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Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XLV, Issue 3190, 3 February 1928, Page 3

Britain has more than half a million dogs in excess of the number four years ago. The revenue from licenses now amounts to £1,074,479 a year. Owing to the increased use of motor,* in agricultural work in Britain farm hands who cannot get employment on the land are seeking jobs as motor mechanics "with some success. A burglar who sought to be polite to his woman victim, -got badly fooled when he picked Mrs Elsie Clayton, of New York. She returned to her apartment and found the burglar ransacking her rooms. ''Pardon for intrusion," he said, but proceeding systematically on his job. "Pardon hell," replied the lady, who slapped his face. The thief then ceased to be a gentleman and struck her. She kicked his shins, and soon they roughed and tumbled like two Melbourne wrestlers, she screaming aJI the while. Four janitors lugged the burglar to the police station. The Palmolive Offer.— Minsons still letting you have a Gillette razor free with an ordinary 2/- tube of luxurious shaving cream. 2