OUR CENTRIPETISTS.

"Mrs. Eckstein and Miss Eckstein have returned to London

from Scotland, and they are leaving London immediately for

London."--_Brighton Standard and Fashionable Visitors' List_.

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"The Irish farmers are confident that the Food Controller's

declared intention to fix the price of cattle at 6s. per cwt. for

next January will not be carried into effect. They believe that

Lord Rhondda must realise the necessity of making a substantial

increase on this figure."--_Saturday Herald (Dublin)_.

Lord RHONDDA, we understand, has already met the Irish farmers more

than halfway by fixing the price at 60s.

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"The Apia Blacksmiths, Ltd., will undertake contracts for the

building of houses, with or without material."--_Samoa Times_.

"And gives to airy nothing

A local habitation."--_Shakspeare_.

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