"I do hope you'll be able to come to the Mothers' Welfare meeting on Wednesday. We've persuaded a famous chef to come and give us a lecture on 'The Decay of Cookery.' It should be most helpful."
"Not to me, Mum. I allus gives mine to the pigs when it gets that far."
Mr. Punch desires to express his sincere regret for an injustice done, though without malice, to the Publishers (Messrs. Sweet and Maxwell) and the Editor of Williams' Real Property, in an article that appeared in the issue of August 18th, under the title, "Blewitt on Real Property." The new edition of Williams' Real Property contains a large amount of fresh material and represents considerable labour spent over the careful revision of the previous edition.
"At 1 a.m., uninterrupted rifle fire and bomb explosions were audible. It is reported that a French officer was then addressing the crowd." Times of Malaya.
Our old sergeant-major must look to his laurels.