Thames labour party and river reforms spark civic talk
The piece discusses Thames Conservancy goals for safer docks and potential goldfish in London’s river while noting delays in mail delivery to South London. It cites Brixton residents and Austen Chamberlain, plus licensing fears for barmaids and calls for licensing conditions to curb new barmaid hires. It also mentions Waterloo bridge relics from Napoleonic wars and a Los Angeles letter about Pat Horan’s 1898 Rand mining earnings and his California death.
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London
Salisbery Square
South London
First Post
Austen Chamberlain
Brixton
Los Angeles
California
Lloyd's News
Pat Horan
Rand
England
Dramatic Home Welcome For Dr Rutherfoord Harris
The member for Dulwich Dr Rutherfoord Harris returned to Llangibby near Newport Mon yesterday to a grand reception. Newport workers had quickly raised a sum to cover the trip expenses and at six o'clock the station yard and streets were crowded with about 40 000 people. The carriage was dragged to Tredegar hall where a large demonstration unfolded.
Walthamstow’s new church dedicated again in 1900s
In Walthamstow the second dedication of St James Church by Bishops from Colchester and Barking marked a Christmas time appeal for readiness for the second coming. The red brick structure seats 800 and cost 12 000 pounds with 3 000 still needed. Meals for poor children urged aid via the Robin Society offices at 419 New Cross Road. Unionist Free Food League announces relocation to 36 Victoria Street. A memorial note honors Henry Russell born December 24 1619 and died December 7 190.
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Colchester
Barking
Walthamstow
St. James’s Church
Robin Society
Metroplis
New Cross Road
Unionist Free Food Seadur
Unionist Free Food League
Victoria-street
Eepuets Sanctons
Morley College seeks volunteers for future session
The Morley Memorial College closed its session with an annual educational report. It notes the resignation of the honorary secretary Miss Cons and credits her influence for the college’s existence. The report urges voluntary teachers, musicians, and organizers to assist with programmes, expeditions, and social events. It also asks for books, periodicals, seating, furnishings, and greenery for classrooms. The coming session opens on Saturday January 2, and helpers should contact Mrs W E Crom at 33 Manchester Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morley Memorial College
Cons
Morley College
Board of Education
Technical Education Board
Rash
W. E. Crom
Manchester-street
Queen's Jubilee Hospital Seeks Capital for Expansion
King Edward's Hospital Fund awards two hundred pounds to the Queen's Jubilee Hospital. Donations from various funds and groups total substantial support as patient numbers rise since October 1901. The Fulham Observer urges urgency for funds to extend facilities and meet erection costs, with twenty thousand pounds needed and a plan for a major extension if a quarter is secured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Edward's Hospital Fund
Hospital
National Sunday League
United Temperance Demonstration
Chelsea
Lily Cycling Club
the Salters’ Company
Kensington Board of Guardians
Fulham Board of Guardians
Frank Green
Bart
London
King’s Fund
Fulham
Queen’s Jubilee Hospital
Richmond Road
Earl’s Court
Scholarships At Cambridge Chronicle Metropolitan Winners
The article lists Cambridge scholarships and exhibitions awarded to Metropolitan students. Pembroke Vallege: RB P Franklin receives 60 for classics. Caius College: RH P Winterbotham 40 for mathematics. K K Louson 60 for history exhibitions. Dulwich student S K Brown 80, F W Kolthammer 40, H W Ralph 40 exhibitions. Jesus College: M E Dellschaft 60 for natural science. N F Peck 40 for mathematics. A H Pearson 30 and L S Wateball 30 exhibitions. St John’s College: F C G Twinn 60 for classics. D W Rennie 30 for Natural Science. G S W Epps 40 for mathematics.
