Golf funding tops all in recent year across clubs and communities
A review notes massive golf expenditures with Tooting Bee Club spending 20000 pounds and Bournemouth 12000 pounds, plus several 2000 to 5000 pound cases and 6000 pounds by North Berwick residents. It also highlights Dr Smyth’s Bible related prints surpassing 90000 copies and plans for a sixpence edition, alongside commentary on medical students adopting restraint and increased scientific outlook.
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Tooting Bee Club
Bournemouth Corporation
North Berwick
Golf Illustrated
Dr Smyth
Messrs
Sampson Low and Co
Furnishing Home Cheaply Through Defered Payments
An article extols affordable home furnishing via deferred payment plans. It highlights M. De Lissa & Co. Ltd of George Street Sydney as a premier firm offering extensive showrooms, nationwide service, and tailored terms for households and commercial spaces across New South Wales.
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Messrs. M. de Lissa & Co. Ltd
George Street
Sydney
St. Andrew's Anglican Cathedral
Messra. M. de Lissa & Co. Ltd
Addressing Translation in Modern Education
A speculative discourse on integrating translations of classical Greek and Roman writers into school curricula. It argues for a bold shift by the Modern Director of Studies to implement translations, highlighting the revitalizing force and refined tone of ancient literature for undisciplined curricula.
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Gree E
Rome
Stepping egoism of a Canning echoing old world balance
Dr Butler at Newnham College Cambridge writes on stepping egoism in political history. He contends the old world was called into existence to redress the balance of the new. The remark reflects debates on power and reform in contemporary affairs.
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Canning
Dr Butler
Newnham College
Cambridge
A Three-Handed Pickpocket Captured in Berlin
A Berlin Telegraph correspondent reports a Friedrichstrasse station arrest of a man who used a hidden third hand under a rug to snatch purses from ladies. The device, a gloved arm attached to his coat, fooled victims until detectives intervened. The magistrate sentenced him to ten months in prison.
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Cleygr
Berlin
Telegraph
Friedrichstrasse
A Candid Confession at Bloomsbury Court
At Bloomsbury County Court London on 11 December a coach builder suing for damages to a cab also claimed 24s for two weeks hire. Judge Bacon challenged the hire claim and the plaintiff admitted the practice of adding extra charges, saying the brougham loan might be billed in another way.
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Westminster Gazette
Bloomsbury County Court
London
Bacon
Benng
New Madagascar Gold field decree tightens permits
Paris telegram dated November reports Madagascar issues a fresh decree governing gold mines. It narrows permit radius from two to one kilometre, lowers filing charge to 25f, and classifies mines as alluvial or reef with distinct taxes. Alluvial taxed 2f per hectare, reef 100f per hectare, retains 45 percent ad valorem, government takes 5 percent net profit above 250,000, with possible relief where early-stage losses offset profits. Existing permit holders receive temporary safeguards. The 1905 decree is superseded.
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Meuter
Paris
Madagascan
Insurance Scheme Covers Hurricanes in Dominica
Westminster Gazette reports Lloyds through Henry Head and Co offer hurricane insurance for Dominica under Hesketh Bell plan. Two rates apply, 14 to 2 percent for hurricanes and seismic or volcanic damage, with coverage excluding bananas. The firm may extend to Porto Rico and other hurricane zone colonies.
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Westminster Gasette
Lloyd's
Messrs. Henry Head and Co
Dominica
H. Hesketh Bell
Porto Rico
Miss Loved: Father Refuses Consent in Witty Exchange
The dialogue centers on a young woman's plea for marriage and her father's blunt reply about lack of visibility. The exchange shows humor and tension as the suitor’s effort to gain consent is questioned, highlighting family dynamics and social expectations.
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Miss Loved
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