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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 15, 1906
Page
2
A Daily Telegraph excerpt claims the British Admiralty intends to abolish the naval instructor branch by May 1907. Non chaplain instructors receive a pension, while most will retire after ten years, with some set to face civilian life as potential schoolmasters amid reduced duties and unified naval ranks.
Report describes an assault on officers Major Pine-Coffin Captain Bostock Lieutenant Porter and Lieutenant Smithwick near Denshaway. A mob attacked, shots fired, and Captain Bull died with several officers injured. Forty-five natives accused. thirty-five arrested.
A Marylebone court heard Michael Hagan, 31, on license, charged under the Prevention of Crimes Act with failing to report, inform of departure, and produce his license. The report critiques the harshness of the prison system and recalls Logan's 1897 sentence of ten years for attempted murder as context.
The American Register discusses the Chapel of the Order of St Michael and St George in St Paul’s Cathedral, noting origins in 1818 and its evolution toward statesmen of the British dominions beyond the sea. It highlights Canadian and Australasian involvement, British ambassadors abroad, and calls for closer colonial ties in Europe. It argues Canada must advance its own consular presence, with Paris as a focus of Canadian work through the Canadian Commissariat, and foresees a future consular solution similar to Norway through British officials.
The article discusses Canada seeking its own consuls as Europeans travel, notes the British Chamber of Commerce in Paris forming a Canadian Section to boost trade, and urges London institutions to embrace the Imperial idea, reflecting a broader shift within the Empire. The Chapter of St Michael and St George is referenced as having evolved with more verses.
A collage of jokes and quips spans lovers, families, and common life. A hospital patient, a lazy outdoorsman, party absentees, and a banana duel headline a string of lighthearted vignettes with affectionate humor and social observations.
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