Two men have been charged at Sutton with selling water for whisky. People are now asking the exact date when this was first made an offence.
At the present time a missionary costs twice as much as before the War, says the Rev. W.J. Fullerton. Many a cassowary has been complaining bitterly of the high cost of this comestible.
A new tango will be danced for the first time on January 15th, says The Daily Express. For ourselves we shall try to go about our business just as if nothing really serious had happened.
Asked by the magistrate if her husband had threatened her, a Stratford woman replied, "No; he only said he would kill me." Almost any little thing seems to irritate some people.
It appears that, after reading various references about his trial in the London papers, the ex-Kaiser was heard to say that if we were not very careful he would wash his hands of the whole business.