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It is stated that as the result of the drastic changes in our railway service the publication of Bradshaw’s Guide may be delayed.  At a time when it is of vital importance to keep up the spirits of the nation the absence of one of our best known humorous publications will be sorely felt.

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The failure of King CONSTANTINE to join with other neutrals in urging peace on the belligerents must not be taken as indicating that he is out of sympathy with the German effort.

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The County Council has after mature deliberation decided to set aside ten acres of waste land for cultivation by allotment holders.  It is this ability to think in huge figures that distinguishes the municipal from the purely individual patriot.

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In anticipation of a Peace Conference German agents at the Hague have been making discreet inquiries after lodgings for German delegates.  The latter have expressed a strong preference for getting in on the ground floor.

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The weighing of a recruit could not be completed at Mill Hill, as the scales did not go beyond seventeen stone, and indignation has been expressed in some quarters at the failure of the official mind to adopt the simple expedient of weighing as much as they could of him and then weighing the rest at a second or, if necessary, a third attempt.

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It is rumoured that tradesmen’s weekly books are to be abolished.  We have long felt that the absurd practice of paying the fellows is a relic of the dark ages.

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The statement of a writer in a morning paper that Wednesday night’s fog “tasted like Stilton cheese” has attracted the attention of the Food Controller, who is having an analysis made with the view of determining its suitability for civilian rations.  We assume that it would rank as cheese and not count in the calculation of courses.

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Austria has forbidden the importation of champagne, caviare and oysters, and now that the horrors of war have thus been thoroughly brought home to the populace it is expected that public opinion in the Dual Monarchy will shortly force the EMPEROR to make overtures to the Allies for a separate peace.

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As a protest against being fined, a Tottenham man has stopped his War Loan subscriptions.  Nevertheless, after a series of prolonged discussions with Sir WILLIAM ROBERTSON, Mr. BONAR LAW has decided that the War can go on, subject to the early introduction of certain economies.

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The Duke of BUCCLEUCH has given permission to his tenants to trap rabbits on the ducal estates.  It is hoped that a taste of real sport will cause many of the local residents, though above military age, to volunteer for similar work on the West Front.

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The prisons in Berlin are said to be full of women who have offended against the Food Laws, and in consequence of this many deserving criminals are homeless.