The Thames, says a contemporary, has come into its own again as a holiday resort. Many riparian owners, on the other hand, are complaining that it has come into theirs.


A trades union of undertakers' mutes has been formed. Their first act, it is believed, will be to strike for a fifty-year life.


We have been asked to explain that the Second Division in which Mr. E.D. MOREL is now serving is not the one that fought at the battle of Mons.


Two escaped German prisoners have been arrested at Wokingham by a local grocer. The report that he charged twopence each for delivery is without foundation.


At Leith Hill, in Surrey, trees are being felled by a number of unescaped German prisoners.