Thomas Moore the Irish poet and musician chronicled
Extracts from an address by B J Dolan recount Moore birth in Dublin 1779 and ascent from a small grocer’s shop to fame. It covers his early schooling Trinity College, Anacreon translations, brief legal career, his music shaping Irish song, exile over Bermuda debt, marriage to Bessie Dyke, and later life ending in Wiltshire.
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Thomas Moore
Ireland
B. J. Dolan
Napier
Hawke’s Bay
Little Longford Street
Dublin
Scotland
France
Moore
John Moore
Longford ‘Street
Malone
Si Moore
Dublin Grammar School
Samuel Whyte
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Irrishman
School For Scandal
Pope
Trinity College
Old Trinity
Anacreon
London
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Atkinson
Lord ‘Moira
Choicest Society of London
Prince of Wales
Duke of Clarence
Arcadia
Pasteur
Tom
Mayfair
Orpheus
Dis
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Burrew
Trinity
T.C.D
Edward Fitzgerald
Coleridge
Dr. Hayes
Admiralty
Bermuda
Bessie Dyke
Laila Reokh
Tam
John Russell
Lawydre
Marquis of Lansdowne
Valley of
Cashmore
Wiltshire
Wellington Council Moves to Recover Association Assets
At a May meeting in Wellington the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association considered funds and documents held by the old Christchurch council. The chairman secretary and Mr Larkin were instructed to obtain a legal opinion on steps to recover money and documents and act without another meeting.
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Wellington
The
New Zealand Amateur Athletic Assolation
W. G. Atack
Christchurch
Larkin
Some George Meredith Sayings and Aphorisms
A compact collection of quotes attributed to George Meredith. Witty observations on gossip women politics convictions and life. Includes remarks on observation intellect passion and the pursuit of romance.
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George Meredith
Return to crossbreeds signals shift in textile trade
A Yorkshire Observer article from April 15 discusses rising interest in crossbred and Cheviot woolen qualities as fashion shifts from clear finished merino and satin cloths to natural milled finishes. It notes potential impact on worsteds, merinos, and broader crossbred demand, with prices and cheaper cotton-faced fabrics shaping consumer taste and long-term trends.
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Yorkshire Observer
Fox Torino Yard
Babib
Pressing Problems in Timaru Speech on Social Decay and Wealth
Timaru hearer’s address by MP George Laurenson warns of four causes behind Rome’s fall now visible in New Zealand and Britain. He cites official tax and death duties data showing wealth inequality, with half the nation’s wealth in the hands of 1 percent. He notes large estates and depopulation as alarming trends for Canterbury and the country.
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Timaru
George Laurenson
New Zealand
New
Laurengen
Canterbury
Cost of Living Doubts in Auckland Rise Not Evident
Auckland Star surveys show no clear evidence that overall living costs have risen in the past six years. Groceries are cheaper due to duty removals, with tea, sugar, and fruit prices falling or stabilizing. Yet restaurant and lodging costs creep higher, and rents and labour push up some expenses, contradicting a universal decline.
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Auckland Star
Auckland
Casablanca Incident Between Germany and France in Morocco
The Casablanca dispute arose during French Moroccan operations in September. Reports describe 200 Foreign Legion deserters and French gendarmes detaining five men at the seashore as a Hamburg steamer prepared to sail. A German secretary and a horseman were involved, with later conflicting accounts from French and German sources. Diplomats planned arbitration on Moroccan affairs after cordial talks.
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Germany
France
Casablanca
Foreign’ Legion
Hamburg
d*Amade
Morocco
Alinister
Casablayes
Luederitz
Ane Thira
Akied
Frei
Dr Fellows Pile Cones Claim Wide Piles Cure
A Christchurch reader praises Dr Fellows Pile Cones claiming complete relief after twenty years of bleeding piles. The ad notes multiple pricing options and urges readers to purchase from chemists or the sole manufacturer, with orders possible by post from Colombo Street in Christchurch.
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Fellows
Christchurch
Felews
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