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The first number of Canal Zone News has reached my

desk. It is what its name implies—a sheet published in the Suez Canal Zone for all the forces there, designed to give them an accurate summary of home and foreign—and particularly of local—news. as a set-off to the omissions and bias imposed on the local English journal by the Egyptian censor. It is a wise departure, and deserves all success. Incidentally, a deserved tribute to the way in which the Navy is keeping Canal traffic moving includes mention of a delivery of 34 tons of water to H.M.S. 'Chequers' from an Army lighter, accompanied by an exchange of courtesies between donor and recipient: "Water, with the compliments of all ranks of the Army at the port." "Thank you, Army, for the water. When does the beer follow ? "

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