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MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1917.
TELEGRAMS.
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MARK FALLS TO 815.
Loxpos, June, 18. There has been a benvy full of the Mark„og' neutrui exchanges. It is now worth less thur: 64
ENTENTE TROOPS IN THESSALY.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
"AFFAIRS IN GREECE.
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MR. JONNART HIGH COMMIS- SIONER.
PEACE MANŒUVRES.
GERMANY AND RUSSIA,
SWITZERLAND THE INTERMEDIARY.
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STOCKHOLM, June 16, Facts have come to light showing that the Swiss Government' has "beet acting as the intermediary between Sermany and Russia, in promoting the ain for peace.
A telegram despatched" from "Berne on the 5th June in the cypher of the PARIS, June 17.
Swiss Federal Council, the Swiss Minia British, French aut Russian troopster in Petrogral says that M. Hofmann, for the eruption of Thessaly, were a member of the Swiss Federal Council
authorizes transported from Salonika without
the following command- catib- aceient, though several submarines were hirking aboneten zait...
LONDON, June 17, Eastern communiqu
French
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states:---
Briti b
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Germany undertakes nó ationsive
while an Arrangement with Russis is péssible. "I am convincerl, after con versations with an important persounge that tiernagy aims at a peace with Missia honourable to both, with
THE CHINA MAIL.
ATHENS, June 16. - St. Jou act is taking up residence as the High Commissioner for the Protect-- ing Powers, whose diplomatie represent- tives will be temporarily withdrawn..
The British Ambassador has already
left.
EX-KING CONSTANTINE.
LEAVES GREEK TERRITORY,
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ATHENS June 16, Greak territory, and the Military Club Ex-King Constantine has Snally left
has been closed.
FIGHT FOR CHEMIN DES
DAMES.
FRENCH GAINS IN FACE OF FIERCE
RESISTANCE, "
[* THR Pally-Chronocta's " Special CORRESPONDENT.}
With the French Armies, May 3. One of the most awful parts of the battle line is Franes is the Chemin des Dames and the neigbonring points of the Aisne heights where the mutual bom- baniments never cease, and infantry fighting goes on continuously
Before a resistance of an unprecedent ed obatines the French have slowly mude good and slowly extended their hold upon the ridgn and every day ful to them. I suppose that in the whole makes its commanding views more so extent of the war there could hardly. be found a natural stronghold put to better
REMINISCENCES.
[BY SIR GEORGE REID)
If it be admitted (as it surely buglih ter | bei that is in a cardinal virtue in a volume of reminiscences to reflect the spirit mund temperament of the man who wrote it.. then Sir Georgs Reid's busine!ike, autobiography muaj fairly be said to secre a sucress with every hit, writes a relewer |
For the book T a London daily.
embodies the man. It is solul, sturdy, plainspoken, without an sirger a grace of any kind; it goes straight to its subject. and has a defuite finion upon every masly concerned with Colonial politica, hone that it attacks Naturally, it i
suf the general reader may posibly con siger its interests little too closelį con- From the outset the German armies stricted; but then again, it is a faithful have been richly provided with machine election of five life that it describes. gun. They are now employed upon a larger scale than ever, sad in this rugged For Sir Georgs Beld has given his best ground, with its, ravines, cliffs, woods, years, and the entire energy of an exiÕES- and stone villages, they are
are peculiarly combed with cavern and grottoes
rice of Australia, and the record of his
engineers but furnished, enlarged, and I sinu might well be proud. Yet the story connected by tunnels.
A Proclamation has been issued notify-defensive use than this has been. ing that persona tampering with the military telegraph and telephone wires will be shot.
the Piraeus.
Further troops have been landed at
The navigation of the Greek waters formidable. The chalk slopes are honey,unally energetic, personality, to the we airmen greatly danaged intimate economic and commercial resumedand the normal conditions are natural aml'artificial, which the German 1 pulih eurier is one of which any politi- ;
enemy Camps at Saint Vrae &
The advance in Thessaly continues The French cavalry have reached Pharsale Domszkos, which is
kilometres south of Larissa.