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Cambridge
Pembroke Vallege
RB. P. Franklin
Paul's
Caius College
RH. P. Winterbotham
St. Paul’s
K. K. Louson
8. K. Brown
Dulwich
F. W. Kolthammer
St. Olave’s Grammar School
Southwark
H.W. Ralph
King’s College
Jesus College
M. E. Dellschaft
Merchant Taylors
N. F. Peck
Latyrmer Upper School
Hammersmith
Messrs
A. H. Pearson
Westminster
Wateball
St. Paul's
F. Kellward
J. L. Pritchard
Christ’s College
St. John’s College
F.C. G. Twinn
St. Olave's
D. W. Rennie
City of London
G.S. W. Epps
Highgate
Emmanuel College
Ackton Hall Colliery Dispute Verdict Reached
At Pontefract the remaining 52 of 900 summonses against Ackton Hall miners for leaving work without notice were heard. A verdict of 5s damages and costs was agreed. The colliery company agreed not to distrain until after Christmas, with payment in three instalments, the first before Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontefract
Ackton Hall
Barker
Lowden
New Musical Piracy Bill Proposed by M P Galloway
The Central News reports MP W Johnson Galloway drafted a bill for the next Parliament session to address musical piracy. It cites flaws in the 1902 act including missing penalties and lack of search warrants and proposes remedies. Also notes Father Bernard Vaughan to entertain 4,000 at the People's Palace on December 30 with Madame de Navarro singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Johnson Galloway
M.P
Galloway
Dernard Vaughan
People’s Palace
Mary Andersson
Madame de Navarro
New Port Mail Robbery Foiled By Driver Near St Melions
Early yesterday a three-man robbery attempt on the Newport to Cardiff mail cart was thwarted by driver Alfred Beddoes near St Melions. The offenders, masked as laborers, fled after Beddoes whipped the horse. no mail contents were harmed.
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Newport
Cardiff
Alfred Eddoes
St. Melions
Beddoes
Drama and charity at West Theatre Templetown aid
Under royal patronage dramatic representations were staged yesterday at the West theatre Albert hall to aid Vicountess Templetown's soup kitchen in Southwark. The Shades of Night opened each bill with a burlesque showing Captain Terence Trivett and Winifred Yester encountering ancestral ghosts who arrange a match and lift the family curse. Afternoon featured Lady William Lennox's string band while evening performances were backed by Miss Bacon's musicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady Templetown
Princess Louise
Duke of Argyll
West Theatre
Albert Hell
Vicountess Templetown
Southwark
Terence Trivett
Mr. W. Cofton Taber
Winifred Yester
Violet Matthey
Lady William Lennox
Miss Bacon
Death at a Football Match at Aldershot
Spectator Private Guffey of the Lancashire Juniors collapsed as the last score was made at Aldershot. He was carried to Cambridge Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead.
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R.K
Lancashire
Aldershot
Guffey
Cambridge Hospital
Northwich Victoria Right Half Severely Injured in League Match
During the Manchester League game between Northwich Victoria and Sale Holmfield at Northwich yesterday afternoon, Fred Ravenscourt was badly charged. Initially thought winded, Dr Armstrong later confirmed one or two broken ribs after examination.
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Manchester
Northwich Victoria
Sale Holmfield
Northwich
Fred Ravenscourt
Armstrong
Walthamstow Palace Theatre Opens With Two Towers
A new suburban venue on High street Walthamstow features two stone and metal towers and English Renaissance exterior. The interior offers fire resisting curtain dual powered by hand and electric motor, sprinkler system, and separated stage dressing rooms. Managed by G. Adney Payne with A. J. Barclay in local charge. performances planned twice nightly.
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High Street
Walthamstow
G. Adney Payne
A. J. Barclay
Wireless telegraphy eyed for long distance use at HARCONT dinner
M Marconi headlined the HARCONT Foreign Press Association dinner at Cafe Monico with M S de Wesselit sky presiding. He said wireless telegraphy could overcome doubts about range and signal clarity and might one day assist the press, noting past weather disruptions as a caution.
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M. Marconi
Foreign Press Association
Cafe Moniico
M. S.de Wesselitsky
England
The
Presa
Burns in Edinburgh Denounces Tanfi Committee as Unfair
Mr John Burns MP spoke at a Synodhall gathering in Edinburgh under the Scots Society banner. He condemned the Tanfi committee appointed by Mr Chamberlain as a packed jury without a mandate and unrepresentative, lacking both labor and banker voices.
