A "Company for Oversea Enterprises" has been formed in Hamburg. It has no connection with the German High Sea Fleet.
A guinea a dozen is being offered for rabbits in the Isle of Wight. Most of them, however, are holding back for a War bonus.
A Newcastle man who has been missing for eleven months has just turned up at his home. He excused himself on the grounds that the tea queue was rather a long one.
There are reports current of an impending strike of brewery workers in the North. Several employees have threatened to "Down Beer."
Confirmation is still awaited of the rumour that several food ships have recently torpedoed themselves rather than fall into the hands of the profiteers.