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The Polson, Press," An elderly man in the Isle of Wight laid down bis morning paper, we are told, with the ejaculation: "The Resaison azo done, God kalp us alit" and later in the day committed suicide asyn the Pall Mall Gaselta. An ex- treme instance, no doubt, of the consequences of a too-susceptible! attention to the Poison Press, but an index to the corrosion that proceeds from it in lesser degress over a wide ares, Saicide, indeed, is the only logical corollary to a
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Tommy's Souvenirs, It is awonishing simply in India, but throughout the British East," aaye a wruer in, who have cenally never been in the Mercantile Quardian. "I battle, or perhaps even never suppose that all the ousine has taken part in a football scrim- had its origin in two German mage, what vazan impressions the
The biggest man of the bunch factories, and discoveries made on average soldier retains of hienotasl board German steamers make it experiences in a famous fight. had a aproial toxic on, and the An old veteran, who stormed the wounded Territorial managed to plain that some German shippers heights of the Alma in the boun- elicit the fact that he was a had systematized the traffo in this cing hey-day of his military youth, Prassian Guard. abominable drug and in opiam once confided to me that all be convenir-banting instinct awoke
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ia one exceptions Scotsman,tell much the same tale. The frowned ferociously and coverad LET.-A House-in Knuts- whose accuracy I have proved human brain is incapable of his breast with folded arms, The THE HONGKONG LAND IN- $25. DOLLARS REWARD," beyond all question: I never definitely and clearly registering Lancashire Territorial with the revise his proofs." Asked who the storm of emotions, thrilling and bullet through his leg, along in this immaculate Caledonian might agonising, that sweeps through it the trench with the four German be, Dr. Murray replied, "He's during a headlong charge. Bat prisoners, was annoyed. He was men M rrison, a minister of the occasionally you can get some wounded, crippled, had lost a lot
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& FLEMING. renown, took part in the famous souvenir valable purely for President of the Chinese Republic. charge at Hooge, where the Ger sentiment reasons,
Mr. J. H. Nightingale Reilres. Mr.J. H. Nightingale, an old were threatening toout off the keen. He got three beautiful member of the Customa Outdoor Brisiah troops who were boldings buttons, as well as enndry other To LET. For six months from Staff, loft for America on six dangerous salient. This song intrinsically valuelem, but his- The Peak (partially furnished). mouths' leave, at the end of which soldier isaremarkably intelligent orically interesting mementoes of Apply Property Office. JAR he will retire. Mr. Nightingale cool and collected individual. the German army, and of the DINE, MATHESON & Co., Ltd. was one of the oldest men in the as he remembere little of that Great War of 1915 mill furiously Chinese Maritime Customs, hey-charge outside bis own immediato in progrese ont-ius. If you asked ing joined the Outdor Staff in parience. At the outset, when him how he mansged it, bie placid HOW THE BRITISH
he was sarambling over the ranch response was that he "just prodded
EMPIRE HAS GROWN. 1883. He served in Shangha, with the general mob, he felt the beggar in the ribs a bit with Bankow, Kiakiang, Lohung,
This seems to Nanking, Changuhe, Swehow, sharp pain in the thick of the calty bayonet." Formcaa, Kaingohow and Kow. of one leg. Be lo ked dowo, but have had a soothing effect on loon, being at one time on the old see nothing, and came to the Prussian Gardeman. Anyhow,
the conclusion that he bad bear the banded over the souvenirs war comprised 11,454,802 equare Ludcor Stall, but, at his own re hit by a Lice of spent shrapnel "without any for," And the miles, excluding Egypt, the Ba quest, returned to the Outdoor He plugged thead with the rest imaged Teritorial, very much dan and Oprus, which were Hongkong, 9th September, 1915. Staff.sstide-surveyor, Herandered valuable pervioss during the of the boys, but bis leg auve way fter the fashion of the chairman technically Turkish.
