In other countries, depression and. gloom are apt to follow a strike, You find nothing of the kin in London. Everybody feels more than cheerful at the settlement, the gayest of gay demeanour characterized the doings of the volunteers in general, and there seems to be no bitterness among the men asa) whole against those who temporarily took their jobs.
A swift and rem able success has been achieved by "The Times" National Police Fund. The object of the Fund is to give the public an opportunity of expressing their appreciation of the rear services rendered by the police forces of the country during the general eurike, Although the fund was only opened last Thursday, amid all the dislocation of the first day, atter the strike ended a stream of gifts bogan to flow in, and by The Times" had collected £56,000.
The total is now over £100,000. The subscribers include visitors from abroad, and the immediate response to the' Fund is a measure of the widespread appreciation of the admirable work of the police.
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