Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-16
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April II is the date for the annual arrival of the male nigi,tingales ia 9pplng Forest. which lle believed toj Rossess more Of the Daulian birds than ali the sRst Of England. They arg not so numerous tfars new that the SssnSe sts tAoEabFakers have been ruthless " 9hlnasd hy the City Corporation Wf'lskered birdcatehar ghas initiated she song so exactiy-es especially when his lips were inspired by a pot Of heer-would Gnd some dsGfss.Ity at present ia setting his ''thsec dozen nightingaies from 8 single fush!" But EppiRg Forest is still the best place for hearing the Nightingale. next to the wooded valleys of the South Downs.
 Talking to weii-known secondhand bookseller, we learnt that the fashion able way to buy books at the present tine Is not in single copies, put in sets. The oid-tine customer who came in search of an old volume makes small demands on the bookseller today. His place is taken by people who want a set of the standard authors, or the classics in calf, or a complete gentle mans library"
 When asked what kind of people were taking their literature in bulk the bookseller said, 'Fhey are not un- like the Chicago millionaire who took his guests into his library chock-a- block with sumptuous volumns bound in calf. and waving his hand airily round the apartment observed proudly, Nice, aren't they? And I killed all those calves myseif.' The small but historic iordship of the manor of Exbourne, with its tiny vol T-raf1 oxy portions Of the estate of the lato Sir Roper Lethbridge. been sold by auc- ton. 4 quaint survival. worthy to rank with other recorded instances of strange tenures, is the entry in the rent-ron of the reservation of an an- Aual payment to the lord of ''siX new laid eggs and three dahlia blooms" in respect Of one holding.
 4 feature of the sale was the folio Court Roll. Tn the pages of this little Demesday Book glimpses are to be obtained Of the quaint old ceremonial of the Court Room with it's suits and services. homage and fealty. and ot twentieth century gentlemen holding strange feudai titles in all the glory o1 their arehaic spelling. 4 genuine piece l of cid feudal England.
 1 William Foster, the Deal lsatsman l ' 1 a IA foot boat from Deal to Hythe. 6
 distance of 20 miles, i'll just over foul hours, yesterday covered the same dis 1 tanee in 8 19 foot shallow skif agains i a streng tide.
 1 At the entrances to Dover and Folke- stone harbours Foster had to wat l some little time to avoid the wasf 1 from passing mail boats. He conpletei the journey in five hours.
 1 With sowing at least two month. i--in some cases nearly four-betint the normal, owing to the drenchet condition of the land. which has no had such soaking for 100 years, farm: CTS are at their wits end for sprint time labour.
 Many demobilished soldiers formerl. working on the land (writes a "Dail! 1 Chronicle" representativel have de clined to return to rural life even witt the inducemeEt of a 6s. Sd a week ad vance offered under the latest award Many others arc Rcapacitated by in juries.
 Women are still urgently needed
 The Wonfen's Land Army has beel unable to fill all the vacancies. Bu ] now, owing to the publicity given t
 the farmers needs, applications ar
 pouring in rapidly to the Women
 Branch of the Food Production De
 partrnent and the prospect of an earl resumption of normal conditions improved.
 # is doubtfuil if any living Enaljs
 women has had Ia bigger family tha
 i Mrs. Howell wife of a railway carte living at Compton. near WoiFerhanp } ton.
 She has just given birth to triplet, l In 21 years she has had 24 ciiiidrel
 including triplets II years ago an
 twins six times. Fifteen children ar