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They have also occupied Denielli
FRENCH STEAMERS FIGHT SUBMARINES.
DECLARED
OUTSIDE THE DECLARED BLOCKADE ZONE.. -----
Faxis, June 17.
It is officially annoupret that two Freuch steamiers report baring been attacked by large thuariter, near the Spanish it witside the declared blockade zones,
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relations, financial support to rehabilitate with the internal affairs of Russia, an Lithuania and Courland, and the condize regarding Pond, restoration of the occupied provinces. including Austrian territory in the possession of Russia"
THE GERMAN IDEA OF NO ANNEXATIONS.**
and the trafie on the railways are being
being established.
LARISSA SUPPORTS VENİZELOS.
Loxpos, June” 16. A French Eastern communiqué
states:
Our infantry occupied Kalambaka and Trikáld, and our clvance south wand continues without a hitch.
The inhabitants of Larissa love ûst enthusiastically adhered to M. Venizelos.
LINE
·THOUSANDS OF PRISOSTEN.
:
told with unyielding modesty, and with stern detachusi In Short; it, is an Hore they awaited the end of the esentially manly book, of the true bulldog French bombardment in comparative breed. immunity, while our Allies had to ap
Sir George Reid was born at Paisley preach from the valley 30 feet below by
11, the trenches that were nourly everywhere
n of a Prbyterian, overlooked. It is true that when the minister, and grandson of the beautiful barhed win: was completely broken, and Juan Roald, whose charton evoked a copy the Chausseurs, Zaluares. Morocesus, under rather niorts verses from the poet other troops of assault were able to dash Haron. over No Man's Land, the caves proved
When the future. Fremier of
to be traps and yielded up several thou-Australia was only years old his father sands of prisoners.
emigrated to the Antipodes, and for six On the crest the enemy hul pierced a year the boy wrestled with Colonial number of tunnels through the chalk Schoolmasters, without aneh satisfaction from the front to the back slopes of the either to them or to himself. As the age let the wave of assault hills Sometimes, as above Ghivy, they pass and then
of 13. However, he found his feet in a fired upon our men from behind. Some Sydney merchant's office, and "took to times there were blouxly combats at the business like a duck to water. He also Losnos, June 16
entries of these warrens, and the tenants taught himself the art of public.peaking reports During the day fighting, has Ravine, a wide hole in the earth, down At 19 he was offered the post of Acting Fichl Marshal Sir Douglas HaigThere was at the head of the Chivy.y attending a local debating" society.
shot down as they came out.
pain taken place in the sector of the which the Moroccans threw some gren-Assistant Accountant in the Colonial Hindenburg. Eine north-westward of nades and then passed on. It turned out Tretary and kept the jobs for fourteen Bullecourt. ›
to be the entrance to a great tunnel,
Loscos, June 16. The full report is now publisher of the Stockholm German majority Social ist Delegations' statement of its peace alms, which are most interesting in view of their having been probably inspired.
After again affirming no shnetstious PROGRESS ON THE HINDENBURG and no indemnities, the statement says demand for and the restitution of the the rejection of annexation/implies the conquered colonies. It hopes regarding Buch the steamers Sucessfully, main-these that the Socialists will urge the tained an artillery de obliging theberation of Ireland. Egypt, Tripoli,
Morocco, India, Thibet and Korea." Lattaskers to aline bu tile struggle.
The statement repudiates the idea of Leompensation for the damaged territory,
We made progress and captured which led by no fewer than 12 steps to years. He had a comfortable salary, and It proposes that Alsace-Lorraine should prisoners.
another entrance on the back of the lived an easy life, so much so, that thoughri he made an independent member of the There was reciprocal artillery Bring hillside. Apparently against the even he intended to study for the bar, he fierman Empire, and favours that the at intervals on the battle front south-slity of assault, the tunnel had been was exsupied from 1st to 1859 in puting restriction of armaments should be ward of Ypres
with five larze charges. The obligatory to international arbitration,
grenades The
place with Our aeroplanes, with the co-operation smoke and threw the occupants into a
filed the (Also, that there should be no commercial of car aftillery, yesterday, id putti-panic Fearing to be blown up with war after the war, and finally urges the cularly successful work in reconnaisances their own explosives, they bolted up the stairs to the back door. But by this abolition of the colonial protective duties.
time the Meroccans had discovered the second entry, and here they collected 200 A SIGNIFICANT COINCIDENCE.
frightened Boches as they emerged.