three times. He was rather our-nt & pablio banquet, intimated The Empire has increased by Obito-Japanese War in 1895, in: Formoss, being instrumental in prised at this, but crawled back to that the Germane might now some 8,236,000 sq. mites; or nearly suppressing an outbreak by the bis own 'rench and sat down. Pre-moke, In the fulness of time the one third, during the fintyear of troope, and was awarded the 5th Bently a comrade came along, who regiment returned to their lonely the war.
wa an crderly and looking for Olasa Civilian Decoration by the hie ficer.. He was surprised to Mr. H. A. Wickham. ece bis friend in the trench and A Home correspondent writeasked what was up. The ma o to the Malay Mail-I was stand being explained the orderly in ing at Hyde Park corner the other aisted on taking off his friend' day while detachments of the pattee. The wounded soldier in mulance, National Gustd were filing into glanced at the top of hera f, but pleased the park, and was rather astonish-could see nothing. Look down his leg was burting him and be are:-- ed to recognise in the ranks Mr. here," said his friend, pointing to was beginning to feel rather H.A. Wickham, to whom Malaya alarge and ugly wound just above light-headed. But before he lost Egypt
Sudan ... A German ballet coarci u-ness he took particular and the Middle East owe so much the ankle. in connection with the rabbar had gone in at the tip of the care to atowaway in comparatively Cyprus.... Arabia... industry, Notwithstanding his calf and or me ont as the ankle. exfe places about his person, fong residence in the tropice, Mr. Field dressing was roughly op- those interesting German nouve German &W. Afrios... Wickham, looking well in his plied, the orderly wout off, and air, and particularly the beautifal Togoland an.form, stepped out as bravely she wounded man remained at bu tous from the tunis of the Pras Cameroons as suy of them, and cheere wensed in the trench. In a few moments cian Guardsman. Because Tommy Germ-n New Gaines
Australia's Calus. up as the Old Stagers, passed to back me two or three of bie A kius, Terrik til or Regular, is
Australia, in the acquisition of the strains of "The Boye of the comrades with four German aile suspicions of the
German New Guinea (near its Old Brigade." If they would prisoners. They a ked bim if he R. A. M. O. In fact, the popular,
own territory of Papus) and the accept him, I have no doubt Mr. was fit to take charge of the em though dietinolly slanderous,
Bismarck and other archipelagon, version of those familiar initials Wickham would readily volun-barrassments. The man with a
100,000 has added another 10,000 eq. teer for service in France, and so bullet through his leg oberzfully mong the rank and file of the
(estimated) miles to its dominions, with a shame some of our home slackers, accepted the ra k. He had the fear British Army is: "Rob All My
prisoners posted in the in Comrades." If the Kaiser ever Samoan Archipelago 1,050 population estimated at nourly
Of the Arabian Penipauls, the 800,000. ina row in front of him
vants to get bis Prussian Gaarde sideways, so that one bulle men's buttons back again he will Aden Protectorate (about 0,000 New Zealand's Gziar.
inve to search for them amongst 19. miles) belonged to Great New Zuland gsite 1,050 mg. IF you have lost your appetit from his rifle would hav
ore of the big variety of seuled the four, "with any luck. lot of other artistio nick-nucks Britsin Turkey owned about miles by the conquest of the Ba dainty, dishes at the ALEXAN-And there he stayed, rifle oi and articles of vertu, in a typical 436,000 sq. miles, native indo meno Ialah Is, and a population of DRA JAFE is sure to tempt knee, listening to the sounds of Lancashire" front parlour. pendent States occupied about about 35,000.
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This figure isolade the Came- comra le, siting there with his wounded leg like Patience on a roane, the conquest of which is nct monument, and the prisoners were yet complete, and is a Franco- at under proper escort. The British enterprise, so that the ter- wenaded Territorial wee oarried ritory will probably be divided.
The new territorios captured, by the RA.M.C. men in
Be was quite incorporated in the Empire, or becinse added to our sphere of influence, Bq. Mila, 400,000 984,000 3,000 1,200,000 163,000eq. miles, and the remain. 322 450 der comprises huge deserts,
33.7+0
sparsely inhabited by nomad 191,200 tribes. It has a 'otal population
of some 4,870,000,0
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