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According to a report of the National Physical Laboratory the Tower of
London is moving towards the Thames. The hot weather is thought to have
something to do with it.

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The Board of Agriculture advises the killing of all old cocks and hens.
Lively competition between the railway refreshment rooms and the tyre
factories should ensure a satisfactory price.

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The High Court at the Hague has ordered a new trial in the case of the
Editor of the _Telegraaf_, who was sentenced for referring to "a group of
rascals in the centre of Europe." The rascality of the persons in question
is now deemed to be proved beyond the shadow of a doubt.

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The announcement that there will be no more Sunday music at the Zoo has
been received with satisfaction by the more conservative residents, who
have always complained that the presence of a band tended to reduce the
place to the level of a mere circus.

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A well-known inn at Effingham having changed its name from the Blücher to