Abergavenny Chronicle

I THE LAST SHOT. j W ■ 6 FRENCH SERGEANT FIRES IN LAST j MINUTE. The lost shot in the war is believed to have been hred by a sergeant belonging to Genera] Gouraud s Army at a point about ;>00 yards -behind the firing line, between liley.iereo and ChaxieviHe (eays the Paris correspondent of the "Morning Pest"). The sergeaiit,- whose name I am unable to ascer- tain, is a veteran of the French Colonial wars and a-critek marksman with a 37-111illi- metre eanou • d'aoconipagnoment. He is geiierally known by- the .nickname of "•ToiibiD, which ia Algeria a .slang. for Doc-tor, frofif. the fact- that, *a^. a" long isuffi-rer from malaria, 'he habitually carrier with him a generous supply of quinine, opi:nn, and pills, which he insists on pre- t-dibiiig lor every imaginable ill to which his comrades may fall victims. Toubib had sworn a blood feud against a certain Boche machine-gun' crew who had been making themselves very objectionable from a clump of bushes half a mile inside the German On Shriday night he look the trouble walk between pinp and ten miles to set his watch exactly right by the clock at Divisional Heooquarkrs. At 10.59 on Mon- day morning, one minute before the time iixed for hostilities to cease, Toubib care- fully sighted his gun and had the satisfac- tion of watching his sheM drop plump into the Ù"ft which concea'ed the offending machine gunners. "Now," shouted Toubib, "the war is over, snd for once I fihall be able to vsee just where my .sljell' "dropped.5' Ai d he started off at a run to see what had happened. Unfortunately for Toubih, he was impL.cably brought to a halt at the French outposts and told of an order strictly pro- hibiting any men from passing beyond the Ikies. He walked back to his gun, a sad and biUkrly disappointed man.

POSITION OF EXEMPTED MEN. I ? I  ?- The Secretaries of the Local Government Board and the Ministry of National Service make the following; announcement: lions have been' raised in connection "with the announcement- by the Government that all recruiting under the Military Service Acts has been suspended as to the- position df men who have been granted by tribunals conditional certificates of exemption from mHitary. service. While recruiting nndcr the M.ilitary Se.r\- .A?s has I C.9 suspended, those Acts remai1¡..infoceeincai:elJ<.c.si1:y should arise for bringing them again into operation. A man therefore who holds a conditional exemption and who ee^sea to ful- fil the conditions on which the certificate was granted would be liable to be called up for service in the event of a resumption of recruiting under the Military Service Acts, subject to the right' (under the nèw Regula- tions for tribunals about to be made) of ap- plying for renewal of exemption within seven days of the issue to him of a calling-up notiec or the issue of a public notice of the •resumption of recruiting under the Military Service Acts. The same c^iisiderations apply1 i. to. voluntarily attested men who., n granted, conditional$xewfitian f t)y, a tribu- „ i n{j]. .< • • •• 'v-j- < L 1- •• • r' am

RECORD HARVEST. The agricultural returns of England and Wales show the yield per acre of all the corn crops this year is above the average, and with the isiiiglc exception" of the small area of beans the total production is also greater: while all are better, whether judged by the yield from an acre or by total production, than in 1917. T&kfns, all the five., corn crops together, the -jjross production in England and Wales was no ks than eight and a-lialf 14illion quarters, or quite 35. per cent., more than in 1917.

tHE CENSORSHIP, I Earl Stanhope announced in the House of Lords, in answer to a question by Lord Burnham, that in the view of the Govern- ment, the censorship could not safely be ter- miyated until the. conclusion of peace. During the period of transition, he said, so h?ng as it remained ne^sary for the Government to exercise control over essen- tial supplies, it might be imperative to re- tain isoine form of cable and, postal censor- ship, and it was impossible at. the" present moment, to give any definite date as to when it would end.

