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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 43, 21 October 1913, Page 6

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THE LATEST IN HATS. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] Times— Sydney Sun Special Cables (Received 8 a.m.) Paris, October 20. Hat fashions favor a moderation in size. Black velvet designs, and velour- twisted into a smart little toque, with the brim rolled up at the side, is productive of a beautiful line. Jet ornaments are increasingly popular, being worn at a great height above the crown. DESERVES MORE THAN A MEDAL ''■< t * Paris, October 20. A hairdressing, wife at Templeuve, France, has given birth to her twentyfifth child. MR LABOUCHERE’S BIOGRAPHY. - - London;■ October 22 The just-published biography of the late Right Hon. Henry Labonchere, P.C., the famous proprietor of Truth, is filled with bright, satirical, and cynical stories of famous men and women. It discloses “new” political secrets relating to the late Mr W. E. Gladstone, Mr J. Chamberlain, and Mr Pigott, and shows Labonchere*s eccentric and unscrupulous genius. ANTHONY F. WILDING. London, October 19. The Times says that Anthony F. Wilding is now undoubtedly one of the greatest lawn tennis players ever known. TOBACCO WAR IN NEW YORK. New ‘ Yfiwk, October 19. A huge war irt‘ v .the retail -.tobacco trade is commencing. The United Cigar Stores Company, which already holds the . field, has purchased the Wiker, Hegeman and Jayes drug stores;. V; Henceforth tobacco, cigars and cigarettes will bo sold at these shops. The capital involved is £lo,i--'OOO,OOO. |j ;Ui. • . BIG iFIREi lN SHANGHAI. •f'W ■* i Pn.jTv>^, ! |||| October 19. .< ■ ; A ffri Ifeas’ mile of‘the city. /Ten thousand people

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