"Mr. J.R. MACDONALD entered as Skipper (temp.)"--_The Times._

If this is how the Government hopes to get the Member for Leicester to
Petrograd there is still the difficulty of enlisting a crew (temp.)

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"Successful raids were carried out by us during the night east of
Lagnicourt (two or three metres south of Bullecourt)."--_Evening Times
and Echo._

For the sake of precision we could have wished that the measurement had
been worked out to inches.

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"Thousands on foot and in every kind of vehicle visited the grisly
relic. A Sunday school teacher marched the girls of her class to the
place. Some 80ft. of her nose-end is stuck aslant in the air."--_Daily
Mail._

Not every woman is so well-equipped for showing contempt of the enemy.

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"Wanted, Coachman-Chauffeur, 'Over-land' Car (Protestant), over
military age."--_Londonderry Sentinel._

Whatever its religion a car of this age must be almost past praying for.