KING AND MERCHANT SEAMEN. I I- I In reply to the Mercantile Marine Service Association, his Majesty has telegraphed, through his. private see-retai-y "T am commanded to thank you for your message of loyal congratulations addressed I to the I?ing upon the glorious victory achieved by the Allied forces during this long and relentless* war. The King- hae fol- lowed with pride and admiration the services of the merchant seamen,'who, by their cour- age, resourcefulness, and endurance, have nobl; upheld our great traditions of the I- »ea. ♦ ■■

Sir Godfrey Baring, M.P. for Barnstaple, has been adopted Liberal candidate for the l,sic oi' -Wight- The Pood Production Department, 72, Cictoria-street, S.W.. 1, has arranged for the use, as part of the ration of certain clastses of stock, of about 10,000 tons of h<jrae; chest- nuts by cattle cake manufacturers. Sacks will be supplied, and £ 4 a ton paid to per- sons willing to collect horse chestnuts, in. their own district « .General Smuts, presiding at a compli- mentary dinner given to the American editors at the Savoy Hotel, said that not a tinge. of bitterness or. vipdictiveness marred th rejoicing of the British .people at the armistice. Trophies of every description, from* cap- [ tared guns, minenwerfer, and machine guns to trench clubs and helmets, will ghortly be procurable from the War Office Trophy Department for every museum, i weer large or small. James Hird has been ordered by the Chertsey (Surrey) magistrates to clear out from a 60 acre farm at Addlestone. Two .ai-.tble fields were said to be in a bad con- dit,.on,. and a 4-acre field was derelict. Mrs. Lloyd George, in support of a scheme for providing motor ambulances for the wounded, said at Cardigan House that they had stood between us and slavery. We must now stand between them and misery. "There is nothing in being killed; i^ is the people- left behind that feel it," states the will of Captain J. P. Jamieson, of Biundellsands, Lanes. It was in the form of a letter to his mother, and "diipfibed of estate valued at £7,934.

I HOME BRESSMAKINe. I HOME DIRESSNiAKINri. SIMPLE AND DAINTY CHEMISE AND I t KNICKERS. -1 The winter months, when the weather is I usually wet and uninviting and there are Tew opportunities for out-door distractions, afford ¡ a golden opportunity of getting through the I bulk of the .year^ sewing. The wise woman [ seizes this opportunity, and is rewarded when summer returns by a much greater amount of leisure in which to enjxjy the Varmth [ and sunshine of an out-door life. And, really., sewing cannot be regarded in, the light of "a hardship at this time of the year. Indeed, it is much more of -a -pleasure to draw round the fire and chat over one's needlework than it ie to venture abroad into, a bleak and blustering world.Therefore, I would strongly advise all my readers who can do so to set to work in earnest upon next year's underwear, and. to get it All out of the way before the fine weatheir returna once more. I [Refer to; H. D. 261.J And here, in our sketch, are two admir- able garments on which to begin; This very simple set, including chemise and knickers, is quite casv to make and yet is dainty and pretty enough to form part of. a trousseau. It may be made costly or inexpensive, ac- cording to the 'materials and, trimmings, used. THE Material.—First as to the material. If vou want the set lor t-ummer wear such fabrics as nainsook, cambric, madapolattv, tarantulle, and very fine longcloth are the l best stjiffs to, use. But if you nefd something warmer, I would suggest ertpe de Chine, Jap silk, nun's veiling, Viyella, Aza, and very Tight weight flannelette as the mot. suitable materials. You will need 2i yards of 40in. m for the chemise, and 1 yards., of ;mMerial for the knickers. -r Thk • Pat^kn.—This pattern includes three pieces—the i?ent acd back of i?o chemise and t' kB?ckers.. IN' addition, you ?]:;waNt'-a..?tra?ht.-piec€ of :wpial tQ :tàt ?he.topjGd? Y?'the????k?? t a41-¡ '?ue ? »ete|y- ??traight?ti?p a?ut 2m.' de, fi, pattern i? needed i<??*it ?e?ember ti?'t no?ni?iEgs ? .IIOT? for ? the pat- •tern. < ;r"  THE CuTTixi OrT.—TBefore cutting out, lay the pattern against your figtire, so that you may make any necessary alteration. This is much easier to do in "*the p ttfru than in the cut-out garment- Now fol«\t.1le material so that the selvedges come to- gether, lay the chemite pattern upon it as :hown in the diagram, and cut out. Take the remainder of the material, fold it'i: other way, that is to &?y, fold it w?it th ?h6 full width open, and lay the knickers pat- tern upon it. THE MAKING.—Run together the underarm and the little shoulder seams, and fell them, neatly by hand. Now turn up a fairlv wide hem at the bottom, and i'eW it, preferably by hand. Next trim the chemise. If you decide to trim 'it in, tht,'w,,ty shown in the sketch you must stamp the neck and armholes with. a pretty transfer scallop and with slotting for the ribbon, and then pad and embroider them. Then cut the scallop^ out. and sew the lace xmderfieath. y. — TltE ILniCKees.—Join *tog€thor" the curved leg seame of the knickers, and fell them neatly. If you want to make the knickers optn; face the raw edges along the centre 'froat iiid back-, and stitch thern together in front for about 3Jin. from the top.' Sew ".1p the- darts, face the top of the kr.ickerf and c thread tape through the facing, leaving long ends to tte.. If, however, you want to make •-cWwed. knjc.kers, join the two front seams t. gether anil the two back, seajns, and fell .M"tly. Take up the darts. Face up the top ot the knickers And thread with elastic. ,r,Tim the bottom of the knickers to. match the neck.

