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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2545, 20 August 1915, Page 5

A bride in Corea begins her married life in silence.. During the first day she . must not speak, even to her husband. It is considered a breach of etiquette. But the next morning she is permitted to give free rein to her tongue, and may talk thereafter to her heart's cont-ent. In a. brigade of artillery a telephone set is supplied to enable the officer commanding. the brigade to communicate with his three battery commanders. Jules. Verne's real name was Olchewitz. ■ During our war with the Turks in 1807 Sir John Duckworth succeeded in getting to Constantinople despite the fact that his wooden vessels were assailed by the Turks with stono cannonballs so great that two men were required to, roll one of them up .vplank. Tho 25th (County of London) Cyclists Battalion was the first territorial unit in London to attain full strength, beatinn- the London Scottish by 20 minutes. IVwas also the first unit,in the Kingdom to mobilise and be ready,- to taka tho field on Aueurt 4. 1914. .