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Synodhall
Edinburgh
Scots Society
John Burns
Tanfi
Chamberlain
Labour
Joseph
Little Ones Long Tramp to See Toys in Holborn
Three lost children aged four to six wandered to Holborn to glimpse a toy shop window. A kind passersby, aided by London police, requested help, and a Christmas gift was left for the trio. Officers escorted them to Snow Hill Station where their names and addresses were found and they were safely returned home.
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Holborn
London
Snowhill
Miss Holland's Money Foreclosure Injunction Granted
At the Master of the Rolls court in Dublin an ex parte request sought to deem a signature purporting to transfer 10 shares of 10s each as a forgery and to void the transfer. The transfer allegedly signed by the late Camille Holland is claimed to be forged by Samuel Herbert Dougal, who was executed for her murder. An injunction against parting with the share certificate was granted pending the action.
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Master of the Rolls
Dublin
Palace Theatre Company
London
Camille Holland
Moat Farm
Samuel Herbert Dougal
Disappearing Cannon At Woolwich Stuns City
Detectives probe the theft of six brass parade cannons at Woolwich. Two were stolen Wednesday night and four Thursday night. Each gun weighed two hundredweight and carried considerable value. Wheel marks near the Rotunda indicate a vehicle removal. Extra precautions ordered to protect the remaining valuables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Veloxite smokeless powder claims safe stability
Colonel W Hope of Fulham announced in The Times that after nine and a half years and 10000 experiments he produced Veloxite a smokeless powder said to be absolutely safe and stable. It offers 73 percent more power as a propelling agent than Waltham Abbey powder with a flashing point near 1200 degrees Fahrenheit.
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W. Hope
Crowdace Road
Fulham
Times
Waltham Abbey
Substantial subsidence forces match relocation at Gornal Wood
Mining operations in South Staffordshire have caused frequent subsidences. Yesterday a major subsidence occurred on the football field near the Limerick hotel in Gornal Wood, delaying the local League match and prompting play to be moved to another district before players or spectators arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Staffordshire
Limerick Hotel
Gornalwood
Fanciers Show At Bermondsey Bird Trials
The tenth annual Ber mondsey Fanciers Association show at the Drill Hall drew workmen fanciers from across the metropolis. G E Jarrold Deptford won five prizes plus a cup for best young Indian game bird. W T Jones Bermondsey took a first and special for best old bird and Wyandotte. HK Krepple Bermondsey earned three firsts and four specials for Minorcas and Orpingtons. Other winners include I Wellbrook Southwark with a show homer and old chequer, W Flege Peckham with two cups, G A Jeffreys Bermondsey for two firsts for his third, BE Evans New Cross for first magpie pigeon, J T Dales Kennington with three firsts and the challenge cup for his canaries, and A Brenner Bermondsey Borough Council with a crested bird. A telegram from Mr. Balfour said he was recovering from a chill and hoped to leave for Whittinghame on Tuesday.
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Bermondsey
New Cross
J. T. Dales
Kennington
Kermondsey Borough
Brenner
Innus GaL Possession of Crown Munt Stories
Alfred Fager a Portsmouth dockyard blacksmith faced charges for illegal possession of Government Stores after a sergeant spotted him entering a marine store. A parcel he carried contained Crown metal and he was fined 403 or 14 days in prison. Roya Institution Professor Ray Lankester's Christmas course begins Tuesday the 29th at 3 pm with more Friday night lectures starting January 15 by Lord Reyleigh on Shadows.
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Innus Gal
Alfred Fager
Portsmouth
Roya Institution
Ray Lankester
Lord Reyleigh
Far East Crisis Telegrams Summary
This morning’s telegrams report on the Far East crisis. Japanese representatives conferred with bankers here about a possible loan for purposes, but discussions yielded no result. Russia’s unsuccessful bid to secure a New York loan counters reports of imminent European negotiations.
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Far East
A.fiv
Bankera
New York
Russia
Europe
Reuter
Lord Milner Gains Warm Johannesburg Welcome After Europe Return
Lord Milner arrived in Johannesburg on Saturday night after his European tour. He was given an enthusiastic reception as addresses were presented from most towns in the Transvaal. Reuter reports.
