With reference to the pending retirement of Mr. Robert Smillie from the Presidency of the Miners' Federation, it appears that there is talk of arranging a farewell strike.
The Berlin Vorwaerts states that ex-Emperor Carl has been discovered in Hungary under an assumed name. The Hungarian authorities say that unless he is claimed within three days he will be sold to defray expenses.
We understand that Mr. Justice Darling's weekly denial of the reports of his retirement will in future be issued on Tuesdays, instead of Wednesdays, as hitherto.
When hit by a bullet a tiger roars until dead, says a weekly paper, but a tigress dies quietly. Nervous people who suffer from headaches should therefore only shoot tigresses.
Two out of ten houses being built at Guildford are now complete. Builders in other parts of the country are asking who gave the word "Go."