School Board Plans New 1000-Child Neighbourhood School
The Education Department backed a Board proposal to build a 1,000 pupil school after reviewing current and projected pupil numbers for 1,979 children. Reports from the Works Committee and divisional members were approved. Rumor says the Lords defeat of the Elementary Education Bill may stall new school board elections. W H Smith will seek leave to amend the 1870 Act to shift fee payment powers to boards of guardians.
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Education Department
School Board Chronicle
House of Lords
W. H. Smith
Boards of Guardians
Livingstone Letters Push Free African Settlement Plan
Dr Livingstone and Sir Bartle Frere debate establishing a free African settlement on the East African coast under British protection. Letters advocate government support, mission influence, and an assistant with a consular commission to promote emigration and counter slave traffic. Livingstone reports progress near Unanyembe and references Lake Lincoln and new river theory.
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Livingstone
Bartle Frere
Mombas
West Africa
Africa
Dr. Livingstone
Sir Bartle
Speke
Kazeh
Mr.Stanley
Mr. Stanley
Bennett
Davin Livingstone
Great
Nile Valley
Webb
Lualaba
Mr. T. Young
Lake
Lincoln
Young
Liambni
Zambezi
Lord Palmerston
Kafu
Palmerston
Ptolemy
Sethos II
Controversy Over West Coast Emigration Plan and Livingstone Links
In a January 8 postscript the author discusses removing one West Coast English settlement via native Christian emigration to a healthier site on this side of the continent. He cites Colonel Ord on slave-trade suppression, notes East Coast expansion, and praises missionary morality. References include Mr. Stanley Livingstone, deputations to Lord Granville, and reactions from Sir Henry Rawlinson and others regarding Livingstone's discoveries and the Nile exploration debates.
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Ord
Mumbai
West
Nile
Ludha
Agnes Livingstone
Mr. Stanley
Mansion House
Lord Granville
Foreign Office
Russell Gurney
Gilpin
Bartle Frere
Buxton
Lord Stratheden
H. Waller
John Hay
Albright
Select Committee
House of Commons
America
Henry Rawlinson
Stanley
Livingstone
The
Royal Geographical Society
Henn
Dublin
H. M. Stanley
United Service Club
Muter
General Sherman
Earl Granville
Duke of Argyll
White Nile
Albert Nyanza
Victoria Nyanza
Tanganyika
Lualaba
Bahr el Ghazal
Livingstone’s River Route Questioned by Explorers
Text argues Livingstone's river may not join the Nile and could flow west into the Congo or vanish inland. It suggests only two more years of exploration could settle the matter if Dr. Livingstone survives.
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Dr. Livingstone
Nile
Congo
Atlantic
Livingstone
Geneva Arbitration Report Highlights Key Points
The Arbitration Court is adjourned to Wednesday. A British and American dispute unfolds with proposals on due diligence and British liability for Confederate cruisers. Mr. Cushing argues for England, while Mr. Palmer defends it. Rumors of large awards and a Newport reconvening set the tone for forthcoming decisions.
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Reuter
London
7 Telegraph
Geneva
Richmond
England
British
Roundell Palmer
Evarts
Waite
Cushing
United States
Roundell Palmey
Arthur Cohen
Common Law
Cohen
Sydney Young
Alabama
Great Britain
Mr. Cohen
Philadelphia
The
Times
Florida
Jeff Davis
Newport
Man confused pathology with road making in village jest
A resident of an Ayrshire village joked about etymology and asked what pathology meant. He replied confidently that it was the art of road making, echoing Bailey’s dictionary project in a humorous misdefinition.
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Ayrshire
Bailey
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