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THE JEX-tROWN PRINCE. I .r r. L i ARRIVAL IN HOLLAND "IN EXCELLENT 11 HUMOUR." I I ;¡ "¡ The arrival of the ex-Crown Prince has created considerable surprise in Holland (savs the Alu?terdam correspondent of th? "Daily Telegraph The party left S?a ??M!v on Monday, and '6JW 'ntth ni?ht m motor-cars oil the iondy country read. Th&y had l/otlwng to c?t, from kaving Headquarters until their arrival at Ou?-. vceMh?-a at 2: p.m. tQ-d&y (Tuesday). Dutch •ac'torupanied. the- ies-Growa Prince and liis .cmnpimions to Maastricht, they were ensconced in the Gover- nor's houfce. It; is expected that they will px(fc-k-cd to-morrow to jciM the. Kaiser. The ex-Grown Prince -ppearod to be in excellent humour on brjiving at the fron- tier. His first request was for Bome-tbiug to drink, and he was given & big glass of Dutch beer. "Donhcrwctter'" he re- marked to hw companions, "that's a great deal ko,i toh,?g coinanions. d??al eat we've been liaa-inq for a long time." No less did bD appreciate the cigarcttef which he requested, saying thev had left Spa wifhout briaging i?y- thing to smoke, with them. He chatted affably with the Dutch guards. Asking for t'.(WS, the Crown Prince was given fcome Dutch newspapers. "Look here," he said, "t can't read this language, though I .sup- pose I shall have to learn it. Tell me the latest. frolit Berlin." One of the Dutchmen who knejv German epent- half an hour bringing the royal exile up to date in the myttor of news. The ex-Crown Prince liad a lot. of luggage with him. was found to consist entirely. of: personal effccts- News of his arrival ,rCaphed Maastricht before him, and there he was greeted in silence by an enormous, crowd. The cariosity ef the "jxvople appeared to amutie' the Prince greatly. When darkness fell the Prince, *:M>cornpanied ■ ■ by a Duth. and a German officer, went for a stroll in the town in civi- lian clothes. •

