The Conference will be held in the imposing Salle de la Grande Horloge. The 'hall of the great clock' is about 30in. long by 15in. wide."—Liverpool Echo.
"Imposing," indeed.
"Manchester's £6,000,000 scheme for obtaining water supplies from Haweswater was approved last night at a meeting of ratepayers in the Town Hall. The annual increased consumption of water had been a little over a million gallons per head per day."—Daily Dispatch.
The new slogan of the temperance enthusiasts—What Manchester drinks to-day England will drink to-morrow.
Visitor. "BUT THOSE ATTACKS OF MALARIA DON'T LAST LONG, DO THEY?"
Tommy. "MINE ISN'T ORDINARY MALARIA. THE DOCTOR CALLS IT 'MALINGERING MALARIA.'"