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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY

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The Morris Looms in Danger.

TUNNEL TO BANK,

Daring Robbery at Gepon.

1925.

W. G. Grace's Advice. "When I was a schoolboy," How many people know that The robbery of the Banca Com- writes Mr. G. H. Tylocoto In the within six miles from Charing morivalo at Gonos is pausing Field " W. G. Grace came up and Cross, on the waters of the little immenes interest, and rooslis the said to me, I hear that you are Wandle, there exisis an industry plot of a novo! by Barili callod going to be captain of the school which might havo boon there, or "The Mysteries of Genoa, or the | XI. noxt year. Would you like at Arrse: or Tournai, during the Reds and Blacke.”

to have a fow hints from me, as I lattor years of the 15th, contury, you have? I replied: 'I should way, the most beautiful creations and drains of Geneva, which in have played more cricket thanland which is turning out, in its of the underground waterworks The gang of thiovos mado use.

be only too glad. The substance in Europa? asks H. Q. Marillier some cases, are the beds of tor- of what he told me then I havo in a London paper. never forgotton, and every word.

rents, and they must have worked he said was absolutely true, and liam Morris, rising early in the ground, in tunnelling under tho It is nearly 50 years since Wil-for months hammering under- has been proved so over and over mornings so as not to impodo hie bank. They had evidently hoped again in all the matches I have other work, tolled for several for a full four days' quist at a on played at Lord's,

His advice we as follows: rediscover, the secrets of the old through the final crust separat- 'Always hava four bowlers, a fast Burgundian tapestry weavers, ing them from the strong room, one, a medium fast, a slow bow-and, having at last wovon abut unfortunatoly for them the; lor, and a left-hand bowler if you verduro picco in the true Gothia Bank reopened on Saturday, can get one. A bowlor that keeps manner from his own desigur bad when it was found that twenty- a good length is always danger large looms built at his Merton Ave strong boxes had been ro ous. Never put two fast hawlore Abboy works and instructed moved out of the safes, and that on tu start with, especially if they fothors in the art, Ever sluce the losses amounted to bstweon both bowl over the wicket; then, with an interval during tbo ton and fifteen millions. nothing_gots a' mou's oyo. In war, the work has proceeded better than two fast bowlers steadily but with duotuating through the floor, the thieves When they made their way on a plumb wicket. Bogin with fortune, and has trained up three found themselves immediatoly Blow bowlor And A fast gonorations of highly skilled undor a hugo safe, which they one, and you will soon Boo artist weavors. The Gobelins and managed to tip up, working from which tho ground auits the Beauvais factories in France, the hole only fifty centimetros best and which the batsmen Mortlake and Windsor works, wide. shape at worst. Chango after 15)and evon (in the palmy days, of

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tho headquarters the fast bowler on too long, or he parted by Royal or State gang in a

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will lose his sting, and ho is often patronago, and depended on which had bron rented in October

more useful for the end batsmen. ample sudsidios for their exist-as a warehouse for old sooks, If you have a good left-hand slow enco; but the Morris works have A quantity of booty has boon bowler do not forget to put him never had these advantages, and found, together with burglary on very soon. It is no use ox-share with the Sheldon works of tools to the valuo of 20,000 liro, pecting him to get men out at Elizabeth's time crodit of 'main-and the remains of their picnics. onco when they have got thoirtaining themsolves by privata eye in, so have no hesitation in enterprise and the good taste of a glare had time to make off with Although diaturbed, the bur- putting him on soon, especially if restricted clientską,

the most valuable of the strong ho can break the ball fairly well)

Messrs. Morris, aro afraid that bozos, and managed to block up and keeps a good longth. If you thoy may be compelled to close the tunnel by which they had know that any good player who the looms unless more patrons entered. They remained in their comes in has a favourite hit, pitch come forward. For same years headquarters in Vico Cartaí until him up the frst ball to tompt they have carried on the work the next morning, employed in him to make that hit, and put a at considorable oxponas, rather hiding the booty in the drains man out, and the odds are that than abandon what they at least and in building up the wall ho will have a go at it and send are disposed to regard as a again, to which they even gave 6 a catch, may be in the slips, ba-national pride and a great in coat of whitewash. They then fore he has the time of the heritance. But the undertaking washed and changed their clothes, ground,"

