nu» On File 200 years Curious Professor Wolfe, of Peterburgh, has invented auniversal language, des- titute of words, that immediately expresses the ideas, and fills the imagination with images and perceptions. It does not take up a fifizh of the space_of any known language and can easily be taught in\any country where there are Jews, Turks, or Chris- tians, or where the Bible ortheKoranisread. It is not unpleasant to the ear; has no irregularities, no declentions, and only one extremely simple conjugation. Proper names of persons and places may be ‘accurately expressed by it, without the help of words or letters, and it may be commonly read from lefi: to right, or right to left at pleasure. , The German journal that mentions this i.nter- esting discovery has raised the curiosity of all the philologists in Europe. ~ (Kentish Gazette, January 4,1791) 100 years Music An audience number-C ing about 600 attended the entertainment given (Kentish Gazette, January 1, 1916) at the Music Hall on‘ Saturday evening and the promoters of the happy idea — laimched through the medium of the Can- terbury Chamber_ of Trade — of giving free Christmas entertainment to the working people _of the city are to be con- d grat:ul_ate . (Kentish Gazette, January 3, 1891) 75 years « Esteem Interesting Presenta- tion at Bridge: There was a pleasant gathering at the school on the 24th when Miss Wye was pre- sented with a purse of gold, subscribed for by the managers, schola.rs (past and present), parents and friends, as a token of esteem and appreciation of her 44 years work as head- mistress of the infants’ school. The presentation was made byt.heVicar(RevH. Knight), who spoke most highly of Miss Wye’s work, as testified by the uniformly excellent reports of inspectors eulogising her skill as a teacher and her tact in the management of the little ones to whomshe had been a second mother. ’ 50 years Riddled A passenger train in the South East was machine-gunned on Tues- day afternoon by a German raider which attacked from a height of 200-300 feet Carriages were riddled with bullets but fortu- nately there were only a few passengers and all escaped but one man who was wounded in the face. At the next stop he was taken by ambulance to hospital. (Kenfish Gazette, January I 4, 1941) 25 years . Moat point A last-ditch battle to save the moat beside the City Wall at the Dane John is being fought by the Canterbury Society. , The Minister of Hous- ing and local Govem- ment (Mr Richard Cross- man) is being asked to refuse to allow the moat to be used for the second stage of Canterbury’s pro- posed Ring Road when he looks at the recent review of the City‘s Development Plan. (Kentish Gazette, January . .7».19§§).. .. _ [ ‘+3 ¢ ’_.