GRAVES OF THE HEROES. The War. Office announces that the mil?- tRry situation wilf aot for some, time permit visits to soldier^' gravefe- in France and -Belgium. • In the- western area the graves of four veers' fighting have never been disturbed. In the eastern area, which was for four years in German occupation, it is hoped now to find the graves of men of the two corps which retreated from Mone to the Marne. Between these two is a middle area-which includes the Somme battlefield add. -the "rcitud on which the fighting of 1916-18. tock place. In thia • area "some cemeteries ate-, left in good order, while some are- partly. I and others—a "few— are wholly destroyed by shelJ-fipe. No wilful damage has been done bv the enemy, so far as can be ascertained, to a single grave, The. armistice has rendered it possible now ix>" isake a' thorough examination of- the cemeteries in this' middle area, and a' tho- rough eearch fc-" graves in and beyond tlie- old,front'line of 1915: .Arrangements' have' been made to inform the relatives of thot-e who axe buried in. the middle area of the condition of any grave. about- which inciuirv- is made. There arc ^compl^te records in the War Office, arranged bv sections of 'm«ip&, of every grave, whether J marked and1 registered by the Graves Regis- | -t rat ion Unite or reported :to them but not yet found, and these records will be checked j on thcspot, section by ?eetion.. The work of pctma.MBt marking of grave,? a;nd? cen?tructioTt cf. cemeteries, already bp?un fxperimentallv in France by the Im- perial War Graves Commission, will now be undertaken by them in all theatres of war. — — —

ANZACS FOR JAE RHINE. I -'Official C O Mr. F, M. Ciitla a, Cor- respondent with the Australian Imperial •Force in France, wires;- The Australian Corps, consisting of the let 2nd, 4th, and 5th Divisions, will prob- ably be- among the British troops which will "march to the Rhine, and ultimately occupy paTt of the region between Goblenz and Bin- gen until peace is signed. In a month's time- from to-day Australians wiU be on the Rhine. Throughout the, force this honour paid to Australians is highly appreciated. Vt is. possible, that some AustraManR may hope to march into Germany owing to dis- location of the railways, but if possible they will go part of the way at leaat ny train. Part of the force is still in rest areas be- tween Abbeville and Amiens,, awaiting orders. There is general regret among the "diggers" that the whole force of five divi- sionf; is not to march into Germany, together, but the, Australian Command is forced to leave out one division, and has decided that this must be the 3rd. Probably the move forward will not start before a, fortnight or 'so. This scheme at present does not cover more than the military occupatidil, of strategic points until the peace is signed.

Captain Day; of the hospital ship Glenart Castle, was presented with Lloyd's silver medal. 'When torpedoed be brought his ship, .with 525 wounded soldiers, safely to land. Gunner Bert iIellllësey: whb took part in a -content with Private Garland, at the 'National Spotting Club, and' became un- conscious in the ring, died without regain- *ing ionscieUtsness in Charing. Cross Hqs- pital., HE was twenty-two. Fierce: competition. was bound to arise, and .there would- probably be a flooding of the labour iaarket when the Army was de- mobili'saa^ t-iaid Judge Graham in Bow County-court in a case in which a one- armed, lad was offered £ 300 in settlement :-f)f'¡.al'dimc;. Captain Robert A. Bartk-tt, the Arctic explorer, now an officer in the United States Navy, is planning to fly from Etah, Greenland, to the North Pole next July. intense enthusiasm prevailed during a .lhes Baltic Exchange by -Mr. Vene- ,zelos. ^The British and Greek national 'atttheniHwere..heartily sung, and Mr. Vene- zeios expvef-sed his admifation of the noble part P?y?4 :?y ?? <;?ritish mercantile pa;t plA??,4 ::It tic ?ar..? 'jJlacob?S'osOfs?r; ?otmaker, Brady-strt, was, fined.< £ 20 at Old-street. ■for ^cut'Hng^ uppers veieeeSing 7in. high for W'ö:rften-s boots. s I' M:r,R Donald late' editor of the "Daily Chronicle," has been entertained at .luncheon ^by MTitical. journalistic, and lit-t- i1 Margaret Woodlands, ttventy, wife of a naval Affider, and Gwendoline Metcalfe, ,tw,?nt.y, woiks, Biscay-road, HamT.iermfth were ??1 South -We¡;;rn PoUce-court give?.six; wcelM.for masq?er- af captains ifi tibtf  -? ?

