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The London County Council have decided not to remove the marks of
damage done by aircraft to the base of Cleopatra's Needle. It seems
that they have also had to refuse the request of some curio-hunters
who asked if they might have the indentations as mementos.

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Owing to the inflated price of silver, a contemporary points out, the
shilling now contains only ten-pence half-penny worth of silver. More
important however is the fact that, owing to the inflated cheek of
dairymen, it only contains three pennyworth of milk.

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"Singing," says Dr. HENRY COWARD, "is a valuable preventive against
influenza." It is also known that certain streptococci have an intense
dislike to the trombone.

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The parishioners of All Saints' Church, South Acton, are invited by
the clergy to say what they would like to be preached to about. The
little boy who wrote that he would like a sermon on the proper way to
feed white rats is still hopeful.

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