"But there's no doubt about that, is there?" "Yes. We have made every inquiry, and in our opinion the whole affair is a hoax.' Further questions elicited the fact that the police are still looking for the bull and the "dead" children. They will have to look, for the tale itself,

The following parents were summoned in respect of the irregular attendance of their children :—Fred Buckingham, for Nellie; E. Seymour, for William; Fred Bishop, for son Fred ; Edmund Powell, for Jan; Henry Russell, for Harold; and F. Draper, for Frank. The two first-named defen

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GENTLIMEN, MY duty to you requires to explain why I have been unable to accept the flattering and unanimous invitation I received from the ot the Hornsey Conservative Association te become the Candidate of the Unionist Party for the Hornsey Division of Middlesex. It is well know

On Saturday last, Finchley journeyed to Greenwich to play the team of the town. The game was played on the ground just outside Maze Hill railway station; previously the ground of the Royal Ordinance Corp. Peter Hunter being unable to play, the Finchley team lined up as follows :

This match was played at Hornsey, and a onesided game ended in a win for homesters by 5 to nil. Morris stored all the goals. The home team was ;—Mmeintosh ; K. Kirkwood and Chapman ; Fraser, Warboys and Corbel' ; Turner, Bolger, Morris, J. Kirkwood and Stovkley. Huswell Hill "A"

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George Lines, aged 40, blacksmith, of Lodgelane, North Finchley, was charged with being drunk and disorderly and with using obscene language in High-street, North Finchley. P.-c. Jones, 582 S, was requested to eject the _ _ prisoner from the" Torrington Arms" it 12.30 on Tuesday

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