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GENERAL NEWS.

A Useful Gulde:

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From the O. P. O. suthorities ~~wo (the Central China Pést) have received a copy of the savanth issus of the Postal Guide, which is increasing in size and utility to the public. The index shows how every detail in connection with this admirably conducted service is daly provided for. This voluminens, work now runa to nearly 400 pages and is a model of completeness and enccinctness. We pate that eight pager are davoted to giving the over6658 tariff by German Hail packet. They

beaded

"Sorrice Suspended." Is it expected in Postal circles to start again woon? Tragedy. Over a "Tiddler." It was said recently at the inquest on a 7-years-old Stepney boy, named Lym, that he was pushed into the Thames by other boys after quarrelling with them over a "tiddler" which he caught. After bearing the evidence of three of the lid's companions Be to how the lad was drowned, j the jury returned sa open ver dict. The Coroner :--"It is very sad to listen to such evidence. The boys seem to be more or less all little liars. Their fathers are at the war, and their mothers no doubt find it difficult to bring them up. Bat, after all, they are the rising, generation, and it Imakes ons almost think they would be better off in sa industrial school.

Died to Save Others. At the inquest on Lient. E E. McDonald, aged 24, Royal Scots, Mallingar Barracks, an exception- al act of bravery and self-sacrifice was disclosed. Private Bassell said sgrenade was fired, but went up. only a short distance and fell back on the floor of the bay.. Lient. HeDonald caught witnes and shoved him over the parapet, and he saw the lieutenant throw himself on to the grenade in order (o save the lives of witness and other soldiers who were close by.

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Washington, July 31-The Isleworth owce a centenarian Food Administration haa an of an extraordinary type in Mr.nounced that the new wheat crop John Baker, of Boutb-street, who has made if possible to release has just celebrated his 101at the housewives from their voluni- birthday, Mr. Baker carries on asry pledges to curtail their cop- small wardrobe desler's búsinses, aumption of wheat. and, save for slight desiness, showe very few eigns of advanced A Huge Saving Scheme. age. He eats and sleeps well, and

Waebington, July 31-The almost daily goes out for long sale of ar saring thrift stempe walks, which sometimes extend last week were $58 055,000. The to Brentford. Tobacco lovere will aggregate sales of these small be interested to learn that he is a savings for July is expected, to great smoker. His sight is keen reach $200,000,000. The war and his memory unimpaired.. He savings organisation, estimated has enfared from serious illness that 34,000,000 persons are now score of limes, and on six of these saving eyetematically through the Ocassions the doctors gave no purchase of these stampe, indicat- hope of bis recovery. When

ing that one-third of the nation'e Baker was a young man he was population is investing an average an excellent billiard player, and of $1.75's week. even when he reached an ad- wanced age he won every billiard handicap in Isleworth for which be entered. His last match was

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The Forces and Insurance. Washington, July 30.-Secre Inry McAdoo had announced that 2,954 809 soldiers and sailors in Problema of the high cost of the United States forces bave living are no longer limited to applied for government insurance, human beings. The tame deer of totalling. $25,148,118,000. In the Nara er having their difficulties, lant four days more than $1,000 because of the fact that the money 000,000 worth of iararance bas appropriated for the purpose of been written. The total for July baying their feed doesn't go far will be close to $4,000,000,000 THORESEN & CO.

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The government borean war riek enough. There are 360 deer at Nars, and the bigh cost of food insurance now has more insurance has not brought with it any corres in force by $3,000,000,000 more ponding lessening of their appeti-than the ordinary life insurance books and all the legal reserve tes. To help solve this situation, the people of Nara have formed insurance companies in the Unit- an organisation sad have raised ed States combined. fande to provide additional food, The prefecture gives an sanusl subsidy of Yon 809 and the musi- eipal chose Yen 300 for the paralien property opstodian has chase of food. The deer, though announced the seizure by the perhaps recognising the extra Government of the Heydon ordinary efforts being put forth Chemical Works at Garfield, New in their behalf, have not hesitated, Jersey. It is the second largest however, to go to adjoining corpor-tion of its kind in the fielde, despite the fences erected United States with the exclusive APPLICATION against them. Considerable right to use many desfal German Membership of the above Association may be obtained damage has been done to the patents, processes and formules grain and vegetable crops in the for, the making of salol, sodium from all the Banke or from the vicinity. The owners of the orops salicylate, acccharing and other undersigned.

Huge German Chemical Works Selzed. Washington, July 31-The CHINA WAR SAVINGS

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have no recourea except to coax prod acte, including carbolic acid. the deer away in the mildest The plant will be operated by the THE UNION INSURANCE manner, for to harm them is Government with the patents and atriotly probibited by police re- formulae Americanized, galations. During the Tokugawa company did 4,000,000 of busi government, the penalty for killness last year. It was owned by ing one of the tome deer of Nara. Obemische Fabrik von Heydon was to have oce's bead cat că, of Ridebul, Germány,!

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