At a Red Cross sale:--

"The exors. of the late Robert Dawson's calf made £6."--_Eastern

Daily Press._

We wonder if this generous gift came out of the pockets of the

next-of-kine.

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"For whoever was responsible for that blunder, which in most

countries would certainly have evoked a cry of betrayal, the

mainsheet of Nelson's Victory would be all too inadequate as a

penitential white sheet and far too illustrious as a shroud."

_The Leader (British East Africa)._

We agree, but it would make a splendid halter.

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