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amous Family Bible. hop of Peterborough, at the British and Jible Socisty meeting, ad in his possession a onging to his great- hor, the celebrated Fry. "It was thumbed I marked "all over, and cot a page which had handwriting on it, He id whether Bibles were le that nowadays.
for An Army List, he Red Croes sale st as copy of the Army List lat 1914, with record of of the "Contemptible Army” and a number of phs of leading officers.. ng Lord Kitabener; Sir is Haig, and Lord French, Id for 3420 to Sir Charles field.. The Prime Minister's jon his "go on or go urder" a to Labour representatives ought for 24 guiness. The for the day was 54,271. Waning Welsh Melody,
all bat a few of the county be the neglect of music is orable, says the 1917 report: 18 Welsh Department of the: ed of Education. “It is cans a serious national loss; it may be too much to say that there less knowledge of singing in ilee now then there was 20 jre age. In musical promise ban-confidently be sæerted that ales is second to no country in is world, but musio is crowded at by the numerous examination abjecte in the great majority of phools."
Praise for Specials, London's Chinatown and the Embankment late at night were among the points of interest visit- ed by American delegates recsat- ly. At Limehouse a number of special constables were paraded for their inspection, and drew from them a warm tribute of praise. They were also shows in detail the system of registering aliens. The delegaten were later to go to Bosyth to see something of the British Navy, and also to visit shipbuilding works on the Olyde and a large munition making colony,
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BARONET'S BIGAMY.
Rev. Sir Douglas Scott. Sentenced to Hard Labour.
The War. Cabinet. - In the House of Commons Te cently, Major Hunt seked whether, in view of the fact that the War Cabinet did not contain any members with any practical know- ledge of war by sea or land, and in view of the mistakes made by the various Cabinets during the war, the Prime Minister could add to the War Cabinet Admiral Henry Miller, a noted meteorolo Pieading at the Old Bailey Lord Jellicoe and General Sir Willism Robertson. Mr. Bonar gist, author, and poet, who had recently for the Rev. Sir Douglas been employed by the Govern- Edward Scott, who was charged Law: The Government is not meat from time to time on special with bigsmy, counsel asked the prepared to adopt the suggestion. scientific work. He was scarded Reosrder to regard the second Major Huot asked what was the s medal by the Dutch Government marriage 28 “an episode of an use of War Osbinet when nobody for an eassy in a competition old man's passion." on it understood anything about wer. Mr. Bener Law That is open to the world. The BEBAY,
Mr. Percival Clarke, prosecut which was on the subj et cfing, said Scout, who was 54, went
rather a difficult convedrom. evaporation, took him three years through a form of marriage with
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to write, and the medal be Mrs. Williams, an assistant at the Bir Samuel Evane, in the Prize Court, condemned as prize nearly received weighed 1b. For 40 refreshment room at Reading £70,000, the proceeds of sale of years be bad been a Fellow of the Station, having told her that his wife disd two years ago. Pre- Meteorological Society... three cargoes on British steam.
tending that he was a commander ebips. The first was $43,605 for
in the Navy, be obtained a cargo of barley from the Black
Though he left a fortune of uniform with decorations and Ses brought by the eteamer
841,500, Mr. H. S. Maplee, tendered bogus cheques. Elswick Lodge, belonging to the solicitor, of Spalding, Lincoln- Det.-Bergt. Parkiss said Scott, E'swick Steamship Co., of New shire, desired, & pauper's burial, in his early days, had been in the castle. Twenty-six bills of lading his will stating:-"I would like Mercantile Marine. He was of showed German buyers. Ship the present anion contractor to dained in 1905, when he also ment was before the war. The second case concerned £20,000 carry out my funeral sesimply sea exceeded to the baronetey on the pauper, and my wife to give each of death of his cousin. Although worth of gas oil, shipped at Fort is children £5 in the Post Office the title brought no money, be Arthar for the German Savings Bank. He gave £50 and later inherited two fortunes of Europaische Petroleam Co., and trie "Dismond Jubilee orchard in £7,000 and £4,000. Becoming) in the third case the proceeds Pinchbeck" to his gardener, engaged to well-connected were £3,123 for barley and rye William Adcock, saying, "The young lady in the north, be insert on the steamship Leander.
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of the conditions insisted Tarka, was by the проп that plain wire should be sub -tituted for barbed wire round- the Tarkish prisoner camps in The Tarks Lord Newton referring in the British territory. House of Lords recently to the had read in the papers of what for nothing, and it would have card. According to the confess
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regarding exchange of prisoners, paraphrase of "nervous break been sent to every known saw a very great authority at the was brought from Russia to take to fight no more, and one night said that at firet the Tarka had down, but the Turks were under Foreign Office about that country, part in the great-offensive which, be crept out into No Man's Land, desire to exchange
the impression that this was "and was told: "I consider Nor he said, was intended to emaah put on the uniform of a dead prisoners at all.
communicable disease obtained way far more important than the the French lines, hurl the British French soldier, resched a French The "bsttie" of exchange had by persone coming into contact Argentine, Thai manable into the era, and so end the war clearing station, bearded a train been fought round the name of with barbed wire. (Laughter.). man-bad since been considered His regiment was so terribly out of wounded soldiers, and was one man, a Tork. He was the one The basis of exchange would worthy of holding the highest up in the battle that he decided brought to Paris.
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