It appears that the prize
was awarded to a lady suffering from hysteria who was not competing.
***
A taxi-driver in a suburb of London was married last week to a local
telephone operator. Speculation is now rife as to which will be the
first to break down and say "Thank you."
***
The Press reports the case of a young lady who received slight injuries
from a slab of ceiling which fell on her head whilst she was asleep in
bed, but was saved from further damage by the thickness of her hair.
This should act as a warning to those ladies who adopt the silly habit
of removing their tresses on retiring for the night.
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[Illustration: _Hospital Orderly (taking particulars of new patient_).
"NAME, SIR?"
_Patient_. "SIR BRUCE BLAZEAWAY."
_Hospital Orderly_. "RANK?"
_Patient_. "LIEUTENANT-GENERAL."
_Hospital Orderly_. "BATTALION?"]
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TO SIGN OR NOT TO SIGN?
As Count BROCKDORFF-RANTZAU puts it, quoting from his German translation
of _Hamlet: "Sein oder nicht sein, dass ist hier die Frage_."
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"The recommendations of the Jerram Committee came before a
conference between a representative body of lower deck ratings
and members of Parliament who sit for naval constituencies.
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