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"The Premier's principal speech was made in St. Andrew's Hall,
where he was presented with the Freedam of the
City."--_Liverpool Post and Mercury._
Which he promptly passed on to the enemy.
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"Skilled non-workers all over the Union have for some time been
in great demand, and enough of them are not available at the
present time."--_Rand Daily Mail_.
There are still a few that the old country could spare.
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"Rhode Island Red, 200 year old pullets, laying, 5s.
each."--_Nottingham Guardian_.
We fancy it must have been one of these veterans that we met at dinner
the other night.
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[Illustration: THE BRUSILOFF HUG. THE KAISER. "I'M ALL FOR
FRATERNISATION, BUT I CALL THIS OVERDOING IT."]
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