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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 79, 28 December 1918, Page 8

Writing of the death of Mr. Inglefield, the principal doorkeeper at the House of Commons, a London gossip says:—His was quite a responsible post, for the holder must have an astounding memory for faces. The House of Commons is probably Ihe last place where snuff is regularly taken. The attendants take it because they have long hours of duty, in which smoking is kn-red. and a good many members apparently follow the ancient habit. Mr. Inglefield always kept a box on his seat at the door, and it was surprising to see how numerous were the members who helped themselves to a pinch as they went in or out of the House.

An Australian platoon had a gay interlude during one of the operations in which they so severely drubbed "Jerry" (says a London writer, on the authority of "one of our most gallant officers"). They rushed a German general's headquarters, mid found there, nmong other souvenirs, a box of brand-new iron, erodes ready for issue to the Huns. Ihe Anzacs rose to the occasion, and i\e soon as they got a few minutes' "breather tiipy hold an investiture on their own. Tho mej) lined up, and each of I hem .had an iron cross solemnly pinned to his bi-Mst by ii n.c.o. Two U.A.F. officers, with two air mechanics, have flown from England to Egypt. They nwd a service machine, and made one or two halts for petrol. The direct dietanco is over '2000 miles. The names of the winners the raffles conducted at the Catholic picnic, held at Seatonn on Boxing Day, are advertised in another column.