Flying to Day at Westenhanger Prompts Awe and Tragedy
The author recalls an aviation meeting at Westenhanger near Folkestone, where monoplanes by Barnes and others drew huge crowds. A dramatic crash ends with Barnes injured as Moisant and Grace thrill spectators with aerial feats, leaving a somber note as the day closes.
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Hinds
Aliss A. Bauchop
Ashiburton High School
Westenhanger
Folkestone
Kent
England
Shéeh
Leonardo
Ay—Harnes
Wai
Barnes
Moisant
Constable Martin Acquitted of Perjury Charge
The Greymouth jury acquitted Constable Martin of perjury after weighing conflicting evidence and giving him the benefit of the doubt.
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Greymouth
Martin
Heir Learns He May Inherit Large Fortune By Chance
A woman in Australia traced an old English North family through an Otago Witness article from decades ago. She discovered she is entitled to about £20,000 after inquiry into the family history, a chance revelation triggered by a casual archival reference.
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Otago
Australia
England
Otage
Prisons Promote Chess Clubs for Prisoner Welfare
In German prisons authorities endorse chess clubs as mental relaxation for well behaved inmates. In Essex West Thurrock a pit yields rivets from Roman sandals along with human bones and ancient jewellery.
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West Thurrock
Essex
Monarch type battleship contract awarded in Britain
Messrs Crnmmell and Caird secured a contract for a 24,000 ton battleship of the improved Monarch type in Britain.
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Messrs Crnmmell and Caird
Train crash near Davis Oklahoma leaves many injured
One person killed and thirty one injured when cars from an Atchison Topeka train plunged from a bridge into a river near Davis Oklahoma due to a broken rail. Mrs Eddy’s estate valued at £500000 is directed to the Christian Science Church. In Seattle a collision between steamers Kitsop and Indianapolis left Kitsop sunk and one man drowned. Indianapolis damaged after backing into a pier.
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Atchison-Topeka
Davis
Oklahoma
Eddy
Christian Science Church
Boston
Kitsop
Indianapolis
Seattle
Faith
Rebels Repulse Assault at Giudad Guernero
A battle with nineteen hundred revolutionists is advancing at Giudad Guernero as rebels mount stubborn resistance amid ongoing fighting.
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Giudad Guernero
Reichstag hears Hatzfeldt on German naval program and disarmament
In the Reichstag Herr Hatzfeldt hopes Britain accepts Germanys naval buildup. Mutual disarmament talks would be fraught with clauses and future disputes. In Vologda, the Women's University shut after indignation protests over cruel ties, police dispersed students at the Men's University, and newspapers were banned from details.
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Reichstag
Herr Hatzfeldt
Britain
Germany
Zariata
Vologda
Government Bill targets shipping rebates and trade impact
The Union Government proposes a bill to ban mail contracts with shipping firms whose operations harm South African trade and to prohibit rebates that compel exclusive shipment. The government also plans to introduce broad immigration laws.
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Union
Turkish Troops Recapture Karak in Palestine
Turkish forces retook Karak in Palestine as a large Bedouin army seized stations elsewhere and killed railway workers and soldiers in a scattered attack.
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Karak
Palestine
Brisbane Chamber hears assurances on Vancouver mail
Federal member Mr Finlayson told the Brisbane Chamber of Commerce that the Postmaster General assured no change to the Vancouver mail service and Brisbane's interests would be safeguarded.
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Brisbane Chamber of Commerce
Finlayson
Vancouver
Brisbane
Election Returns Show Conservative Lead Across Regions
British political returns released show ministers and Conservatives leading in England Wales and Scotland with Ireland split between Nationalists and Independents. Total counts indicate a government majority of 379 as final tallies await 87 votes still outstanding for England Scotland and Ireland.
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Ae News
Scotland
Ireland
Bal
England
Wales
Ais
Uae
Election Returns in Scotland Show Liberal Leads
In Stirlingshire Dr A W Chapple Liberal leads reported. Orkney and Shetland returns John Cathcart Wason Liberal, unopposed. Clackmannan and Kinross Eugene Wason Liberal wins confirmed.
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Stirlingshire
A. W. Chapple
Orkney and Shetland
John Cathcart Wason
Clackmannan and Kinross
Eugene Wason
Asquith Defends Government Over Home Rule Accusation
In Glossop Mr Asquith rejected Mr Balfour’s claim that Home Rule was kept in the background by the Government. He warned the Tory rhetoric showed their political bankruptcy. He noted plural voting would have boosted Liberal gains by thirty four in the counties.
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Asquith
Glossop
Balfour
Lord Aberdeen and Home Rule Debate
Mr W H Long of Chipping Norton accuses Lord Aberdeen the Earl of Aberdeen Lord Lieutenant of Ireland of misusing his royal office by entering politics. He says the Irish Unionists should not regard him as the King's representative due to loss of public confidence.
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W. H. Long
Chipping Norton
Lord Aberdeen
Ireland
Earl of Aberdeen
Lancashire Conservatives and Liberals share of vote and seats
In Lancashire the Conservatives polled 47 percent of votes, Liberal 86.75 percent, and Labour 16 percent, excluding unopposed returns. Liberals won 36,206 votes and 4 seats, while Conservatives secured 23 wards.
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Lancashire
Liberals
Labour
Hong Kong's Rise From Barrens to Global Port and Naval Hub
Seventy years ago Hong Kong was a barren rock infested by pirates. Now the colony handles more gross tonnage than any port, with Imperial dock, private yards for Dreadnoughts, shipbuilding for war and commerce, factories, banks, insurers, and a million plus railway linking Canton to Peking as China awakens.
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Hong Kong
Imperial Dock
Far East
China
Canton
Peking
Condemned Ores Stored in Boston Cold Depot for Destruction
The article notes that a bulk of suspect ores bound for cakes and pastries were condemned in a Boston cold storage facility. They were required to be destroyed using carbolic acid. It mentions health recovery aids and phosphol beginning with P as a fragment.
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Wariedlander Bros., Ltd
Ashburton
Tinwald
Christchurch
Timaru
Brown and Son's
Addington
Timaru— Mill and CO
Friedlander Bros., Ltd
Invercargill
Ward and CO
Boston
U.S.A
Knyvett Case Letter Seeks New Trial Details
In Auckland a letter to MKny vett Defence Committee chairman Captain F B Knyvett endorses Captain Knyvett’s appeal for a new trial. The appeal asks for a court martial under the New Zealand Defence Act and requests notice of the court’s date and location to inform witnesses and arrange attendance.
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Auckland
J. & Dickson
Mknyvett Defence Committee
F. B.knyvett
Knyvetet
Deferes
Knyvett
Knyvvett
New Zealand
New Zealand Defence Act
SNLC
Tomay
Samo
Child Wilfred Skilling Drowned Near Lake Side
Police were informed yesterday afternoon that eighteen month old Wilfred Russell Skilling son of A R Skilling farmer of Lakeside was drowned in Hare's creek near his home in Christchurch.
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Christchurch
Wilfred Russell Skilling
A. R. Skilling
Lakeside
Hare’s Creek
Nickalls Faces Dispute Over Expenses in Zambesi Race
Guy Nickalls accuses Arnst of demanding 400 pounds for expenses linked to the Zambesi seuting championship race. Arnst threatened to withdraw unless paid, leading Nickalls to cash a 100 pound cheque. Deficit fears arise for guarantors. Floyd and dust challenge Nickalls statements. Barry shared accommodation charges amid expectations of guest status with the Chartered Company.
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London
Guy Nickalls
Arnst
Zambesi
Nickalls
Dust
Floyd
Barry
Chartered Company
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