The expert is not a safe guide. If he was wrong about the 16in. siege howitzer, he might also be wrong about the 17in. naval gun. It is known that several German capital ships were due to be completed several months ago. One of the new ships, the "Hindenburg," has undoubtedly be

and, in fact, at this moment I am speaking round by his office within a. yard or two of his head. However, he can't hear, ' so that doesn't matter. My blessing be on the man who invented telephones, which hitherto I hs.ve alway s thought a n a w ful nuisance. Are you feeling che

Several instances of sickness in barracks have come to our notice, and we trust that the authorities will take care that all proper precautions are taken. One curious ocurrence to which our attention has been drawn took place at Chatham Naval Barracks. After a meal of boiled bee

AN Judge Cluer, commenting re- INVITATION. oent►y on the masquerading by tradespeople under names not their own, remarked that the House of Lords had thrown out a Bill designed to compel people to trade in their own names. The learned Judge added: "Any proposal that honesty shou

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Peter out of Serbia to Albert out of Belgium : "What do you say, my friend? Let us take a combined room between us." 1" Kladderadatsch," to give operatic and popular selections, on w limes—the fruit that is a sort of half cousin to lemon. Ho will draw sweet melody from the limes

- There is a ridiculous regard for red-tape by the L.C.C. Here is an instance. The Education Committee's doctor certified that a girl was blind. She was treated at the Great Northern Hospital, and recovered her sight. At the age of fourteen she left school. It appears that, unde

Wno announces: prices !" If you don't approve of any opinion we express, write and tell us so. "Aeroplane quality, Submarine We invite our readers, if they care to do so, to send in their suggestions, which should reach us by the first post on Tuesday for the following issue. Yo

The method of use could be as follows. In windy weather, or indeed any weather that from experience would suggest that a raid wa; not possible, the aerial mines would be kept housed, but the moment the weather conditions pointed to the probability of a raid, the mines would be s

Write to us if you don't agree with our articles. In Mesopotamia the rise of the river has inundated the Turkish position at Kut, and the enemy have evacuated the entire length of trenches on General Townsbend's north-west front, falling back some 2,000 yards. The British positi