you do?" he was asked. "HI can make the snakes look smaller," was the M.D.'s re- sponse. Little Arthur: "I say, father, is it true that Nature never wastes anything?" Father: "Yes, Arthur, quite true!" "Then, what's tlw use of' a cow having two horns when ehe can't even blow one?"

Plymouth Council has voted X28 for the repair of the Guildhall organ, damaged by rats. Municipal concerts and dancing at WTood Green have proved "a distinct success." | Alders hot command is to be reconstituted immediately for peace-time training. At dances arranged by West London ex- sokiiers flannel cos-tames only will be worn. Launched at Belfast, the Arundel Castle (18,000 tons) will be the larger Southamp- ton-Cape Town liner Prince Albert is to be invited to take upon himself the freedom of the City of London, to which he ia ertitled by patri- mony.

CLUB WINDOW. I Quite a romance is the story of how the I Maharani or lvapurthala became a persoa of "royal" blood. Some twelve years ago she was a dancer in a cafe in Spain kept by her father. Her dazzling beauty attracted the attention of the powerful and wealthy Maharajah of Kapurthala when he visited Madrid for the purpose of attending the marriage of King Alfonso. He immediately fell in love with her, and two years later placed her on the throne of Kapurthala, one of the North-West Punjab States, showering upon her jewels from his unique collection, which is said to be worth £ 8,000,000. Looks, as we all know, are responsible for a lot of romances in real life. Another interesting life story is that of Lord Atholstan, tne greatest figure in Canadian journalism to-day. His Lordship, who is the proprietor of the "Montreal Star," began life as an office boy on the "Montreal Daily Telegraph," at fifteen; was general manager at seventeen; half-owner of the "Montreal Star" at nineteen, and full owner at twenty-one! He and two others started the "Star" with less than £20 capi- tal. There were days when he scarcely knew how to pay for the printing ink; when he had to 1mv his coal by the bucketful and pav for his paper day by day with the pro- ceeds cf the street sales of the evening be- fore. Lord Atholstan is a millionaire. A line lesson, indeed, of enterprise worthily rewarded. < < It is said that Lord Reading, while in New York recently, told the following story in the course of an after-dinner speech, in which he commented humorously on the cockney accent. "A woman cook from the East End of London," he said, "came to New York. One day her mistress grew con- fidential, and told her how t'he had lost her husband. He went out west and was killed by a bison. Of course you know what a bison is.' Of course, ma'am. I wishes I 'ad 'alf a quid for every pudding h'ivo baked in one.' This cook had evidently broken the "basin." < Wrhen Sir R. Home, the Labour Minister, was urging more harmony between capital and labour, and more co-operation between the various forms of labour, he told, inci- dentally", a very excellent story. "Every in- dustry is interlocked with every other," ho declared, "and for real and lasting pros- perity there must be perfect understanding and sympathy. We are all in the same fix as the farmer. A friend had just con- gratulated him on the handsome new car he had purchased, and remarked: Do you think the motor will entirely supersede the horse before long?' I hope not,' said the farmer. 