31 AUGUST 1912, page 9

Character-giving.

A WRITTEN "character " is not, as a rule, a document of much value. It describes the person concerned in conventional terms, and may at best be regarded as a guarantee of......

The Weathbfa.

I F there can be said to be an aanus classicus of had weather, it is perhaps the year 1879, when the harvest, such as it was, was delayed until November. Another rainy year......