Two men have been arrested at Oignies, Pas de Calais, for selling stones as coal. We fancy we know the coal-dealer from whom they got this wrinkle.
Speaking at Sheffield University last week, Sir Eric Geddes said he hoped to see the day when there would be a degree of Transport. What we're getting now, we gather, can't really be called Transport at all.
A live mussel measuring six inches has been found inside a codfish at Newcastle. We expect that if the truth was known the mussel snapped at the cod-fish and annoyed it.
A soldier arrested at Dover told the police he was Sydney Carton, the hero of The Tale of Two Cities. He is supposed to be an impostor.
A market-gardener in Surrey is said to be the double of Mr. Winston Churchill. Since this announcement it is stated that the poor fellow has been inundated with messages of sympathy.