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Sheep as Ship's Mascot, Harold James Abbey, captain of the se, Kafui, lying in one of the London docks, was fixed 401. at West Ham for bringing into the Port of London a live sheep Som Italy, a country scheduled under the Foreign Animale Order. Aolicitor for the deferce snič the offending sheen was born or board the veral. It had been or two voyages, und was regarded eas msecos. The master, in rien of the shortage of food, thought it would be wrong to slaughter it...
Analogy on the 'Phone.
Mr. John Lee, in the Telegraph and Telephons Journal, dealing with the standardised words used in the analogical repetition of telegrame, tells of 'ose in Liver- pool where a subscriber, who had not the sweetest of tempera, dictated a telegram in a particu larly rasping, irritating voice, with the accompaniment of cer tain comments. The operator in reply chose words of her own for analogy, and the repeated “and by A. for aus, N. for noddle, D. for donkey. "I understand she was punished, but I never felt quite happy about it."
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The growing scarcity of ben- xina and rubber in Sweden basl necessitated a drastic reduction off automobile traffic in Stockholm. No toxicabe whatever may be operated after 9 p.m. or before 7 a.m., and they may not go out of a very restricted district. Private avtomobiles may not be used at} all: "All private motor boste are aleo prohibited from running. The supply of kerosene as well, is nearing exhaustion, according to a recent Stockholm despatch.
A Pleastot Surprise. Ia one house in London wreck- ed by enemy airmen during October, the family found that an old bureau, which had been hand- ed down as anbrirloom for nearly a century, was split in two, Tevesling a secret inner cabinet. In this osoinst a number of private papers were discovered, including a will relating to pro- pety of whose existence the family had not know before. The will has now been filed and afested in the proper legal mepner, and the family expect to be considerably the richer for the bombing of their house.
Flowers of Speech. Wilism Mallehaw, a waterside Isbourer, who sued a Whitechapel publican for damages, is a remark ible man. At 9 25 cne night the defendant was closing the door when an iron bar fell on plain tiff'a foot. Addressing Jadge Claer the plaintiff said: "1 told bin that it be bad bart me would call the next day."-Judge Cloer (rising from hiseest in sur
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