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CURIA STANC GENERAL NEWS.

A Policeman Y. C. Sergeant J. McAulay, V.C., DUHA, was presented recently with a silver cigar and cigarette casket and s silver cïgarette case by Major Lord Stair, on behalf of his comrades of the sergeants? mean of the Sonte Guards, Wel- lington Birracks. MoAoliy was a member of the Glasgow police, and is the only member of the police force in Great Britain who has won the V.O.

Wool from Dogs.

It has been demonstrated, ac- cording to the recently formed British Dogs' Wool Association, that an exceptionally high class of wool can be span from the combings of all breeds of long. haired dogs, and 'samples from obowe, Pekingese, `poodles, ber-- gers d'Alsace, and sheepdogs have been submitteed to wool experts, who are emphatic in their commendation.

'Milk and Newspapers. The Bishop of Will-eden, prerobing at St. Andrew Under abai, paid that the Churohman should be in favour of keeping children longer at eabool and saving them from being sent out early in the morning sad going inta school dead tired in order that people should have their morning Dewpeper or milk, He the thoroughly appreciated

advantage of having his milk and hia newspaper, hat it must not nterfere with the development of be training and education of Inle children.

1.B.S, on his Many-Sided Self. I bave found it an advantige in public life to present myself in Ji-mat characters," said Mr. George Bernard Shaw at a Fabian meeting. "I have been a very satiya member for ten years of my trade union. I can go into another socisty and my: Gentle men, I addrees you as an old Socialist. I can say, too: I am cone-rued with the drink trade and address you as a licensed vigtuller. I am the proprietor of the Fox and Pheasant, bich I. helped to build; and then I can 20. and address meeting of teetotallers."(L oghter.)

Sherlock Holmes" Arrested. A comedy of a police officer arreating a man, who, socording so, his counsel, seemed to think he wass second Sherlock Holmes, we described at Lambeth Police Court. Daniel Lane, private in a labour corps, was charged with loitering for the purpose of pick- ing pockets. It was stated that about a year ago he brought about the arrest of two girl pick- pockets, and was commended by Sootland Yard, besides being enlogised in the Press. On the present occasion he was watching two perone be suspected when he was arrested. Prisoner was released on his own recognisances ia £25.

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whe was observed to tumble over the side of the fusilage, while the machine nose dived to the water and wasunable to take any further | part in the engagement.

Overtaking another German, one of our machines poured such rapid fire into her that her observer was shot, and she was driven down.

"We had orders to keep our hand of the engagement between bomba, to run from nothing (no two British seaplanes and five matter what the odds were agsinet enemy aircraft, which was briefly us), and to show the Han that wa reported in an Admiralty com-pould fight," remarked one of the The Children's Ambulance] munique recently.

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"A nice start for a party! We Faad, started in February, 1915, took place in the southern part of simply riddled them and they did by Miss Pamela Hena Collins, has the North Ses, and in half an the same for as. The first one now reached a total sufficient to provide a second ambulance for hour ore enemy machine had we brought down tried to croga servies with the armies in the been shot down and destroyed, our bow to ram na, but misjudg ield. This xeralt has been the observer of another killed, ed as we hold on and he had to attained chiefly by the generosity and a third ses plans driven down go below us.

of the Children of Canada, who on the water.

"I was using the bow gun and have: enbecribed close on £500, The encounter was s erquel to was leaning over when he came The collection of this large sum, an engagement which had taken out right_under_me_with_the from many sources in small place just before 9 o'clock that gunner, who eat aft, looking at amounte, was due to the energy morning between three of our me and pointing his gut in my and enterprise of Miss Dwothes seaplanes and five of the enemy face. I shot him, and the machine Diammond, of Montreal, a young near the North flinder. This fight, went up on its end and into a relative of Lady Drammotd. The daring'which our men also attack pose dive. It levelled out just at ambulance will bear an incriped a U bost, ended by the Ger tion recording the Canadian mane making a bolt for home. children's generosity.

Three hours later two British seaplanes, the crews of which included men who had taken part

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the water sad withdrew. I don't know how much damage was done for we hadn't time to look."

"They saw me crawling in an made it quite hot," asid another

A happy incident in the King's visit to India se Prince of Wales in the earlier fight, discovered of oar.men. "Lackily for me I was recalled recently when his while on patrol duty a hostila slipped in the operator's blood and Mefsaty received at Buckingham formation resting on the water. missed a very good barst that wae Paisos party of officers-and Gothing rapidly on the Ger meant for my head. My own gon X.D.O.' of the Indian Labour mans in their awift descent, our had got so bot that the sights Carpe." The visitors represented two machines poured in each rolled off, and I had taken with about 2,000 men from Upper rapid fire that the enemy forms. me what ammunition I had left Barmah, Hillman from the Ghin tion at once-broke up and their to use his gun-for-a-bit Hilla, who are now in London on machines mar ceuvred in circles, "We used 2,500 rounda bo- lasve-from-France. Whilst his apparently to gain a greater tween the two machines. Most of Majesty,wza zat. Mendelays altitude. Still our airmen par- the action was at about 200 feet. deputation of Chins was sent ened them relentlessly diving It was a regular tilldog fight and down' from the bills to presenta again and again on the formation, very dirty work." loyal addresa, in which they naked the Prince to convey to the King Empent an assurance of their derption to the Empire. The až killmanshave. not always been loyal ambjects, for when Burmah was nonexed they revolted and itsis: great deal of trouble.

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and riddling the machines with As an instance of the coolness bullets, until at last the five of our men it may be mentioned enemy airmen formed up in vingle that in the height of the action file and fled.

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The result was that one of the machine was shot throgh the neck enemy twin costers was sent and collapsed. One of the pilota crashing down on the water and engineer left their seats at Meanwhile, the sister British once, climbed along the machine

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