London, Aug. 18, Londoners heard of England's ater six oclock.! dallied and gave exuberant, vent t0 their feelings of elation at' the return of the Ashes. Newsboys with the special editions were over: whelmed with the generosity of the buyers.
Early in the evening huge crowds nad collected in the Strand blotting out the pavement outside the build-{ng from which the Test news was being displayed. Strong police refinforeements had to be rushed to regulate trafic, Passengers on the tops of buses cheered lustily as they spotted the score when Mailey's wicket was spreadeagled and the result appea Jed. Usually staid and sober gentle. men capitulated to the epidemic of Jubilation and a forest of hats and handkerchiefs shot. up in the a accompanied by roars of thunder: fous" cheers, "Slowly the crowd [melted to transfer their exuberance elsewhere.
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