The boxing craze among the French continues. M. VEDRINES, the intrepid
aviator, has taken it up and been practising on M. Roux's ears.

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The German CROWN PRINCE has become a member of the Danzig Cabinet
Makers' Union. Later on he hopes to become a Chancellor-maker.

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Another impending apology? Headlines from _The Daily Chronicle_:--

"PNEUMONIA ON THE RAND.
DISCOVERY OF ITS CAUSE.
SIR ALMROTH WRIGHT'S
VACCINE TREATMENT."

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Could frugality go further? At the golden wedding celebrations of a
Southend couple, a packet of wedding cake was eaten which had been put
away on their marriage day in 1863.

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A soap combine, with a nominal capital of £35,000,000, is said to have
been formed to exploit China; and the Mongols may yet cease to be a
yellow race.