We have noticed similar signs
of the high price of ladies' dresses in this country.
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Sir NEVILLE MACREADY'S statement that "burglars to-day often resort to
violence" has caused much annoyance, and the famous police chief is
to be asked to receive a deputation of London burglars to discuss the
point.
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Under no circumstances, says a medical leaflet, should flies be
allowed in the house. If they knock at the front-door and then rush
past you, send for a policeman.
***
A Streatham resident is offering a reward of ten shillings for the
return of a "ginger" cat which has been lost. As the owner has shown
no other traces of the effect of the hot weather the authorities have
decided not to pursue the case.
***
Things are coming to a pretty pass in Ireland. Just because a
man attempted to murder somebody in County Armagh the police have
threatened to arrest him.
***
An ex-special constable, relating his experiences in a weekly
magazine, mentions that he once found a perfectly good alarum-clock on
the doorstep of a neighbour's house.
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