A number of people have complained that they could hear nothing of the
recent air-raids over London, owing to the noise of the firing being
drowned by the admonitory activities of the police.

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[Illustration: THE BULLDOG BREED.

_Company Commander_ (_making sure of his men before the show_). "NOW,
WHEN WE GO OVER THE TOP TO-MORROW, YOU ALL KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TO MAKE
FOR?"

_Chorus of Tommies_. "YUSS, SIR."

_C.C._ "WHAT IS IT, THEN?"

_Chorus_. "THEY GERMANS, SIR."]

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OUR CENTRIPETISTS.

"Mrs. Eckstein and Miss Eckstein have returned to London
from Scotland, and they are leaving London immediately for
London."--_Brighton Standard and Fashionable Visitors' List_.

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"The Irish farmers are confident that the Food Controller's