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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 2, 1917 by Various
page 4 of 52 (07%)

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A swallow has been seen over the Hollow Ponds at Epping Forest, but _The
Daily Mail_ is still silent as to whether Spring has arrived or not.

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"New Laid Eggs," Sir JOHN MILLAIS' masterpiece, has recently been sold for
£1,155. It is reported that last December, when it looked as if the egg
might become extinct, a much higher price was offered for the picture.

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In the absence of other grain, hens are to be fed upon frostbitten wheat
imported from Canada. Poultry-keepers anticipate that it will result in a
greatly increased number of china eggs being laid by their stock.

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A correspondent of a morning paper complains that while the entire nation
is on rations our Germans, naturalised and unnaturalised, "continue to eat
in the usual way." This is not true of the ones we have heard.

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In view of the excessive rains of late, we are glad to note that one
organisation is not to be caught napping. The National Lifeboat Institution
is fitting out its boats with a new life-belt.

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