"---- BOARD OF GUARDIANS.
"Mrs. ---- desires to thank all who voted so splendidly, placing her at
the top of the pole."
_Provincial Paper_.
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"The queue at one part of the morning extended from the booking
office, past the Midland Station entrance, into City Square,
along the front of the Queen's Hotel, to the top of
yesterday."--_Yorkshire Paper_.
Better than the middle of next week, anyhow.
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[Illustration: _Voice_. "IS THAT THE GREAT SOUTHERN RAILWAY?"
_Flapper_. "YES."
_Voice_. "ARE YOU THE PASSENGER DEPARTMENT?"
_Flapper_. "NO, I'M THE GOODS."]
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[Illustration: _The Village Oracle._ "YOU MARK MY WORDS--THESE 'ERE
GERMANS 'LL DO US DOWN AT THIS FINISH. THEY'LL PAY THE BLOOMIN' SIX
THOUSAND MILLIONS, OR WOTEVER IT IS, IN THREEPENNY BITS; AND THEN 'OO
THE 'ELL'S GOING TO COUNT IT?"]
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"AS YOU WERE."