Twelfth Grime Mystery of Modern London
Mystery set in contemporary London unfolds through Seton Crom as narrator. A brisk, character driven tale featuring intrigue, power plays, and hidden identities within the city’s shadowy social strata.
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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 18, 1916
Page
2
Mystery set in contemporary London unfolds through Seton Crom as narrator. A brisk, character driven tale featuring intrigue, power plays, and hidden identities within the city’s shadowy social strata.
Martha testifies she kept silent to protect her son and the plan to trap Holgate. Goring identifies a pistol with initials P.W. and finger prints link Treversh and McEwan cases, while Small reports notebooks and glasses with prints tying Holgate to the crimes. A remand is ordered as Holgate is brought to court to answer charges.
A wartime speech at a London restaurant by Bonar Law emphasizes growing Allied resources and persistent push toward victory. He warns against complacency, notes German economic strain, and urges full national effort to secure lasting peace and prevent a repeat of catastrophe.
In the House of Commons Captain Charles Bathurst urged sweeping controls to curb luxury and waste. Proposals include rationing meat bread and petrol and taxing land use for personal pleasure, with penalties for excess meals and waste. Prime ministerial caution followed, noting such measures are not yet seen as expedient.
A former U S Navy petty officer details his experience aboard a British destroyer, praising Royal Navy officers and craftsmanship while lamenting U S reluctance to retain him. He pledges return to American service, calling the sea the greatest training ground and the war’s decisive arena.
Report describes a Paris account of a squadron of thirty-two French aeroplanes bombing German and Bulgarian targets at Monastir and Ghorgeli. Bombs dropped, hospitals avoided, as crews avoided heavy losses, with fires reported and substantial material damage.
An officer in Flanders writes home about mud and trench life, recalling a surgeon’s field report on a soldier wounded in the thigh. The letter blends grim detail with comic resilience as troops endure long mining work and a man’s recovery progresses.
A farmer and a sharp boy trade lessons about honesty and value at a cherry stand. The boy tests the farmer with a story and a blunt request, but the farmer answers with a moral on fairness and trust, then gifts cherries to prove the point.
The Fishing Gazette reports a tench caught at midday Sunday placed in water at 10 p m, then dried and posted to a recipient who received it at 10 45. The fish remained alive Tuesday morning and fully recovered after spending about a day in transit, though the story is said to be not particularly remarkable.
The text mixes a risqué pretend scene with stray lines about Canada sending troops and recruiting 200,000 volunteers and 250,000 more in 1916. It references the impact on able-bodied men and includes an editor’s note about a personal letter from an unidentified official.
A compilation of wartime quotes and reflections from various sources. It cites lines from Poople Bellou Bays Lad and Water, Sydney Bulletin, Times, Gentlewoman, Lady's Pictorial, Saturday Review, and more, touching on Balkan campaigns, newspaper reading, and civilian wartime attitudes. The piece weaves humor and gravity, relaying public sentiment amid the war.
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