"American eggs arriving at Manchester yesterday were quoted from 27s. 6d. to 28s. per 120, which caused Irish eggs to be reduced from sixpence to a shilling."—Daily Paper.
Very Irish eggs.
"12 Feet Corsets at a ridiculous price of Re. 1 each, all sizes."—Advt. in "Advocate of India."
"A ridiculous price," says the advertiser, but "an absurd figure" would have been even better.
"The Examiners appointed by the Board of the Faculty of Natural Science give notice that Wilfrid Dyson Hambly, Jesus College, having submitted a dissertation on 'Tattooing and other forms of body-marking among primitive peoples,' will be publicly examined on Monday, November 12, at 2.30 p.m., in the Department of Social Anthropology, Barnett House."—Oxford University Gazette.
We trust he showed, and obtained, full marks.