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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1240, 23 September 1911, Page 12

One of the customs of the opora seaion at Covent Garden' is that tho men members o£ the chorus must ho clean-shaven, and their contract includes an allowance of Is. Cd. nor. week for barber's expenses. Tho doom of tho horsed omnibus, so long a distinctive feature of tho London streets, has been pronounced. By the end of September the London General Omnibus Company will have withdrawn tho last of the 1700 horse omnibuses under their control. Tho old vehicles are to be broken up and the horses aro to lie sold at auction, while the stables are to bo turned into garages. This will leave about 120 omnibuses of tho old horsedrawn pattern, owned and operated by private individuals. - They will,' perhaps, continue to enjoy a certain popularity, for there are many people in London who cling to old customs or fear tho dahgers attendant upon tho new ones. Many, too, are no longer activo enough to board a moving motor omnibus. The substitution of the motor omnibuses for the h(,|-so vehicles is to bo followed by the opening of several new routes within the next few months. , Tony Ferror, of St. Mary's Pennsylvania, is probably the champion chicken stealer of the world. He has been remanded again on the same nliargo after admitting tho tliei't of- 3500 fowls. For Chronic Chest Complaints, .Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is. Cd,'