The burly village constable had just lodged a couple of poachers into the county police station. “ i caught ’em red-handed,” said he. with a grin, to the inspector. “ They both had hold of a dead pheasant and were fighting over it—having a regular tag of war.” “ Who ivmi? ” said the inspector. “ In the end,” said the constable. “ it was a ‘ drawn game.’ ’’ By using an artesian well, one London business house, with a rateable value of £'15.000, saves sonic £550 a year on its water rate. There are about ‘-’.OOO wells of this type, pumping up .■’0.000.000 gallons of wafer a day, in Uoiuioi;.
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Evening Star, Issue 21232, 13 October 1932, Page 4
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