6 JUNE 1931, Page 11

THE ENGLISH : ARE THEY HUMAN ?

[From The Times.] " One of the prize-winners [in the Irish Sweep] was stated on Monday to be ' Jumbo,' 18 North Street, Havant. ' Jumbo' was the nom-de-plume adopted by Harry Wheeler, who has been in the service of Mr. Standing, a grocer, for 42 years. Yesterday Mr. Standing dismissed Mr. Wheeler, and in a statement for publication said that the unauthorized use of his address was detrimental to his reputation as a magistrate and a local preacher, and might raise doubts as to the sincerity of his anti-gambling

views." MOTH. •