TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17264, 4 September 1916, Page 8

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

"G.W.F."—No. Up to the time r.f' the war Britain continued her freetrade policy and imposed no duty on German manufactured goods.

“Chortle.”—The word ,was introduced by Lewis Carroll, in “Through the. Looking Glass,” and later Was jocularly used by Besant and Bice and other writers. It is pronounced with a soft “ch,” not the “ k ”sound, and it is believed to be a suggestion of “ chuckle ” and “ sr\ort.” “Jimmy Woodser.”—The Act applies to all women. There are no exceptions such as the one you suggest.