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Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, January 10, 1917
Release Date: November 23, 2004 [eBook #14135]
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The effect of the curtailed train-service throughout the country is already observable. On certain sections of one of our Southern lines there are no trains running except those which started prior to January 1st.
The new Treasury Notes, we are told, are to have a picture of the House of Commons on the back. It is hoped that other places of amusement, such as the Crystal Palace and the Imperial Institute, will be represented on subsequent issues.
It is announced from Germany that arrangements have been made whereby criminals are to be enrolled in the army. They have, of course, already conducted many of its operations.
According to _The Daily Chronicle_ there are only twenty-three full Generals in the British Army--a total identical with that of the late Cabinet. It is only fair to the army to state that the number is purely a coincidence.
"THE RISE IN BOOT PRICES WOMEN'S LARGE PURCHASES."
The above headlines in a contemporary have caused a good deal of natural jealousy among members of the Force.
"At them and through them!" says the _Hamburger Fremdenblatt_ in a seasonable message to the commander of the Turkish Navy. This will not deceive the Turk, who is beginning to realise that, while the invitation to go _at_ the enemy is sincere, any opportunities of "going _through_" him will be exclusively grasped by his Teutonic ally.