1918-05-18 — Page 3

GENERAL NEWS. MIJOZE 7*YAU-07

Not An Ill-Wind for London Compositors.

In "normal: time”) the Landon Society of Compositors has to deal Vgwith mama 40,000 weekly reliéfs SİBİRJMİ, and spende about ¿£20,000'in unemployed benefit găn 'the three years preceding the war it- averaged over £30,000's year,"exclusive of strike pay. Yet vduring the whole of Isat year oat. Set-work pay was drawn by only 89. mambers, who received altogether the trifling cum' of $13 8. 8d.

Tea Shop Frivolities. Strange doinge in a tesɑhop is Victoria street, known as the Clab Tes Rooms, were heard at West minster, where the proprietress, Vers. Edwards, was summoned for permitting disorderly condnok It was stated that the police bad had the place, ander observation for some time, and two officere who went there in maiti said that wd waitresses told their fortunes by cards and addressed them:

Dear" and "Darling.". The was singing and dancing, and fer two small pole of tes, a small portion of toast, s finger-piece of make, and a cigarette or two they were charged 76, 6d, and no hill ww given. The hearing was

adjourned,

$12*** Stolen Trousseau.

The theft of a truck containing. a bride's trousern, jawellery,

•and some. Treasury notes, by z "temporary waiter, because he did hot receive a tip at the wedding Frecaption, was investigated at Maidenhead, when Joseph Auston Briston was charged with the Frobbery, The contents of the trunk were valued at £135. The Evidence of Mr. and Mix, Isaso Cohen' was that on their wedding "day" they held a reception at Skindle's Hotel, where their trunk was in preparation for their honeymoon.-Swinton asked Mr. Cohen for a tip to divide among the waitere, and mentioned that he had been wounded on active mrvice. Lator Mr. Gohen miësed the trunk, and waitbër he nor his wife had seen it since. There were previcus convictions againėt Swinton, and he was now sentens- and to six months' hárd·labour.

- r**" Dr.: Scott-Holland Dead.

The death of Dr. Seat Belland occurred recently, at the age of 16: For the last eight years be had been Canon of Christ Church! and Regius Professor of Divinity: at Oxford, but, most of his life waspent in London. Gladstone appointed him a Canca of 81 „Paula in 1884, and he soon stablished a reputation as a most sloquent and inspiring preacher. Enormous congregations attrsoted to the Banday aftergoon services at: which he preached. An ardent social reformer, he wa blessed with a keep sense of humont and freedom from con- Tention. This gave rise to a Eiddle at Oxford: "When is a don not a don 7-When he is Beott Holland." The Canon wrote much on theology, and waS editor of the Commonwealth."

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