Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-02
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 l need of working class houses for Eng land and Wales alone is estimated at approximately 5Oo,90e. To meet this need, the same untiring energy and enthusiasm will be required as that which enabled the country to meet the demand for munitions of war.
 Tt is not merely houses that arc needed. The new houses must be also 'homes.' ...ez
 Can we not aim at securing to the working classes in their homes the comfort, leisure. brightness. and peace which we usually associate with the word home
 "The sites of the houses must be carefully chosen and laid out the houses themselves properly planned and equipped; and I would ask you not 1 to overlook the supreme importance 1 of the planning and equipment of houses to the women who will five in 1 the m,and whose convenience should
 therefore be a prime consideration" ! "The other day l was present at a I test at one of the ground stations" re- ports an official who attended 8 de- i nonstration connected with the Folke-. | stone Cologne aerial mail service. T saw the aeroplane far distant, man. oeuvering in response to our direct ions, and then, switching over from sand to recieye,' distinctly heard every word of d verse from Kipling." 1 This statement serves. to show that
 practical use is being made, of wire 1 less telephony under test conditions on | the Folkestone- Cologne service Along
 the route chain of call stations is being installed, and the machines are | being fitted both with sending and re- l ceiving sets.
 l Clear voice signals are already trans
 mitted with ease, from plane to ground and from ground to plane, at 30 miles. As yet, however, the possible range i is quite indefinite and is goverened by l the powers of the sets employed. 1 Many stories are being told of the
 demobbed soldier who finds it difficult
 to doff with his uniform the discipline
 and habits of Army life.
 Last evening there was a crash at a barrier in one of the big railway sta tions, caused by soldier obstructing the entrance. A dispute had arisen between the ticket collector and the soldier as to the availability of the latters ticket A young fellow and his lady companion were standing close by, Just wait moment said he to his friend; I'll examine that mans pass" And he was going to do so until quietly reminded by the girl that he had ceased to be a red cap.'' Victory is to be celebrated in the publishing world by a special edition
 of the Bible. The issue will have many an interesting point There will be a central column of references 'spe- cially designed to commemorate Peace, and pages of handmade paper upon | hn al q fa iI7r o1 of honor, and like. record for friends or colleagues once in khaki.
 Printed in Clarendon type, the vol ume will come from the Press which bears that long famed name; and a
 smaller series of the work will be issued at the saee time, with other Victorious Peace books.
 Lord Balfour of Burieieh has raised the question in the House of Lords as to the exact type of memorial to be
 erected on the graves of British sold iers in France and Flanders Con-
 siderable difference of opinion appears
 to eXisit.
 The matter was frequently discussed
 by the troops during the fighting on the Western front. One suggestion
 that was well supported was that a
 certain proportion of the captured Iguns should be melted down and cast into crosses or placques for war ceme
 terie<- This plan automa tically solves
 the problem of what to do with the
 trophies which increasing numbers of
 towns and villages refuse to accept. When Sir David Beatty was invited
 at Liverpool last week, in a sporting atmosphere. to say what he thought the odds were against Jutland proving to be the last naval Eattie in history he replaied, "A thousand to 5one against" Other edmirais whose
 judgment was subsequently invited put
 the odds even higher. Now we have
 Sir Douglas Haig incidentally observ- ing in his dispatch, Tt cannot safe ly be assumed that in all future wars the Hanks of the opposing forces vii rest on neutral States or impossible
 obstacles" IT @f. e<- sst Whatever statesmen and people ma. believe about the war that was to end war. comb2tant experts evidently take 1