Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-28

native FierenZe to the Florentines of their Sardegna to the Sardinians. And our own and Allied names will take new shapes on his tongue. England is InghiIterra in, Italy, London is Lon dra, York is Iorca, Scotland stands where she did, as Seozia, and her Edinburgh is Edimburgo while the Straits of Dover are the Passo df Gale. MT. Wilson is, in Italy, President of the Stati Uniti
 To those-and there are many-who take delight in collecting the humor- ous blunders of librarians we will pre- sent yet another amusing mistake in classification. Recently we came across a catalogue in which Oscar Wildes '"The Importance of Being Earnest" was put under the head of Theology"
 1 The Navy Leagues decision to offer prizes for the study of naval history | should please Sir Harry Johnston, who in his recent Moncure Conway address ] emphasized it's importance, more par. ticularly for naval officers. Sir. Harry's f suggested educational outfit for officers l in the Navy is interesting They should understand, among other things physics, metefology, hydrostatics some astronomy and mechanics, chemistry, mathematics, geography, marine bio- logy, modern history ("especially the naval history of Britain"), ethnology- and be able to converse freely" in at least nine modern languages!
 To those who would urge that no individual naval officer could success fully tackle such task, Sir Harry re- torts: Rubbish I am proposing noth- ing more difficult than what I myself had achieved before I was 30, and I am no cleverer than several thousand young men effieering the British Navy"
 Alberta" said the Canadian in blue naming his home province Then by way of explanation, he added. Seven hours west of Western" Which means that the clock on his homestead is seven hours later than the time in the Western Provinces. It is a common way of indicating places and distances in Canada, and a striking illustration of the vastness of the Dominion. We speak of being an hour from London bGt when a Canadian says he lives three hours west of Winnipeg, he means that the sun rises and the day begins for him three hours later thar the standard time for Winnipeg ol whatever city he names. - Londor Chronicle.
 Sir Arthur Lees report on food pro- j duction leaves very little doubt thar we shall have ample supplies for the whole population during the nex twelve months. Since 1916 the acreag gt under wheat has been increased by 39 per cent. and under potatoes by
 
 tions to the ground under other crops and the total gain in tillage area i! probably not less than 000,00 acres Given an average crop-and there i! at. present every reason to anticipate Ian average harvest-our people should produce wheat and it's accessories sui ficient to provide bread for fort, weeks out of the fifty-two of the year Potatoes there should be in ahundanc, without impoitations. The result vii be a saving of 8 million and a hal tons in shipping. The Germans hay, no prospect of starving us. and tn, , additional shipping available will b. extremely valuable in bringing owe
 and feeding the American troops
 Westminster Gazette.
 An American machine gun unit an, ! AdNO DSGl
 relieved from keeping the Marn
 bridgehead at Chateau -ThieSry, ant
 covered with the same glory the youn,
 and the old Allies have gone down t 7 their respective camps to fill u/ thei
 ranks and rest.
 The Americans set themselves up Il
 cantonment south of Chateau Thier " ry. At 3:3o on Friday afternoon tn
 Germans were immediately threaten | ing the town from the hills which sur E round it on the north and northwes
 The machine gunners and the colonial
 were therefore sent across the rive; and together they drove the invader
 back to the outskirts. 8 At p. m. on Saturday, the German v came on again, under cover of nEht 6 fall, from the north west and alon s the boulevard beside the Marne. Her a they again used trick that has serve t them well during this offensive. throw a ing before them grenades which raise thick clouds of smoke so that no pre- 0 else aim could be taken till they wer y at arms length.
 Arrived at the main bridge leadln
 across the Marne to the southern pal s of the town, it was their turn to suffe l, la deadly surprise. A column of Ger l, mans was on the bridge when tn s central arch, and they with, 1t. wa r blown into the air. The explosion wa