DRASTIC MEASURES AGAINST PROFITEERS FORESHADOWED.
LONDON, Jane 17. The states that Mr. Lad George has resolved to deal drastically with profiteers.
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Lord Rhonk, the new Foot for open-door policy in the eplonies, with the and bombing raids.
troller, takes up the office in quiùplete agreement with Mr. Lloyd George in this connection.
FIRST INTO BAGDAD.
STOCK EXCHANGE MEN. LED DY MAJOR CHAIC.
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The first traps to enter Bagdad were a squadron of Hertfordshire Yeomanry composed almost entirely of Stock Ex shange men, header by Major Craig, of the Stock Exchange."
LONDON, Jime 16.
-
It is significant that simultaneously with the publication of Hofmann's con- munication, a statement appears in the official NonhIndische Zeitung
that Russia's formula of peace, without annexations and folemnities is accept able to Germany."
REMARKABLE INTERVIEW WITH A SWEDISH SOCIALIST.
There were many air fights on either side, mueroca machines being engage We brought down six German ne planes, one of which fell in our lines. and we drove down "ten. One of our machines is missing,
LATER.
VAIN COUNTER-ATTAČKU. - Generally the German resistance "was brave and determined. In one day near Gery ten counter-attacks were launched, only to break like pun upon the ex- We completely repulsed, yesterday i temporised French positions. These be- forenoon, an attack, after heavy artillery come daily stronger, but still thousands preparation, OIF the positions we captured on Thursday evening, routh ward of the Ypres Commines. Canal.
A few Germans reaching our trenches were immediately killed or driven cut.
ACTIVITY IN CHAMPAGNE.
LONDON, June 16%.
Thus spoke Field-Marshal Lori Gren- fell, G.C.. 5.C.M.G., who on April 13th
'COPENHAGEN, June, 16.. adise the mambers of the Scock
The Swedish Socialist, M. Branting Exchange on behalf of the Mesopotamin Comforts Fands, while embloras sold by has given a remarkable interview to the
A French communiqué states Our Miss Stella Maude and Miss Beryal Politik, in which he says that the better artillery were fairly active north and Manie, the daughters of Lieutenant Russian elements are accepting. M. south of Aillette, also in the Champagne General Sir Stanley Maade, were Kerensky's policy, and Lenin, the sector. At Neornillet and Mont Blond, erly patchased
throughout the young extremist, is losing influence.nes Courcy, we regained a trench Although it was Mesopotamia Day, it He dared not say when peace will be element which the enemy had captured was not a dag dag. Emblems only were restored, but he believed that the real in the morning. All the occupants soki, these took the form of apples peace negotiations are postponed while were killed or captured. from the Garden of Elen, pictures of the present German rulers are governing. the oasis myrtle leaves from Bagdal, The Kainer would undoubtedly help and medals on which were stamped the towards peace by abdicating.
Agure of the desert train-the camel. M. Branting declared that Germany
At Billingsgate Market early in the morning a huge salmon was given to should pay, an indemnity to Belgium
Miss Mande. It was bought back by and enormous indemnities for the ships the donor for E, and then the fish, sunk.
with the golden soles as a porter dub-
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be it was giver to Miss Maude again THE FRENCH YOTE OF CREDIT. to be sent to a military hospital.
it TWO YEABA MAROONED.
A member of the Shackleton Antarctic Expedition-the first of the party to reach England-Mr John Lachlan Cope, of Christ's College, Cambridge, who went out as surgeon and biologist, and reached England recently. Mir Cope was one of the party marooned for two years on Ross Island."
SOCIALISTS AND REPARATION.
PARIS, June 16. The Chamber adopted the necessary Credit Votes by 553 rotes to 3.
