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"Chickans £a Apleco.
Vienna was recently entirely without butter. The authoritie noopeded each inhabitani 11 ounce of margarins. Chickana oost £2 apisos. Spinach is the only wegetsble which comes within the reach of moderate parass.
£30 For an Bys.
A blacksmith who lost an eye whilst sbceing his pony claimed compensation from his employer at Norwich County Court- Ee -wan in the habit of hiring out his pony to a builder, who slic employed him as a labourer. The builder directed him to convey K doad of material to Gresham. The blacksmith found his pony's shoe loose, and whilet mending it on his allotment the clinch from ax old nail dew in his face, and be lost the sight of ons ere. The Judge held that the work of fasten-| ing the shoe was authorised by ́ ́ressonable implication from the
instructions given to the blacksmith as servant, and award- -ed #20 compensation:
Germans Baylor up Pearis.
Swiss newspapers give precise details of the daring scheme of German Ananciers which was re- oently discovered at Paris to buy up all pearls: available in: . Great Britain and Francs for after the war trade. The Tribune de Geneve atates that mentral agents representing German pur- chasers have displayed such activity in London and Peris that pearls valued at over £4,000,000 bave recently been transferred to Berlin from thous capitala. Laor- mous fortunes have been made by middle-men who conducted the transactions. None of the pro- minent Swiss jewellery firme is implicated in the affair.
47 Committees.”
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In a letter to Dr. Addison, Minister of Reconstruction, Sir Algernon Firth, President of the Association of Chambers of Com-
dya of the sale of $52,238. A merce, recently expressed regret
pearl necklace consisting of 81 that the report of a speech delivered by him at a Eadders
newrla presented by 45 doara alone fetched £1,300. Another of“ field meeting, which he believed to be private, abonld have given
At Liverpool Bessions & time-fetched at first £140, and was 108 pearls presented by 18 don re the impression that be made, a keeper was sertenced to 18 then put up again and raslined, definite statement to the sot months imprisonment and four another £130. Earlier in the eate that Dr. Addison had appointed other men to six months impri £5,000 was given for a brilliant 47 committees. Allusion to this asament with hard labour for collet necklace presented by a letter fraada committed at the clearing re. Graham, £60 for the Indian which Dr. Addison wrote to houses at Liverpool Doka. Tellier decklace presented by Prinoses Sir Algernon on Harch were handed into the timekeeper, Helena Victoris, $1,500 for Lady 28, dealing with criticisms who credited non-existent men Byron's gift of a "ost'.sye and directed against the constitution with so many working hours, and brilliant pendant, and £1,420 for of certain Reconstraction com.thecney was drawn by four or brilliant collet decklace present- mittees, Sir Algernon Firth now five men. It was stated thated by Mrs. A. J. Bartlett, The explains that at the Huddersfield since last Jaly one firm had lost Red Cross diamond found in the meeting an interrupter said Dr. £1,500 by similar frauða,
Da Bera mines was the festura Addison had appointed 87 com- Alleas' Rush to Brighton. mittese, to which he replied that A group of aliens were sum-63 000, Mr. Hannen, of Christie's, of the sale. Bidding started at ka wan sure it was not more than moned at the Tower Bridge bid up to £9,200 on, behalf of a 47. He points out that the Asso- Police Court recently some for friend, and eventually it was ciation of Chambers of Commerce travelling to Brighton withon baght by Mr. 6. J. Philips för is represented on only three of the having previously paid their 10,000. We are naked to say committees, while he himself, not fares, and others for siding and tost Sir Ernest Osesel's gift of a withstanding a personal offer of abetting by leading their season Charles IL silver gilt porringer Resistance, has never been oon-tickets. In imposing fines of 40. is bought by the Goldsmiths' aulted in any step taken except as and £2 24, cost the magistrate and Silversmiths' Company on to the gropping of trades.
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Far Eastern Curios. At the recent Red Cross Sale were sufficiently well off to live The news transmitted through at Christie's, good bidding was at Brighton, yet they were guilty the wireless stations of the USA. experienced for Chiness and of mesh frends on the railway Gorerament containa a report Japanese objects. For a Chinese company. In his opinion the from Cleveland, Ohio, of a speech pale green jade koro and cover, were just as mean and fraudul delivered there by Mr. Daniels on of which Mr. Saxton Noble was ent se people placed in the dock the help given to the Allies by the donor, 70 guiness were paid for pilfering. These fraude were the United States Navy. "There by Mr. R. Cory, one of the chief rampant, and were positively, re," he said, "no fewer than buyers during the afternoon. Mrs. disgraceful..