'There must bo some market for hay. You see I depend on what I make on my hay to buy petrol for my car,' < < Scotland Yard has been warned by the Government to keep a' sharp watch on Chinamen. A number of so-called refugees of Chinese nationality have lately been reaching British ports from Northern Rus- sia, and there is strong reason to suspect that some, at any rate, of these men J. are being used by the Bolsheviks for their own ends. Startling information has recently come to hand concerning Chinese particpa- tion in the world-wide revolutionary move- ment, and it would not surprise those in the know to hear of a series of arrests in this I country. it it it The outcry over the telephone ecar.dal will have its results when Parliament comes together once more, but whether they will be the results demanded by the public is another matter. Reports from a trust- worthy quarter say that Mr. Illingworth j going, but the Post Office wants something more than a new figurehead; it wants new brooms at the head of its various technical departments. And a little more promotion by merit wouldn't do it any harm. Mr. Illingworth, by the way, is said to have been singled out for an important colonial appointment—and a peerage. » Sir Melville Macnaghten, of Scotland Yard fame, has told many good stories, but one of the best concerns the landlord of a certain hotel in the suburbs who, in the days before the war, had invited a few of his intimates to stay after closing time and partake of supper. The subsequent pro- ceedings were of a distinctly lively charac- ter, and before permitting his friends to depart, at about 2 a.m., the host called a newly-imported Swiss waiter into the room and, said to him, "Just walk to the end of1 the road and see if there's a policeman any- where about." At the end of about five minutes the waiter returned flushed and triumphant, and with a majestic wave of the hand ushered into the bar-parlour a particularly grim-looking inspector, saying, Excuse, sare, ze police vos not at ze cor- ner, so I run to ze station and fetch ze superaire." "As may be imagined," adds Sir Melville, the landlord's face was a study" • M Sir Harry Lauder is either in a foreign clime or en route for England, home, and beauty. His stock of stories is really good, and one he tells with relish concerns a certain Scotsman who, at a village charity concert, bagpiped with much enthusiasm but little ability, and who, in spite of the fact that he'd been heckled and groaned at, continued perseveringly piping on. At last someone shouted: Chuck the beggar out! I insist upon knowing who called the piper a beggar," said an official. A bulky form thereupon stood up at the back, and in very broad Scotch said, "Mr. Chairman, sir. Pearsonallv A'im no troublin' much as to wha caa'd the peoper a beggar, but what I'd like to kna' its, who caa'd the beggar a peeper? The difficulties of securing effective acoustic results at railway stations at night is told by Jael,- Pl*asant, who, in a letter to a friend, says: "I had to go from Hull to London on business in the middle of the week while playing at the Hull Palace. I had to take a night train, and at the station at Hull was recognised by a porter. After asking my destination, he shouted, as he hurried along the platform: You'll be all right at Selby.' On arriving at Selby, however, I found I was nnything but all right, having to wait five hours on a cold winter's night in o cheerless, tireless wait- ing room. Returning to Hull next day in time for the show, I saw the same porter and eaid to him: Yon're a nice chap, tell- ing me I'd be all right at Selby!' He re- plied I didn't sav you'd be all right at Selby-I said you'd be all night there! # Much conjecture centres around the pos- sibility of Mr. Asquith returning to Parlia- ment. The Right Hon. H. H. Asquith has just turned sixty-seven. His is a ripe old age, but politicians often come into their own at an age when others are thinking of retiring, and the most strenuous political work is often performed between sixty and seventy. It seems strange to realise that Mr. Asquith used to walk to school as a boy to save 'bus, fares. His father died when he was eight, and his mother had a hard ftght to keep her five children and herself. Until his recent defeat Mr. Asquith's asso elation with East Fife was- long and un- broken. and he has many staunch friends there still.