In the course of a statement on kehalf
of the Socialist party, M. Rauaudel stated that the Party would continue to vote for the Credits for National Defen- ce, associating itself with all the "Allies
of grey-conta were sent to the assault. Sugar Factory-a heap of ruins, of course
In the
their attempts to recover the Cerny they started from specially wide com- munication trenches, up which colomas of grenadiers came four abreast. As soon as the first four were shot down another line stopped forward. Thousands and thousands of bom were thrown but the French mitrailleuses coulu uot be passed
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off the evil day to his final examination. Meanwhile, in 1875, he had written "Five Essays on Free Trude." a book which Mr. Gladstone acknowledged with high praise, and three years later beame Secretary of the Crown Law Offices. In 1880, which he consider one of the best years of his life, he took serious hold both of his legal und his political career, and was riested member for East Sydney, the blue ribaud of the constituencies of New South Wales.
AUSTRALIAN POLICIES
From this point our Author's remini-
murvey of Australian politics. He was cunces largely resolve themselves into
from the outset an authority upon the and question, and did more than any man to improve the condition of tenure, which forty years ago was in a scándalous state in Australia. He snceeded Sir Harry Parkers as louder of the Free Trude party, and beure Premier in 1904. He was an energetic Federalist, and visited England
talo close relations with Joseph Cham Gerlain, and inspired him with glowing
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Of Individual exploits the number is legion. Year Outal a soldier fell upon & German at his observation post. The the Diamond Jubilee, which he dying, man's cry giving the alarm, the deseries as the grandest national" shelter, threw down some bombs, and tale I ever saw." Frenchman leapt to the entrance of the
The Imperial struck down with the butt end of his Conference which followed brought him rifle those who attempted to esespe
Machine-rifleman (the machine-ritle
a terrinly effective weap
weapon),
· THE AIR-RAID.
seeing that his section was held up by a respect for that great man's rare blend THE RULE OF THE ROAD. give. The ordinary man does not rea blockhouse in forward, and by his fire of statesmanlike views with business killed six of the garrison, while the re- capacity." About the same fire he OFFICIAL CASUALTY LIST.
maining 32 surrendered. Amachine visited Gladstone ab Hasarded, and was gunner and an artillery observer were dismissed with a glance of approval from LONDON, June 16. marle to yield themselves prisoner.
And there is the case, of a more general the piercing eyes and the characteristic In the House of Commons, the Home Secretary, Mr. Cave, K. C., stated that significance, of an adjutant who sur-hleasing. May the Lord cause Elsa face the air-raid casualties were: 104 killed; prised a German officer in his observe to shine upon you and yours!
tion post and, filled with anger, said, 154 seriously and 269 slightly injured.You, at any rate, shall not cut down Those including 120 children casualties. any more trees."
G. H. PERGI. FURTHER ITALIAN SUCCESS. '
Loynoy, June 16..
An Italian official report states :---We' attacked and carried the strongly. fortified position at Cornocavento, in the Eastern-Trentino.
یا
ม.
#FORD'S BABY SUBMARINES.
which
The inviolable regulation
notices and the penny-a-liners have a governs riding and driving, what official
absurd fondness for calling vehicular traffic," is expressed in the familiar doggerel
:
lisa that he is unable to bitimate, in miles an hour, the speed of a vehicle, unless he is an expert observer, any
has had experience like a policeman' or more than lie, is able to estimate the number of
persons in a crowd, unless her & reporter. All he can say is whether the speed seemed to him alow or fast or very fast and upon that he can give valid
dence
|
Seven years ago Sir George Beid
The rule of the mad is a paradox,
the incresse of mechanical returned to England, as High Commis
quite.
traction bas necesitated the enforce Kioner vested with representative If you keep to the left you are safe.
to go right eat of speed regulations, is narrow and.. authority and charged among other
crowded thoroughfares; but far-seeing duties, with the spread of information
If you keep to the right you.
