"Whilst motoring between Baldock and Grantham one is struck by the greenness of the growing wheat and barley," states a writer in a motor journal. The regularity with which these cereal grasses adopt this colour is certainly worthy of attention.
Our heart goes out to the American travellers who set foot on our shores at Southampton one day last week just five minutes after closing-time.
In their recent match against Sussex the first four Middlesex batsmen each scored a century. We understand that in order to obviate a recurrence of this sort of thing a movement is on foot to increase the number of runs in a century to a hundred and fifty.
We are informed that "a man arrested by Dutch fishermen in the belief that it was the Crown Prince making his escape turned out to be a notorious jewel thief." The error seems to have been excusable.
The case of the dock labourer who appeared at a County Court in a tail coat and white waistcoat is now explained. The man's valet, who usually looks after these things for him, had gone on strike for more wages.