OUR CHIL-URENVS CORNER. I SLYBOOTS. I "Wha becomes of the Hsccite!" eaid Auntie: tilyboots, tlie great white cat, jumped up and locked cut of the window. He knew where they went, but he wouldn't tell. Slyboots liked biscuits. He had found out where they were kept. Thev were in a large tin box or canis-ter. He would hold up the lid with his head. He "Would reach down, with his slender paw and put his claws into a biscuit. But he was not• satisfied with one fcr himself. Slyboots would pull out another biscuit and give it to feme other cat. The two would then fcit down to lunch. Th.it is a true story, for Auct'-e saw them do it. t THE ROUNDABOUT. I "Oh, Mother, it was pimply lovelytaid Harold HugJi. "Thstie were swings, said Barbara. "And pcnny-in-the-slots," said Clive. "Ajld cocoa-nut shies," Faid Allan. "And ti-V your weights," said Aithea. -and loveliest, of.. all," said li, I h jnmP,ing, up and ec-,Yu. cn one- foot, "waa the Toundabput The 'othfcr childreji" joined in' with :a ictft. .of ch<)riis., "TIC, ttte roundabout, Qf c'nursci it was^ the roundabout 1" "Well," said'Mother, mailing, "W^hat wlic, it like" "There were horses;" began Barbara. Mine was called Kitchener, taicl Clive. "and mine was Dobbin," said Alian. "I went in a boat. 1' said Aithea. ""A boat'" said Mother. "But I told you, not to go near the. water. Now, children!' "Ha, ha. said Harold Hugh. "You were caught, Mother! We didnt' We didn't "The boat was on the roundabout," said Barbara. "And it -went swinging about, un and down. I wae rather glad when it "Oh, I-wish it had gone on for eYer!" s<:id Clive. "So did I!" said Allan. "Whv don't we go on the Tcundabout every G said Harold Hugh. "I think it's a very good thing yon do« t," said Mother: enough for a very long while, I'm sure." r TIMOTHY TROUT, THE TEASE. I Timothy Trout was a terrible tease. He was one' of the naughtiest boys; He tormentdd his sisters called T.y and Trot W By taking away all their toys. He teased the poor kitten, he teased the poor dog, The housemaid and nursemaid as well; Oh„. there was no end to the things hq did, Jt would take' s\ich a long tiTce to tell. !But Timothy- Trout wept. much too far Whdii- he teased the Big .Toy For it suddenly turned .and gtfbbfcd him up, • And now he is-no-one, -"ov.-s where! I DORA'S HOUSEKEEPING. ) I D?. '?) U- G One morning Dora's mother was going away to tlic next town. She was going to bring Grandmamma, fcr a visit. The car- riage was, waiting before" she was quite ready. # 'Xow I shall not have time to finish iny T.ork, so I wiil let jou finish the sitting- room, Dora," she said. "Y ou did it nicely last week, and I know you want to help nte." Dora was pouting because we could not go in the carriage with Mother. She thought it was very cruel that the must stay at home when. she wanted to go so much., to she did not answer, but sat by the window pouting until the carriage was I gone. Then the said to kerself, "I do not feel .like sweeping, and I don't care how I do it. I think that it ifi too. bad that I cannot go ior'a. tide.' So sheswep the sitting-room in a careless man- ner. She did not get the dustpan and take up the litter, she only brushed it together and left it under the hearthrug. When her mother came home hhe praised her for making the