Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-03-18
their national nrograrnnne.

ii. their national programme
Making this recommendation in
report issued Yesterday, The executive
committee appointed by tie London
authorities in the area states that
$500 houses should lie built in the
North Western area.
10000 in the East and North eastern
area.
700 in the South Eastern area.
s coo in the Southern area
SEQ in the South Western area.
1900 in thu West of london area.
''For such beastly month as Feb
ru2rv % days are as a rule sufficient"
~ he late ST. W. s Gilbert once re-
',l.~75nd. F't nevertheless i. is &C
t.E71v possible for there 10 tc a Feb
rd7ry 30th
Everyone knows that i'll vcvaeing
round the world a dav has to be added
or "heaved overheard" according to
the direction travelled. The adjust
rent is invariably made when cross
ing the t21th meridian almost mid
way between Japan and California, SO
u vessel on that spot Oh | eDruary %
in Leap Year must accordingly have a
February 81. Indeed February 80
does. in fact, appear on the ship menu.
3ut it is hardIines on any baby born
aboard that dav, for it can never have
enather birthday, even if il lives to
lie a centarian.
Today, February 18th. IS the ami
| versary of another Irish grievance,
due to English bIunder;ny. It was to
| conciliate the Irish ar;stocracy that
| the Order of st. Patrick was instituted
| by George 1T. in 1888, and very wise
ily and appropriately the symbols
| chosen for l. were the rod satire of
ST. Patrick the Irish harp. and the
rational badge. the shamrock.
| But here wisdom and fitness ceased
ind bIunderil,g began. The one fl
| day for the Inauguration OF the new
O:der was that sacred to Ireland's
patron saint. March il: but acting
en- the foolish advice OF his Ministers
the King Instituted t. on February
| 2Sth.
Some anecdotes Of famous men a;
| children We're related IN a lecture Feb
r'iary 28th by Dr. F. g. Ballard at the
Royal Sanitary Institute.
| Thomas Macaulay, as a small boy
had kept a garden neatly borderet
with oyster shells. One day Sally, thu
maid, had swept all the shells away
ard on discovering this Thomas rush
ed into his mothers drawing room
where she was holding ii tea party
and cried out Cursed be Sally. TO
cursed is he who removetk his neigh
bors landmark
Sir Walter Scott, on visiting his oil
"Chool, said the speaker. presented
a boy wearing a ounces cap with hal
a Rocause YOU are occupying
my seat at the bottom of the class an
wearing the cap l always used t
wear"
The Ancient Society OF coIIeg
Youths" which will attend a rnemoria
service for bellringers fallen in tn
war al st. Clement Danes today,
, the Oldest association Of neilringers i
, the world. It was established in 1853
two of the founders being -1ord Brere
ton and Sir CIiffe Clifton. and gets
quaint title from the vanished Cit
church of st. Martin Nintry, on Col
lege Hill. where the ''yoatbs" frs
!, p1actised.
The college youths some {
,, whom are promising lads of fourscor
4 summers, have never rang a complet
peal" because to do This on a "fu
ring of u bells would Involve 479
Col, 500 possible changes, and tax
nearly 50 years!
Soldiers who =1rsS5y had an &C
+ count in the Post Office Saving
! Bank have been somewhat perturbe
n at receiving theN final army gratu
ty, in the shape of another post OF
+ fee savings account for in Dol
letter on the original books is tf
= warning that two accounts are NJ
/ allowed, under penalty of forfeitul
=. of the deposits.
q Naturally the authorities hay
| been deluged with letters from me
who desire their army gratuity to /
added to their existing account, b.
e the staff is already overworked, al
the combining of the accounts is fl
a time not feasible. To surmount-tl
II difficulty it has ben decided that Il
a existing rule shall not apply in the,
!, gases, and that eX- service men ma
= use the two accounts.-LondG
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