There were several, excitements both in London and elsewhere on November 5 and it is estimated by Me. Brock, the head of the famous firework firm, that more fireworks Were blown off than ever before. The total cost of them lih estimates at £500,000, a sum large enough to make many people ask whether such expenditure on so trivial a cause is really worth while. The answer probably is that it does not matter very much. The makers of fireworks are dependent on the annual celebration and. youth would lose half its" joys if it were deprive ed of the annual firework disp! It seems, however, that "people never grow tired of fireworks, whatever their age. On Tuesday
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