150 naval vessels, not includ Edward Grenfell's Chinese jade table screen went to the sains
350 Nurses Victims of War, iag B Queen Alexandre, accompanied of submarjõe chasers, operst- purchaser for 80 guiness. A by Princess Victoria, attended the ing on the other side. "Oret Chinese carved repk ery tal figure memorial service at St. Paul's 35,000 men and offi era' ara_ngw of a lady, the gift of Mr. Anstey recently for nurses who hay serving in European watere. This Guthrie, brought 42 guiness; and fallen in the war. There were ale i more than half the strength of Mrs. Frank Cohen's jade group present Princess Louise, Princeshe navy before we entered the of a Ho-Bo bird and peonies 48 Bastrice, the Prindsayal, Prier. "The fores included,” he guiness. There was keen com.cesa Mend, and Princess, Arthur aid, "not only destroyers, bat petition for Mr. Irwin Laughlin's of Connaught, who wore nareinslag battle-hips, craisers, sub- Washington, April 26-Hol- mente. About 16,000 tons of tin jade group of ange and boy, uniform. The congregation in mine tender, gasboats, coastland has placed an embargo on were bought by the United States which was eventually knocked claded the Lord Mayor and goard cattere, converted pachte, the exportation from the Dutch last year from the Datch Eset down for 210 guiness to Mr. Lady Mayores, the lighugs, sad numerous venel of Est Indies of tis, tin ore, Indies, and the amount probably. U. SUDA &Queen's Boad Central Kyrle Fletcher. Mr. Cory secured Commissionere of Australia, Nether pes." These forces bad cinchona bark, quinine, quinine would have been increased this Mrs. A. BUGA Lord Barrymore's Chinese carved Zealand, and South rosewood screen for 135 gaineas and Mre. Whitelaw Reid, repre-mrt in the war against sab-needed in large quantities by the Cinobona bark, quinine, and
Afrio ready played an important asli, and kepek, all of which are year. Another zowood screen, the seating the American Red Cross rigee. Meoy gift of Mejor P. L
warehoars, United States for war purposes. quinine salts are needed for medi- E. Fire thousand sees alled the apply epota, torpedo stations,
Official notification of the cinal purposes by the army. Walker, also went for 50 nave, isolading representative hospitals, and aviation besce embargo, florive April 22, was Kapok is a vegetable product, guizens to Mr. Dory, who of all the nursing services ronreve been satablish-d in Europe, received to-day and caused much used in making hammock mat- gaye 75 guiness for a Japanese seated in the roll of honour. Toel The first of the regular armed perturbation. Officials declined to tresses for the navy, Carved ivory group, presented by Arohdeacon of London, to enforce of the United States landed indicate the probable reasons, but The United States is almost Mr. and Mrs. Mason, and 160 address, said that of the 35 in France were naval aviators, in some quartare it was suggested completely dependent for tin on guiness for a Japanese tortoise-purses whose names made up who arrived on June 8.A 1ericas the messure was in retaliation for the outside world. Production in shell birdcage, given by Mr. C. roll 300 had been killed or haviators are co operating with the American requisitioning of this country last year smounted Bigler. Biz James Walker, died on land and 50 had, bee hose of England, France, Dutch ships. Elsewhere it was to only 90 tons, thirteen one another large bayer in this drowned. The Coldstream Goard Laly, end Portug. Enemy thought to have been prompted by hundredths of one per cent of the section, paid 42 guiness for Mre. band assisted in most impressabmarines Louis Raphael's Japanese carved sive service, a
hava sunk only
the critics! situation in which domestic consumption. As the twürfighting sonite the de- Holland finds herself with Ger American deposits are only ivory groups, A similar Japanese
stroyer Jacob Jones and the con- m3ny.
24 periodically productive, there is ávory, presented by Mra. Whout- At a Red Urus sale at Odristies, Tarted yacht Alcedo. Four other The embarga on tin sad tin ore little of hope that the supply can 1py brought 60 gainess; and Mra recently, the dexful collection mall vessels have been lost by will prove especially embarrassing he increased materially. It is Japanons tortoiseshell of jewellery and 35,576, ither causes Admiralty, per so the United States Sapplies probable that Baliyis now will be tazes, 40 guiness.
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