"Now, after half-a-century since this advico was given, how trus it has proved? In the Gentlemen and Flayere matchogat Lords over and over again ono bas scon two tasto fast bowlers, both over the wicket, colour to kodpan under- start bowling on a plumb wicket taking of this kind in ex Mystery of Trade Terminology. till the batsmen have got their oye istence, in, and thon, rather reluctantly, tapestries which are being made called an asproy? Major R. E. Why is tho osprey feather after 50 or 60 runs are on the to-day will have a value out of Cheesman, in a lecture the other board, a alower bowler is put on in all proportion to their cost in day, over which Sir Francis the hopes of getting out one of future times, when the older ones Younghusband presided, remark THE MING YUEN STUDIO goodbatson, so that the fust have faded and perished boyended that the Bond-street ariloke

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bowlers can go on. M.C.C. have sont out a splendid selection of good cricketers to Australia, and though they will have their work get out in the Test matches, which they play to a flajsh, I think a great deal more will depend on the captain than, pouple think. Anyhow, let us hope (that our slow bowlors may have a chance of getting out some of their

CANCER CAN BE CURED.

is too costly to be borne on such and made off. terms indefinitely.

It is hard to believe that thoro are not enough rioh people in tho country to-day with a natural fino design ond

for

AS especially

WHAT POLICEMEN READ.

Lovers Of Sherlock Holmes.

the

So policemen do road detective

stories. Sir Reginald Clarke,

WHAT IS AN “OSPREY"?

had nothing whatever to do with the osprog at all, and why it was so oalled he had never been able to-understand.

"Major Chaosman, according to the reports of his lecture, was talking about hawks," Mr. C, F. Downbam, managing director of Messrs. Sciama and Co., impor-

ters of fancy feathers explained to great batemon before they havo joining in a discussion on tha a Pross representative," and his setiled down, and that the advice English way with criminals, says osprey bawk; and what he said reference to the osprey was to the of the greatest cricketer that over that Sherlock Holmos Was held at may, as far as possible. "loved" by the professionale, who which is really a sea-hawk, does was quite true for the osprey, be fold.

wait oagorly for the

la tost exploita of bia cloverast not produce millinery feathers..

What they call an osprey successory. But. "they do not confuse these interesting people that

in Bond-street is a fonthor with the actual detection of orime Nobody, I think, is quite clear comes from the egret. because they have but little rool [relation to it." -

why it is called an osprey. The nearest oxplanation that I London Surgeon on Early Stages.

Sir Reginald Clarke goos 80 have over baen able to get le

to declare Sir Burkeley Mornihan, the far as

that the this: Many years ago, before the most famous surgeon in Great beautiful lady with green eyes feather was used for millinery Britain, in a presidential address and an anesthetic in her stocking purposes, it was a decoration in to the Association of Science les delight in the ezpable hand, the Laet and a mark of lis- Masters, at Leeds University, of Mr. Uppenktaim, but would be tinction. Eventually

it came a positive embarrassment to from the East to the Continent, Scotland Yard. "Nothing is more certain than

and was referred to in France as that cancer, whatever, its occul This dicussion arose out of 'esprit.' It is believed in the word becamO nature may be, is a local disease recent burglaries in London. It trade that this in the first instance, that it re- cannot be denied that the "cat" corrupted, and that people quite mains a local disease for periods, burglar bas given us a thrill. Mr. unwittingly described the fastbor which are sometimes short and F. H. Skrine employed him and as an osprey. On the Continent sometimes very long, and that if his follows as gound for it is called aigrotto, and many treated in its early stages by criticizing the Criminal Investiga uso that werd over here; but com- operative methods, it is complete. tion Department, which, he urged, monly, and wrongly, It is palled ly and permanently eradicated. badly needed - root-and-branch | osprey,

roform, Sir Herbert Stephen." "I do not know what Majoi "The unending difficulty is to however, assured Mr. Skrine that Choesman meant when he said obtain access to the disease while burglary and robbery aro, iu pro- that if a milliner now trimmed it is still in the local stage. It should bo mado a matter of com- 30 to 100 timer as common in find himself in prison for fraud. portion to the population, from hat with real osprey he would moa knowledge thatcancer is not New York and Chicago as in Thero would be no object in as everyone supposes a disease London; one of the reasons, in trimming a hat with real osprey. from whose immedatu Sir Herbert Stephen's judgment, but no one would be put in prison recurrent › ravages there is no being that the Criminal Investig for fraud if he did." онгаре, *

recently said:-

Wo must broadcast the truth that with few exceptione an derly operation for any oancerous, dis-

ation Department is very far Indeed from helpless and effete,

Sir Reginal Olazku, blluding to Mr. Skrine's suggestion of a new

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