(_A New Naval Ode._)
[Illustration]
[The Royal Commission on Telegraphic Communication between Lighthouses
and Lightships and the Shore, have issued their first report
recommending immediate action in the more urgent cases. Dealing with
the same subject, on November 28, 1891, _Mr. Punch_ said:--
"_Punch_ pictures with prophetic pen, a brighter, cheerier page,
Which _must be turned_, and speedily."--_See "The Sweet Little
Cherub that Sits up Aloft_," (_Modern Version as it Must Be_) Vol.
ci., p. 254.
_Mr. Punch_ is mightily pleased that his injunction has been obeyed,
and that his prophecy is in process of fulfilment.]