Roughly speaking, says a weekly paper, there is a policeman for every sixteen square miles. This gives them plenty of room to turn round in.


It is reported that ex-KING CONSTANTINO is to receive £20,000 a year unemployment benefit.


We have heard so little of the Hidden Hand this past week or so that we are tempted to ask whether it is suffering from writer's cramp.


It is reported that three large jam factories have been commandeered by the Military. A soldier writes to ask whether it is proposed to include jam in the list of field punishments.


"Justices cannot guarantee results to litigants in advance," said the Willesden magistrate recently. Not without trespassing on the privileges of the Bar.