This must be some air-raid warning by the rural police.
"On the roads near by 'a Verdun' signposts have been replaced by new ones reading 'A Glorieux Verdun.' The name of France herself might well be altered to 'Glorieux France.'"—Canadian Paper.
Vive le France!
From a report of the British Cotton-growing Association:—
"The negotiations with the Government for the development of the irritation scheme for the Gezira plain are still under consideration."—The Field.
We trust we shall hear no more of this vexatious project.
A lodging-house keeper at Whitby