Mf. H. A. Gwynne, editor of the "Morn- ing P<Mt," will be entertained at luncheon by the National Party at the Connaught iznjs on Sept('mhef 18. The Chichester Gas Company have noti- fied their 1 intention to apply to the Board of Trade for powers to increa<se the price of gas to 7s. M. per 1,000 cubic feet. Mr. James Coats, of Codirden, head of bJ" firm of jute spinners, died suddeiilv at a boy's brigade meeting at Synod Hall, Perth. from cerebral hemorrhage. The W.R.N.S. divisions at London, Torts- mouth, the Nore, Devonport, Harwich, and the Mediterranean are to be closed on Oetober 7, the date fixed for general de- mobilisation.

OTHER MEN'S MINDS. I I Political strikes are not e.gainst the capitalist, but against the commuT-,ity.-Mi-. W. A. Appleton. KEEN ON THE DRAMA. I I should like to see a theatre connected I with all our universities.—Lord Burnham. INTIMIDATION! i It is no small thing to disappoint the I Miners' Federation.—Mr. Frank Hodges. WHERE REFORM IS WANTED. I We hear too much about the reform of I the theatre and too little about reform of the audience.—Miss Ellen Terry. THE INDIAN PROBLEM. I The problem of India to-day is to find labour for every kind of industry, including even agriculture.—Sir Stanley Reed. THE WyORLD'S MARKETS. Unless the Peace Treaty is promptly rati- fied England, France, and Belgium will con- trol the world's markets. President Wilson. END OF CONSCRIPTION. I By the end of the year we shall see an I end of the conscription system.—Mr. J. Lort-WilImma, M.P. TILE BRIGANDAGE! I The new treaty with Persia is in some re- spects our vilest act of Imperialist brigand- I age.—Mr. Philip Snowden. DRIFTING BACKWARD. I Strikes, lock-outs, and threats of direct action are a return to barbarism and the methods of the jungle.Sir T. P. Whit- taker. ENGLAND'S CHANCE. I There is such a dearth of goods in Europe to-dav as to keep our factories going at high pressure for five years.- -Commander lien worthy. r OUR NATIONAL ASSET. I The idea that our first duty is to export I coal to get other commodities is a scandal- i ous way of looking at a great national n.~set,—Mr. H. ALI, Hyndman. t I AN ASTRONOMICAL CURE. 1 The beet cure for the present world-un- ] rest would be the intelligent study and con- templation by all classes of the scienoo of astronomy.—Mr. D. W. Horner. I A MONSTROUS DOCTRINE. I It is c. monstrous doctrine that the most honest way of dealing with profiteering is to allow the rich to take everythirg and to leave nothing to the poor.—Sir Auckland Geddes. I HIS BIRTHRIGHT. ] [ I want Canadians to regard me as a I Canadian.—Prince of AY ales. 11 I WAGES STILL r-p I We are not going to elip back to pre-war I rates of wages.—Mr. J. R. Clynes. I A SOVIET. j I The nt-arest approach which this country has to the Soviet Government is the House I of Lords.—Major Waldorf Astor, M.P. I I SOMEWHAT INVOLVED. I I Every morning when we get up there ie I a fresh strike, and when we -go to bed there arc five or six others.—Mr. Hogge, M.P. I I KUT AND COME AGAIN. I I want to live long -enough to eee what historv has to say about ihe defence of Kut. I found nearly as many enemies when I came home as I had beaten in the field.— General Townshend. I TRADE UNIONISM SAFE. I I The principle of trade union recognition I is in no danger.—Sir Robert Home. [ THANKS I I I always believed British statesmen to be thorough gentlemen.—Ex-King Tino.. I OLD AGE PENSIONS. I I I don't think it would be unreasonable to I demand El a week old-age pension.—Mr. I Ben Tillett, M.P. I DOMESTIC EMIGRATION. I Tho war has proved that the overseas settlement of our people within the Empire is a source of military strength.—Lt.-Col. Amery. I THREATS NO GOOD. I I We can never govern by threats.—Mr. I J. R. Clynes. I I FOOD BEFORE SPORT. I Food-providing agencies should certainly come before spo?t?.—Sir Kingsley Wood, IM.P. I THE DOWN-TOOLS POLICY. If the down-tools p oli-ey which has been preached lately had been carried into effect, the major part of the people of this country would have been on the verge of starva- tion in two or three dayi.-Mp. Will Thorne, M.P. I I I HAVE NO FEAR-! I We in Great Britain have very little to I fear from Amerioan competition.—Mi. E. Mackay Edgar. 1 INTBREST OR HOSTILITY. I Political interest usually takes the foritf of I I hostility to the Government.—Mr. E. S.- Montagu. I ALL IN THE SOUP. If a universal strike occurs everybody will I be in the soup, but nothing of the kind will occur.—Mr. Will Thome, M.P. I I GOOD-BYE, PUSSYFOOT! I If we could throw Pussyfoot and the Bol- sheviks in the ri ver we should all be ha.ppy.Idrs. Dover (wife of Northampton alderman). I MODEST. I I have never worked 6uch hours as since I J I have beeu a member of the House of Com- mons. Labour members work harder than any other M.P.'s.—Mr. W. R. Smith, M.P.