are wrong. legislators keep these within the pirni at this end of the world concerning Aus
est possible limits. They are jealous The milways inherited the rule of the such regulations should not grow into a tralia and the varied openings it affords road which they superseded, and their licence to override the universal princi about those baby submarines which supplies, as an attractive home for the wall. Moreover, the carliest Continental greater importance, that no one may use A good deal has been heard lately source of raw materials and food trains travel with the left hand to the ple of English law, which is of fr
the jas Ford, the automobile manufacturer, bas emigrant, and as a place for the invest railways being plaaned by Englishmen, the highway to the danger of We captured the remainder of the offered to supply the Government of the ment of British capital. He confesses Although the English rale as to driving This guiding principle of live and let
they adhered to the English system, sengers thereon. Speaking of the three map of the to obtain from the Central Empires garrison and captured two guns and a Lits, there is a little more about to finding his lot cand in pleasant places, is not universal, and in driving, for live in the basis upon which is founded marooned party who lost their lives reparation for the violation of Alsace large quanity of supplies and a day. Here more... Captain bacintosh Fayward, and Lormine in 1871, also for reparation ammunition. Spencer Smith--Mr. Copo said a fatality due to the invaded regions of the seemed to dog them. The party were oppressed nations. and lastly to obtain attacked by yourry when returning from peace based upon the right of peoples, a long sledging expedition of 190 days to dispose themselves: on the first ice barrier the longest time any party has ever been out sledging. It would, therefore, be a crime to Macintosh was left alone in s tent with speak words which might disturb the three weeks provisions, and Hayward unity and spirit of the country. The and Spencer, Smith were carried en task of the goldiers, like that of the Aledges. smith died when fifteen milen leaders, was sufficiently heary. The from safety: Hayward was got a present leaders of our Armies are care- right, and Macintosh was afterwards ful of human lives. The victory of the fetched and recovered.
The Fress Bureau announces that in afterwards British Army proves that, and more. Only about a month Macintosh, and Hayward endeavoured M. Refiaudel concluded by saking for the Ashton-under-Lyne explosion 41 to cross the sea ice to Cape Evans, but a postponement of the discussion and persons were killed and 130 injured,
A fire caused the explosion/ were lost in a blizzard which broke up interpellation, with which the Chamber The majority of the workpeople the ice, carrying the men out to wes.
agreed. They were never heard of again.
escaped.
Mr. Cope states that during the dark
THE SPANISH SITUATION. month his party amused themselves arguments over the articles in a Cambridge edition of the Encyclopedia
LONDON, June 16. Britannica and, with a gramophone Reuter learns that well-informed with one hundred records which had
220 authorities are disposed to take a more beers left her manufactured
by Captain Scott's
favourable view of the situation in Expedition smoking, mixture of coffee, ten, sawdust Spain, based upon trastworthy informs oatment, and dried herbs. In one place tion. It is more than probable that the they found a motor car, complete even difficulties are purely interual, despite to a motor born, and with petrol in the the contrary rumours that they are not cylinders and tank but the car was due to German intrigue. bedded to deep for them to get it out.
BOWEL COMPLAINT IN CHILDREN.
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URING the summer months mothers D should act or unnatural
CHANGES IN ITALIAN MINISTRY.
ROME June 16. Sigtior, Dallolio Eas been promoted Minister of Munitions from Under. Secretary
at
The enemy, continually teinforced, violently attacked our position Ortigara, but all the attacks failed.
We captured 52 prisonern
THE MUNITIONS EXPLOSION.
THE CASUALTY LIST.
Losivos, June 18:
U.S. STEAMER'S FIGHT WITH A SUBMARINĖ.”
WASHINGTON, June 16. It is officially announced that the oil-tank steamer Morems was set au fire and sunk by a German submarine, following a battle in which 300 shots were fired.
to
passengers, because
The rule
which
keeps road trailie to the ruli
and his reminiscences are full of evidence instans, through the traffic of Paris it the whole of the London, policemann's them:-
These little undersen craft would be of the aber and fervour of the friend. must be a little difficult to remember to marvellous control of the street traffic manned by one man and would carry ships which he had formed in the British pull to the right instead of instinctively which is the admiration of the world st their noses pills on poles," the Isles. He looks forward to the forth..
to the left.
