But now that the coal strike is over we shall try to put up with our
cook a little longer.

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[Illustration: _Our Reverend Spoonerist (calling at the Deanery)._ "IS
THE BEAN DIZZY?"]

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"WALLASEY'S LOW FIGURE.

POPULATION JUMP--FROM 21,192 TO 99,493 IN 28 DAYS."

_Liverpool Paper._

We do not know why this should be described as a "low figure." To us
it seems remarkably good going.

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"The weather forecast for Sheffield and district for the next
twenty-four years is as follows:--

Wind southerly, light, freshening later; cloudy or overcast;
probably some rain later; visibility indifferent to fair;
mild."

_Yorkshire Paper._