I Said to hold an ■ importa-nt post at the Pensions Ministry, Mona Gill, of Streatham, was fined = £ 2, -with £ 2 2s. costs, for travel- ling first class with an out-of-date ticket, from which the date had been erased. Documents in the writing of "Edwin Cols- wold," or Emkc, who was found dead in a life well at a motor garage in Blooinsbury, purported to give him an appointment as engineer in a White Star liner. The owners state that no engineer named Colswold had been employed by them. A tank which fought in the first battle of Cambrai has been received by the Mayor of Newport, I.W. It is to.. bear the name of the mayoress.

BARONET'S SUICIDE. I NAVAL MA-N WHO WANTED TO BE A I HERMIT. Sir James Domville, Bt., who had been staying at the United Services Club, Pull Mall, died in tragic circumstances in Char- ing Cross Hospital. A club servant found him dying in his bedroom with a bullet wound in the head. The police took him to hospital in a motor amoulance, but he did not recover cousciousnoc-. lie is stated to have left a note apologising for his death on the club premises. Sir James was the fifth holder of the baronetcy, and succeeded his father, Rear- Admiral Sir W. Cecil Domville, in 1904. He was nearly thirty years of age, and did splendid work in the Navy during the war, greatly distinguishing himself in a de- stroyer fight ti'a May, 1U15. Last April Lady Domville was granted a decree for restitution in the Divorce Court, and it may be recalled that one of the late Baronets letters stated that he was tired of life and wanted to become a hermit. The name of Sir Jauaea Domville appeared in the "London Gazette" last week in a list of receiving orders under the Bank- ruptcy Act.

HIGHER PAY FOR THE C.I.D. I The "Daily Express" understands that important changes in the personnel of the Criminal Investigation Department at Scot- land Yard are likely to be ma.de. Four new superintendents will probably be appointed, with corresponding advance- ments among detective inspectors and ser- geants. It is expected that a liberal in- crease of pay for all ranks in the depart- ment will be announced by the Home Office shortly.

AERODROMES LICENSED. I The Air Ministry publishes the following provisional list of aerodromes licensed as suitable for Avro (504 K\ and similar type aircraft: Ayiesbury, Conway, Ashgate, Leicester, Derby, Marden. Stratford, Lochee, Perth, Warrington, and Stolre-on- Trent. The follotving stations are no longer in use: Hickling Broad, Killingholme, London Colney, Shoreham, Seaton Carew.

CLIFF TRAGEDY. I The body of a young woman was found at the foot of Shakespeare Cliff, Dover. She lav face downwards, and had evi- dently fallen from a con?ideraMe height. Her hat was hanging on a fDC h?f-way   l'ff up the cliff.

I. LIGHTNING REPORTING. I You may net 1. eard of the exploits of Charles Swem, the official reporter and personal stenographer to President WTlson, i who in the world's championship shorthand contest established a speed record of 268 words a minute. It has been remarked that Swem always wrote on wet paper to prevent the friction of his lightning strokes setting it on fire! Swem raced through shorthand in a re- markably short time, and, attracting th,, attention of J. R. Gregg, the inventor of t Gregg shorthand, was given a job in the latter's New York office-his first position as a stenographer. His chance came, how- ever, when President Wilson, then Governor of New Jersey, telephoned the proprietor of the school Swem had attended, and a-sked him to furnish scmeoue to report an address o-iven by him. Swem was put on the job, álid Wilson wrs the accuracy of the report. lie immediately wanted tc know who made it, for he had never been re- ported so accurately before. Swem gave him back every word he uttered.  After reporting a second oddre?. Swem's future was a55uH'd,. for it was about thi time that Mr. ?Yikon ws? nominated for the Presidency. Upon Mr. Wilson s election Swem wa? made o:Iicial reporter and per- sonal stenographer, entering upon his official I duties the day before he was 20 years old.

