... SPEAKING OF HOBBIES ...

... These figures and the list of honours gained speak for them- ...

... “ The English-Speaking Union of New Zealand wish me to express to you their grateful thanks and deepest appreciation of the work you are doing in the sending of parcels to the boys from this country who are prisoners of war. Some of our members have sons ...

... The scheme for holding examinations in camps has now been working for three years, and one finds, generally speaking, that prisoners of war take examinations for two reasons : “(a) to continue or complete their professional qualifications; (b) to test ...

... Generally speaking, men in the Forces serving overseas or prisoners of war are granted relief from income tax on all income derived from abroad and from income derived from British Government Securities which are paid tax-free to non-residents. This includes ...

... Oflag VI B, dated February 22, 1942 :— - _ My birthday, a Sunday, and comparatively speaking a day of rest for your son, who after cavorting around the ice “for an hour or so is now relaxing his muscles and saying to the photographs above his bunk, ““ ...

... Since s shafts came in we have grown unused to breaking our clubs, which have become, comparatively speaking, immortal, but it is easy to understand that these wooden-shafted clubs from Denmark were subject to occasional accident in the hands of fervent ...

... SPEAKING at Durban, Mr. Ernest Green, City Treasurer, estimated that South African national housing would cost £80,000,000, spread over ten to twenty years. He recommended that each tenant be allowed to credit a portion of the rental towards the purchase ...

... were Italian soldiers. While I was serving dinner the first night, when I had to speak to him as I offered him a dish, —— turned to —— and said : ¢ Doesn’t the man speak perfect English, Sir?’ It was the joke of the place j for days.” ...

... altogether forget : accept, receive, submit, lie open, be still. “I am an ambassador in bonds that therein I may speak boldly as I ought to speak.” ...

... altogether forget : accept, receive, submit, lie open, be still. “I am an ambassador in bonds that therein I may speak boldly as I ought to speak.” ...

... Even Carmichael, on his title-page, had to speak of * Words, Rites and Customs, Dying and Obsolete ”” ; and a great many more have died since his day. But many of those people who say “ What a pity,” speak as if it were just a pleasant trimming removed ...