'AVIN' IT COMMANDEERED?"]

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"It is claimed that about thirty Merman firms construct the Diesel
motors originally used for submarines."--_Daily Telegraph._

We wish these motors a speedy return to the fishy scenes of their origin.

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"Several eligible sires for workmen's dwellings, of which some 300 are
needed, have been selected by the Southport Town Planning
Committee."--_Daily Paper._

They must not be confused with "the rude forefathers of the hamlet"
mentioned by GRAY.