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A solicitor has been arrested in Ireland under the Defence of the
Realm Act for refusing to give away the confidential correspondence
of his client. The suggestion that a lawyer should be required to
give away anything has aroused a storm of indignant protest in both
branches of the profession.
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[Illustration: _Lady_ (_who has been damaged by motor-car_). "I SEZ TO
THE SHOVER, I SEZ, 'YOU MAY 'AVE AN ENGLISH NIME, BUT YOUR CONDUCK'S
TOOTON.'"]
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"ARGENTINE MEAT SHIPMENTS.
The only shipment of mutton to the Continent during the week
was 18,000 quarters of beef to France."--_Sheffield Daily
Telegraph_.
Even the oxen in neutral countries are feeling a little sheepish.
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"A large section of the city will find its water supply rather
intermittent in consequence of a burst of the Rivington water
main at Twig-lane, Huyton, near Prescot. The main has an
internal diameter of forty-four miles."--_Liverpool Paper_.
What an awful bore!
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"SEVENTEEN-YEAR LOCUSTS TO APPEAR NEXT SUMMER.
State Collee, Pa, Dec. 11.--The 17-yearg lgocgugsgt is due to
appear agagingg gnext summer, according to C.H. Hadley, Jr.,
an entomo-legeggggbmn TTMMggggob rr . . j Eas logist at the
Pennsylvania State College."--_Erie Daily Times_.
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