"Officers confined to their beds will have their meals in their rooms."
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"A gale of great fury raged at Sheffield early on Tuesday morning. Much
damage was done in the city and outlying districts, a number of beings
being unroofed."--_Yorkshire Paper._
Several others have been noticed to have a tile loose.
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"The welcome, amounting to an oration, which heralded the Prime
Minister, was the most remarkable feature of a very remarkable
occasion." _Daily Dispatch._
Is this quite kind to the subsequent speakers?
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"By his colleagues at Bar he has been regarded as a sound lawyer, well
worthy of the high position which he had filled for little over two
hundred years."--_Englishman_ (_Calcutta_).
Lord HALSBURY must look to his laurels.
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"Mr. Clement Wragge has prepared a special weather forecast for the
year 9117. His opinion is that the year will prove distinctly good."
_New Zealand Times._
We infer that, in Mr. WRAGGE's opinion, the War will be over by then.
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The Minimum.