same old sharps.

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"Sensation-mongering" is the public's verdict on the startling report
circulated last week that a Civil Servant had been seen running.

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The National Potato Exhibition, it is announced, will in future be
held at Birmingham. The League of Political Small Potatoes, on the
other hand, has moved its permanent headquarters to Manchester.

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There were 21,457 fewer paupers in London last week compared with
the same period in 1915, it is stated. All we can say is, it isn't
London's fault.

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A correspondent, writing to a contemporary, thinks it should be
illegal for one taxi-driver to talk to another in the streets. It
would be interesting under these circumstances to see what happened
if two rival cabs collided.

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With reference to the Upper Norwood gentleman who is reported to
have arrived home early one night last week, it is not true that he