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Johannesburg
Lord Milner
Europe
Reuter
Brutality in the German Army Judge Sentences Linke
Berung Saturday Night Seret Linke of the 48th Infantry Regiment was sentenced at MKuestrin to day to 18 months imprisonment and degradation for cruelty to soldiers in 17 cases. Utrowski, a man singled out by Linke, suffered maltreatment whenever met. Soldiers feared reporting him, allowing cruelty to go unchecked.
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Linke
48Th Infantry
Mkuestrin
Utrowski
Chang yi removed from Northern Railways ranks
In Tianjin on a Saturday night Chang yi, director of the Northern Railways, has been degraded and stripped of all his ranks and titles. Additional punishment is expected for him according to the report by Reuler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Tientsin
Changyi
Northern Railways
Reuler
Streatham Opens New Fire Station in Mitcham Lane
Streatham gains a new fire station on Mitcham Lane at the site of the former grammar school. Built for about 10,000, it includes appliance and watch rooms with stable accommodation. An inaugural ceremony was interrupted by a minor alarm, and a test turnout followed led by Miss Jessie Hills as the mayor and council members observed.
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London
Streatham
Mitcham Lane
E. Smith
Fire Brigade Committee
London County Council
W. Lorden
Hewett
Fire in the Borough and Docks Sparks Damaging Blaze
A destructive fire in New Comen Street Borough gutted upper floors of Luttley and Sons book binders and printers at Nos 57 and 58. Fire brigades from Southwark and Tooley Street fought the blaze for an hour, with smoke filling the area and extensive water and smoke damage to lower floors. Separately, a blaze aboard the steamship Stanhope in the South West India Dock caused dense smoke but was brought under control by dock police and rapid fire brigade response, resulting in comparatively minor damage.
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Newcomen-street
Messrs. Luttley and Sons
Southwark
Tooley-street
Hamilton
Stanhope
India Dock
Metropolitan Fire Brigade
Fires Across London Prompt Multiple Alarms In Evening
Several small fires were reported yesterday across London. At 3.8 p.m. Primrose street Bethnal Green and 3.22 p.m. 149 New Park road Brixton involved overheated coffee roasters. A 3.40 p.m. blaze at the Whole Berry Coffee Co Limiten's premises followed by 9 p.m. at a wine merchant in Emmett street Limehouse. Early Sunday morning a private house in Ashmore gardens St Peters park W was attended.
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Primrose
Merclan’s
Emmett Street
Limehouse
Ashmore Gardens
St. Peter's Park
Charity society appeals for winter aid to destitute
Tus Racceo Scuoon Union calls for public sympathy and funds to help the destitute, crippled, hungry, and afflicted this winter. The secretary, John Kirk of 52 John Street Theobalds Road W.C., handles contributions as workers resume action across departments. Also notes the Chil dren's Fancy Dress Ball patrons at Empresa Rooms Kensington in aid of Our Dumb Friends League with Princess Christian leading. Otter catches reported at Pangbourne Mapledurham and other districts in the Chimes Valley cited as poaching concerns with sightings near Egham Staines and Penton Hook.
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Tus Racceo Scuoon Union
Ali
John Kirk
Johnstreet
Theobalds-road
W.C. CampRren
Empresa Rooms
Royal Palace Hotel
Kensington
Our
Dumb ‘Friends’ League
Christian
Pangbourne
Mapledurham
Egham
Staines
Penton Hook
Chimes Valley
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Thames
Joint Committee
National Union of Women Workers
Algernon West
Waterloo Bridge
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London Bridge
Canova
M. Dupin
Walthamstow’s New Church
Mexcontam
Henry Russell
Borz
Miss Cons
Queen's Jubilee Hospital
Mostyn T. Pigott
Fletcher
Cosmo Hamilton
Beryl Feber
Charles Reade
Christie Johnstone
Mr. Crichton
Earl of Liss
Liss
Mary Irons
Mary
Covent
Lisa
C. W. Somerset
Earl
Lilian Lexbrough
Lilian
Mr. Somerset
Harringay
Earl of
Rosslyn
Norman McKinnel
Porter
Monmouthshire
Prince and Princess of Wales
Princess Victoria
Prince
Fred Leslie
Dahomey
Shaftesbury
Louie Freear
Strand
Flower Girl and
the Lady
Drama and Charity
Walthamstow Palace Theatre
Miss Holland
Dougal
Veloxite
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