According to a recent official communique from Petrograd, among the captures on the Caucasian Front was “an apomecometer (an instrument for estimating altitudes).”  It is understood that the latest Turkish estimate of the “All Highest” was captured with the instrument, but was found to be unfit for publication.

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“The Weser Zeitung now reports from Berlin that deliberations by the State authorities have led to the decision that from April 15 the meat ration will be increased to half a kilometre (about 17-1/2 ozs.) per week.”—­Liverpool Daily Post.

This must refer to the sausage-ration, which by reason of its length and tenuity is now advertised by the butchers (civilian) of Berlin as “The HINDENBURG line.”

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    “STEAM LUNCH—­50 ft. x 7-1/4 ft., fast, liquid fuel.”—­Yachting
    Monthly.

A meal of these dimensions should surely attract the attention both of the FOOD CONTROLLER and the Liquor Control Board.