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    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 17, 1920
    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 17, 1920
    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 17, 1920
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    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 17, 1920

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      Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 17, 1920 - Various Various

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      Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, March 17, 1920

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      ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOL. 158, MARCH 17, 1920***

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      PUNCH,

      OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

      Vol. 158.

      March 17, 1920.

      CHARIVARIA.

      Prince Albert Joachim, it appears, did not take part in the attack on a French officer at the Hotel Adlon, but only gave the signal. Always the little Hohenzollern!

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      Mr. Lloyd George, we read, makes a study of handwriting. The only objection that The Times has to this habit is that he positively refuses to notice the writing on the wall.

      It is rumoured that the Government will construct an experimental tunnel between England and the United States in order (1) to cement Anglo-American friendship, and (2) to ascertain if the Channel Tunnel is practicable.

      Dr. C.W. Colby, head of the Department of History, has taken Sir Aucland Geddes' place as Principal of McGill University. The report that Sir Auckland will reciprocate by taking a place in history awaits confirmation.

      It is quite usual nowadays, a well-known auctioneer states, for mill hands to keep a few orchids. We understand that by way of a counter-stroke a number of noblemen are threatening to go in for runner ducks.

      A Rotherham couple who have just celebrated their diamond wedding have never tasted medicine. We ourselves have always maintained that the taste is an acquired one.

      A Greenland falcon has been shot in the Orkneys. The view is widely taken that the wretched bird, which must have known it wasn't in Greenland, brought the trouble on itself.

      An alleged anarchist arrested in Munich was identified as a poet and found Not Guilty—not guilty, that is to say, of being an anarchist.

      With reference to the pending retirement of Mr. Robert Smillie from the Presidency of the Miners' Federation, it appears that there is talk of arranging a farewell strike.

      The Berlin Vorwaerts states that ex-Emperor Carl has been discovered in Hungary under an assumed name. The Hungarian authorities say that unless he is claimed within three days he will be sold to defray expenses.

      We understand that Mr. Justice Darling's weekly denial of the reports of his retirement will in future be issued on Tuesdays, instead of Wednesdays, as hitherto.

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      Two out of ten houses being built at Guildford are now complete. Builders in other parts of the country are asking who gave the word Go.

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