At the local centre examination held at Birmingham recently by the Associated Board of the Royal Academy and Royal College of Music, Miss Winifred Millington (Stafford) and Miss Dorothy M. Wood (Croaden Abbey) passed in the advan;el section (pianoforte). Both are pupils of Mr. H

A young subaltern of the Gordon Highlanders, back from the front on leave, is telling a very good story about the small boys of Havre. These boys have learnt that officers coming from the fighting line have generally fortified themselves before their departure with a luncheon ba

Dove Bank Cycle Works to . . . 56, Bridge St., Uttoxeter, the Premises occupied by the late Mr. George Elly. T H. AMSON has a large Stock of New and Second-hand Cycles, and Repairs to all classes and makes of machines are undertaken by skilled workmen. Don't trust your repairs t

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The " Figaro " has narrated what seems to be a very characteristic French incident. The official receiver of war loan contributions at Chatou was visited recently by a sturdy old peasant. He carried a canvas bag in his hand, soiled with earth, and having all the appearance of ba

Max Nassauer asserts that an incipient cold in the head can be checked every time if the nose is thoroughly rinsed out with a weak solution of potassium permanganate, which seems to have a specific action upon the germs causing the trouble It checks colds in the first hour or so

A former Uttoxeter lady in the person of Mrs. H. Hinton, who will doubtless be well remembered by the older generation of residents in the town, pissed away on hovember 20 at the residence of her son at Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Deceased had reached the advanced age of 83 ye

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