room so neat. She said, "I like to see children do their work well. Then I feel sure, that they will do their work well when they axe grown np. I am glad if our little girl is going to be a good housekeeper. Oh, how Dora felt! She was so ashamed of what she had dene 11 She felt worse be- cause they praised her.. She kept thinking of the litter under, the hearthrug. She was afraid someone would rtove the see it. She was tahapftyvali the'resf cf fhe day. When she- went tobed • at, night ehe dreamed-.she eould "toot find the dust-pun1. She awoke very early. the next morning and weni; downstairs alone. She found the dust-pan and brushed up the litter as -are- fully as sjie could. It seemed easy enough to do it now. She wished, that she had done it at first; then she would have deserved praise from her mother and grandmother. Dora l'enæmbereùthis for a* long time. I am not sure if she ever forgot if; and it taught her a good lessen. She founci th^ at wrongdoing- made her very unhappy. When she grew -ol der she teamed to be a neat housekeeper. I JAMES'S LIDAY. j James had a holiday. At first Sarah and Mary were very glad; they thought they would have a lot oi iun all together—James would play with them all day long, and they would be very happy. But then James, had different ideas. When he took Sarah's best doll away from her and insisted on. giving it a. ride in UufcJe Will's hat, ahd 'wen he teased the kit-ten so that it scraatched Mary's finger, and dug up the gardens of the two girls, which they had j.ust sown" with seeds, and smashed the dolls' perambulator, and ót-eo up" all their chocolates, and dropped worms into the dolls' 1 beds, they did not think it was quite srch I a good plan for him to have a holiday. Indeed, when the' day was over, the "OnJy person in the house who was sorry it was I done was James himself. I JOSEPH. AND HIS BRETHREN. I I Joseph was his father's favourite son, ana when his brothers saw their father loved Joseph more than he loved them, they hated him. And Joseph dreamed dreams which seemed to show that, he was going to be a far greater man than any of his brothers, and t' his made them hate him all the more. So one AaLy/ when t?My saw him ccming towards them, they plotted together and said: "BehoM, tthheiy s dreamer cornet?; let l?c-?ni-er coxiietk let us slay him and east him into a pit." But one of-them said: "No, do not kill him, but throw him into this pit in the desert" for. he hoped that he might save Joseph that way. • V, So-when Joseph came, they seized his coat and cast him into the pite And as they were sitting close by eatifig thfir meal, there came by a caravan of inerchants going to Egypt. And one of the brothers said, "Let us sell Joseph to these men!" So they drew Joseph up out of the pit and bold him to the merchants for twenty pieces of silver. Then the brother who had hoped to save Joseph came back 'to the pit, but found that Joseph was not there. The other brothers dipped Joseph's coat in the blood of a kid and showed it to their father, and the poor father believed that Iiis favourite son had been 'killed. Biit yearr, afterwards, "when Joseph had risen to be a great man, he met his brothel's again, and they were afraid he would punish thero, but he fergave them and helped them.