ELECTRIFYING PLANTS. i The amateur gardener's friend is a clevet scheme deviled by a trans-Atlantic flower grower for reviving almost lifeless plants, by the application of low-voltage direct cur- rent, such as that supplied from a dry or other battery. One of the experiments was tried cn a small cactus plant which had been sent from Mexico, and which seemed to pine away rapidly. The cactus was about dead when the experiment of applying elec- tric current to it was firet tried. In this method two cells of dry battery were connected up with some fine copper wire, the positive pole being connected to a nail placed in the soil of the flower pot, while the negative pole was secured deli- cately around the upper branch. The cactus brightened up very sprightly after one week of this treatment, and in two weeks it was plump, green, and growing nicely. Further I experiments were tried on a. rose bush and a fuchsia with good results. When trying this system care should be taken to see that the positive wire from the battery is applied to the root of the plant and the negative pole to the foliage, so as to promote the tlow of sap upward. Other interesting experiments were tried by the florist in question, notably on a small plum tree, which was electrically treated with eix cells, with the result that it blossomed out fully, several days ahead of the other adjacent trees.

THE X-RAY DETECilVE. ——— The superintendent of a South African diamond mine is using the X-rav to locate stones excreted on or in the persons of the native workmen. As øach man passes before the powerful maehiile the examiner looks through his fluoroscope, swinging it rapidly up and down. taking in the entire body in a few seconds.

Celebrating Holy Communion, the Rev. F. W. Roulston, aged 72, vicar of Lindsell, Easex, collapsed on the altar steps and died. South Wales bank officials have unani- mously recommended the discontinuance of women's labour. Birmingham's housing scheme at Bor- deelev Green was started, the first brick being laid without ceremony. Demobilised men are supplying most cf the labour. A series of "Victory" stamps will shortly be issued by the French Post Office. For charging Id. too much for a bottle of Bass, James; Tanare, licensee of the Royal Kent Hotel, Sandgate, was fined E5. Union House of Assembly at Cape Town has adopted the motion for the -ratification of the Peace Treaty by 84 votes to 19. Between January and August, coal pro- duction in Northumberland lost by avoid- able absenteeism was 547,360 tons, and in Durham 1,285,045 tons. Violet Mabel Randall, 18, was driving a farm cart in the harvest field at Coales. near Peterborough, when a passing motor frightened the horse. The girl was thrown out and the car passed over her, causing her death. Gold to the value of < £ 1,488,683 from South Africa was landed at Plymouth. Jamaica's Legislative Council has passed emergency laws preventing former enemy diliens from entering the colony for three years. Liverpool and North Wales steamer ser- vice ha« been suspended owing to the St. Elvies colliding with the ferry steamer Storiton. St. Elvies had her paddle-box badly damaged William Jordan, Canadian soldier, was sentenced to ten years' penal servitude at the Central Criminal Court, for the man- slaughter of Robert Nyp, near Lewes. Fines totalling < £ 50 were imposed on 114 persons at Aberavon for having unmuzzled doca.

