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...likely to come true even sooner than he probably expected, for, in announced figures on Canal traffic for the fiscal year recently closed, he found that the rate of travel is now double that of a year ago, and tolls for the next year, at the present rate, will exceed $24,000,000, of which about $18,000,000 is profit above over-head expense...
...alarming inroads have roused Governments. Lord Curzon in a public speech said many valuable works in Britain's private libraries were crossing the Atlantic. American imports of paintings, etchings and antiques from London only for the first six months of 1923 were $3,716,644, and will probably exceed $8,000,000 for the year. Sir Wilfrid Hart Sugden, Unionist M. P. for Lancashire, broached the subject on the floor of Commons and called for the Government to offer fair prices to magnates who are compelled to sell their objets d'art to Americans to pay their income...
Last summer 123 children between the ages of four and 18 were enrolled in the school, with an average daily attendance of 87. It is expected that the enrollment this year will exceed that number. The daily program will include talks on patriotic subjects, discussions of health, Bible lessons, stories, calesthentics, and basketry...
...moved twenty-five yards in order to be at the new centre. This would put the goal lines twenty-five yards farther away from spectators in the bowl seats; but even that distance would be less than from the poorer seats at New Haven, and the gain would far exceed the sacrifice. It may be noted that Major Moore's second plan could he used along with this...
...Grays 23 not later than June 1. The lists must be typewritten and must include the names of all guests both men and women. The only other regulation of importance in regard to the forming of these groups is that the number in each box may not exceed 16 persons. Groups larger than 16 should apply for adjoining boxes and divide into two groups...