and has at times brought deputations pills to be high explosives andʊ the
The Safety First Council is doing a from the Paris and the New York, police poles to be long, protruding ar- coming Imperial Conference with hope, most valuable work in educating the to study how it is done. At a sign he to be on its guard amid the holds up the whole stream of cars and rangements which guarantee safety regarding it as a milestone on the road public
the operator. These machines, Mr. that leads to a closer nion of the forces countless dangers of the London streets, cabs, omnibuses, and carts, for the Ford says, could destroy the mil power of Empire; but he arges that, if the cens paid for its valuable services if some of these t
but at excessive price will have to be crossing of
of the foot ful battleship and, naturally, could wipe teresse is to achieve its proper work it its too eager advocates are allowed to
right are irrefragable. opt any troopships by which an enemy might endeavour to land invaders. They nust cast aside all fiscal creeds and tamper with the immemorial rights of the left is only a corollary to
the fool passeTIZE could-be turned out very easily and shiblioletha. The politicana, economists, the
By the English that persons walking-keep to the right simply and at little more cost than an and leader writers most aft at the feet common law that body of established and so both streams look towards whit automobile 11 stake. my reputation of the experts, and they wil. And that a custom which proved so strong that it is approaching them: What people lur as a manufacturer on those little sub-
* triumphed even over the Norman Con- get in city streets is that when they live marinca" Mr. Ford has said, his state-Imperial Parliament is still a dream of quest, the safety of the traveller on foot walking in the road they are only miker ment being used on the fact that the far future The Dominions will be is supreme, with regard to the whole if they keep to the right and the man of
extent considerable experimentation had been slow to surrender any of their own powers of his position is greater than the intro afternoon, instinctively conforms to thin of the highway. The antiquity experience, sayin the City on Sunday donger than the bat few years of well government, especially, in-matters duction of footpaths and pavements, naples it what the Safety Mist altogether successfully?
of trade and immigration, An Imperial tracks along the side of highway, This is trid ha regards as impossible but upon which horses and carriages may not ouncil has to impress uppu cheme of preference and reciprocity trespass eres modern, device for his If the crowds in a thoroughfare become but, on the other banth too great for the pavements to: contin greater security." might med ate profitably between two there is no corresponding restriction them, as might, happen if there were facal policies and produce an atmosphere pon his use of the roadway, although it, illuminations on the proclamation of of mutual understanding and prosperity, is not alwilya" enay to impress this peace, they should, form in procession to Upon this be upon all the points he cardinal fact upon the intelligence of the right side of the road, and they
reckless drivers hata yey could not be displaced and appr
Hence when, in consequence of the Of course the constant pressure of number of cyclists, the Legislature. - London traffle: necessitates certain con preed upon them the duty of giving ventions in which Foglister cheer- their approach by-w horn or fully concur, fast as they do in the mÉN - warning of
whistle, many of them had the surprise requirements for the defence of the of their lives wi
when they testifled, that
will be a back day for all they had carefully rounded their whistle bit
tempor
JAPANESE – DESTROYERS ENGAGE
ENEMY SUBMARINEST.
· LONDON, "June" 16.
The Japanese Naval Attaché communi cates that one of the Japanese destroyer notillas on the 11th it engaged enemy splen-bmarices in the Mediteri Anan
The Moremi fand 200 shots. Four Americans were killed. The marine captain congratulated the captain of the Auremi on the did fight he put up Madalyoure the FRENCE STEAMER TORPEDOED,
Pam June 167 The Ministers of War and Marine The French steamer. Seguan wan Sakak palmat have toms
post," on torpedoed in the Atlantic
Signo: Artotta becomes Ministar with
looseness of the child's bowels. When given prompt attention at this time out portfolio. serious trouble may be avoider berlain's Colic Cholera, and
The result n'not known. The Sakaki was damaged by an enemy torpedo bat was towed safely to port
Fifty-five lives were kisti
alty
raises, Sir George Raid will be heard with attention and respect. For he talks of the things he knows, and does with characteristic sincerity, vigour, and corn man se
to warn the passenger to get out of the watchful magistrate carefully dront that they had to right to
of the kind, but it was beir "Cure that they didunit ris assenges; using the
poù
DERESEA
Gluty
There
the patie