... AV’s SHORT STORY. their investigations of the Parish Council ' * iia v . r tliat, many of the missing put to use as dolly tubs. To i' l future, tlio Colliery v, tik e Vc decided that all new dustbins ' v * J pick before they arc ...

... TO-DAY’S SHORT STORY. The discovery that the stevedores loading an American steamer in the harbour at Dunkirk, France, were singing b® work and appeared very jovial led to further discovery that tho ship w as ?° dry” a 3 nationality and American t stinatlo ...

... SHORT STORY COMPETITION. Captain Trim is ofTfrin two pocket knives and two hat bands, all with R.M.S. Lanfranc them, for the four best stories sent in members of the K. 11.8. about some act of kindness to animals. The prizes have been presented Mr. K ...

... TO-DAY’S SHORT STORY. A poacher, aged 71, living near Chateau Roux, was annoyed by what he called the disagreeable look of a neighbour. He went for his gun and shot the neighbour, after which he returned to his house and quietly awaited the arrival of ...

... TO-DAY’S SHORT STORY. “Give another glass of rum before you kill me.” This was the farewell speech of Emile Quirin, who was executed at Strasbourg for the murder of a policeman states the British United Press, Then, drinking the rum which is granted to ...

... TO-DAY’S SHORT STORY. When diligent Erwin Greenblatt, an clevenyears-old schoolboy of Mineland, New Jersey, failed to receive promised reward of 25 dollars from his uncle for good progress at school, he took legal action, states the British United Press ...

... TO-DAY’S SHORT STORY. the House of Commons last night. Mr. Ramsootham (U., Lancaster) asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the proposed grant to assist the production of Grand Upera. also proposes to consider grant for the production ...

... TO-DAY'S SHORT STORY. “During my recent flight across Africa I always carried a tube of morphine—just in case,” Lady Heath told the members of the Women’s Freedom League their tea-and-politics meeting in London yesterday. “It occurred to me before I started ...

... TO-DAY’S SHORT STORY. This is what happened when natives in Papua saw their first cinema show. The film was a comedy. It ended with bulldog chasing a burglar through fields, over fences, and into buildings. The chase seemed so realistic to the natives ...

... TO-DAY’S SHORT STORY. An ideal client, who probably can claim the world’s record for patience, has been f ound barber Port Credit, Ontario, states the British United press. With his face halfshavod, he waited uncomplainingly while the barber, who is a ...

... TO-DAY’S SHORT STORY. As his cigar lighter would not work, Mr. William McCormick, of Orange, New Jersey, went out to lunch and got some benzine to put in it, states the British United Press. When he got hack he called to Mr. Charles Mapletoft, his partner: ...

... TO-DAY’S SHORT STORY. A London man was seeing his wife and daughter off to Plvmouth, and was accidentally taken there, too. The Plymouth authorities sent him back the next train. His first words to the Paddington officials after he had done a 440 miles ...