EPITOME OF NEWS. North of England shipowners want all ;ontrci of trade removed. Mary Ann Preedy (83), of Gravesend, fell out of a window and was killed. Policemen have grown fine crops of vege- tables in the cemetery of a Paddington -hitrcii. Partridges are more plentiful in East Kent than they have been for the last five years. Hooliganism and looting have taken place at Boston, U.S., where the police are on strike. Municipal water supply for manufacturers has given out at Llanelly. 10.000 men are idle. General Pershing, at the head of Ameri- can troops, rode through New York; Car- dinal Mercier was a spectator. Mr. F. Ingram, a former railway shunter, of Monmouthshire, has been promoted a captain in the Indian Army. A luxurious Government motor-car used by Mr. Churchill was sold by the Disposal Board for 3,500 guineas. Mr. L. R. Treemer, a Torquay student, wns found dead at Ipplepen, Soutb Devon, with his head blown off. American steamer Wakulla, which was Iriven ashore in a recent gale, was re- floated, and has reached Southampton. Fine weather this week is permitting ::ceat progress with the harvest in the Mid- lands, allowing both cutting and carting. Princess Mary has arrived at Balmoral Castle from Hopetoun House, South Queens- ferry. Dwellings are to be built in outlying rural districts of the Black Country, and light railways laid to convey tenants to the towns. Another fire has broken out near La Sevne, Forest of De Guillette, near an ammunition depot and a melinite factory. Four tons of celluloid in a steam wagon at Warrington caught fire, blocking the main road and suspending the tramway and telephone services. Flames rose 30 feet high. At Frome, a motor delivery van ran amok snd dashed into a crowded market-place. Three Indies were injured, one of them. Mrs. Sargent, very seriously. Owing to a plague of wasps at Woodford, Northants, fruit-picking in the daytime has become. iii;p^ssible, One grower has taken advarft^ ge of the fine moonlight to do his picking at night. u, .,i juior. fees hav6 Gl:1organshire inqu2st iUiors' fees ha', been advanced from o?e ,h,?lin, to five shil- lings'' w]tnes wi1l get °a guinea. l ing.?? wknes?g will get a guinea. Mr. C. W, B. Fernie, M.F. E-, was buried I at Tugby, Leicestershire. Many hunting people were present. During a heavy fog at Bishop's Stortford, I Mr. James Nicholls was killed by a train whilst crossing the G.E.R. line at Thorley. Rev. E. D. Bowser, M,A., Vicar of Milton Regis, has been nominated by the Arch- bishop cf Canterbury to the Rectory of St. Leonard, Deal. A Chesham allotment holder has dug a very fine plant of King George potato. It had 36 tubers, weighing six pounds fourteen ounces. Tenants offered high prices for farms at Lord Newton's East Cheshire estate sale. A thousand acres were sold, realising £ 39,570. Mr. Robert Garden, an Aberdeenshire farmer and landowner, has left <±480,000. He was one of the owners of "The Morn- ing," London's first halfpenny morning newspaper. The coal output rose to 4,354,983 tons from 3 989,702 tons for the week ended August 23. Accidental death was the verdict at an ( inquest on George and John Fallowes, brothers, and Samuel Crisp, who were killed bv a twenty-ton fall of rock at Hodbarrow mines, Miliom, Cumberland. The Guildhall Museum is again open to the public after a period of nearly five years. Major and Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel the Mar- quis of Londonderry has resigned his com- mission in the Royal Horse Guards. Hackney Borough Council has decided to establish a winter garden for the purpose of increasing musical education. Mr. H. A. Barker has returned to 12a, Park-lane, from the English lakes, where he has been spending a part of his holiday. Ten French Army officers have joined the staff of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, to assist in the instruction of cadets. The War Office has sent a letter to the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem thanking them for their inestimaUe Jl¡ri(Y the for their inest i .0. the war. Notices are being served on slot-meter users in the Gas Light and Coke Company's district north of the Thames announcing that the price of gas is to be increased by 6d. per 1,000 cubic feet. H.M.S. Hermes, a new seaplane carrier, which has been constructed for the Navy by Messrs. Armstrong, Whitworth, and Co., has been launched from the Armstrong Naval Yard, Elswick. "Dante gave a special nook in hell to every one against whom he had a grudge. I wonder what sort of place he would have given to the profiteer." —The Vicar of St. Silas, Kentish Town. General Sir Archibald Butter, M.P., ad- dressing his coiisutuents at Lancaster, said that two countries were going to do with- out conscription—the Germans because they were told they must do so and the British because they would not have it. Lieut.-Colonel Halford, of the Air Minis- try, paid 200 guineas for the postage stamp carried by Hawker on his Atlantic air flight. It bears signatures of all the famous Atlantic fivers.

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