OUR LONDON LETTER. t ■— [From Our Sjpeeial Corrmpondent.] -I- What might have happened in the West- End on Saturday night if the Ministry cr Munitions had not conceived the happy id-sa. of a 6p;3.1 firework display in Hyde Park I do not know. There had been some lively, nights up West" during the week of eele- bratione, and there can be little doubt tha.t Saturday would hare been the liveliest. The authorities had looked forward to Saturday; I night with some trepidation after the frres in Trafalgar-square and the wantcn. damage to some of the captured German. guns. Extra police were provided, snd the specials expected another wild eight. Hut the entertainment in Hyde Pan: did the trick very nicely. In the afternoon and early evening the crowds in the- West-End were the biggest ever known, but just at the-tiire when the fun would have begun the throngs tjegan to make for Hyde Park, leaving' PiccadtIIy-circus and Trafai-gar-^juare for tht tim*; <5o<bparative'y. quiet.'I o not know rcáui people wre m'. Jlyde Park, but there inu>t -have he«en. several times ten thou- sand. They saw a magnificent display. Afterwards they went and lit more bonfires in Traialgar-square, but some of the energy: had been worked off in Hyde Park, and be- fore midnigt tooy began to go. off home to There is a general, feeling that net "mafficking" went en too long, and that the authorities should have taken measures to put an end to it. The merrymaking on the fiift day was natural and spontaneous, arcl if the people had then committed" any es- cerf^&es it would not have been astonishing. But it was not until a day or two Iat6r that they beg-an to drag the German guns ai} over the place and to throw them on bonfires in Trafalgar-square—a perfectly senseless *ct, of destruction. These guns have been wen at the cost of many lives of our finest voung men, and they belong to the regi- ments that captured them. They were not brought to London in order that their de- struction might fcffcrd entertainment tI> crowds of lads and girls, who came shoutiEg and up from the East-Snd every ni £ -ht to take part in whatever fun and mis- chief might be going. There was, indeed, alter the first two nights a- certain lack of spontaneity. Many people had come out merrvmaking not because they felt merry, but -beeauFe there' 'was a; chatice t-a sniaeh tliiiigs without being caned to, account by,. We. fiaye at, last "been informed oEcially the loss of the Audacious super-lJr^dnougfct • -which was unk by a laine four years age. The censorship, in its wisdom, decided at the time that the news must be p-eventc,.d from reaching the enemy, and therefore could not be published. But the sinking of the ship was witnessed by the 1.600 people on board the Olympic, which' was on her wav' to New York. The censor could not bridle the tongues of those people, and neither could he prevent one of the passen- gers photographing the Audacious in her loit moments. The photograrh was repro- duced in papers throughout America, with, full accounts of the disaster. The American papers reached this country rnd Germany too, and so, tho-ugh the enemy may not have known of our loss for a week or two, 00 very soon had .fùll information, while we have had to wait four years for it. But we had oar rumours, at any rats. At CRe time everybody was talking- about the Audasioue. I remember a friend telling roe that she wa* badly damaged, but had been taken sufciv into port. There is no doubt that tbfó withholding of the news made people doubt the reliability of official reports for a long time. How many new suits will be needed on .demobilisation? ■ Million^ of men- coming ?r?k fl'm the Afmy, and longing to' get c?t of khaki into "civvies.,> The tailO n, 1 fancy, wm be ,kep pretty busy. The d?ma.nd, I h?!?, has already begun. One tailor in the West E?d who has been for the la&t four years doing 85. per cent, military trade and only 35 per cent, civilian, declares that tiince the armistice the percentage is 90 civilian and 10 military. The production of military clothing is to be immediately. curtailed, and the mills will be able to get hack to the manufacture of cloth for' civilian clothes..It looks as though tailors are in for a busy time. It has been, suggested that, demobilised soldiers should "be allowed to wear out their uniforms in civilian employ- ment, but the desire which nearly e I'cry sol- fTier expresses to get back into "civvies" does not suggest any great keenness on their part to wear out the uniform. But some good use ought io be made cf the' milbout) of uniforms which will no longer be re- quired. It is understood that the new register of electors on which- the coming General EJec- tion will be fought contains no leas than .20,000,000 na-mes.. At the la-,t General Elec- tion. in December, 1910, the number Was 7,69-4.741. One of the things we .'gnll miss at this election will be the long d-tawn excitement of receiving batches of. results daily for nearly three weehs, with Orkney and Shetland coming along* a week or so 11:1 1 z, later, when everyboly h'a? forgotten tbat there has. been ap election. This time the pollings wjH all take plnci on one day, a.. Saturday, and we shall get it all'ever and; done with, and be able to have a rest on tha Sunday. And then we shall have to be patient until the counting of the votes, which will not take place till after Christ- mas. Elections are cheaper than tbey used to be from the candidate's point cf view. He has the right of one fre-e postage to all the electors, and the State bsars the* returning oiffcer's expenses. I wonder how mar j. I women members, will .appear in the House of I Commons next Session. A. E. M.

DEATH OF LORD E8URY. Lord Ebury died at his residence, Mocr Park. Rickmansworth, on Wednesday, from influenza. He was eighty-four, and suc- ceeded his father in 1893. He -at as Liberal M.P. for Westminster from 1S65- to 1874.. Later he became a prom iner t Tariff Re- former. m

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