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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 25, 1875
Page
8
The text argues that alcohol disrupts sleep by causing involuntary motor activity during rest, waking the sleeper with sudden limb movements. It condemns alcohol as neither food nor a suitable drink, noting its limited short term pleasure against vast long term harm and urging physician oversight.
A London critique dismisses J Hands's Will Ability, a volume on mental volition, electro-biology, faith, and fate. The reviewer denounces the author as a blind fatalist and ridicules passages on magnetism and destiny, deeming the work nonsense.
A Sydney Morning Herald extract notes that early colonial girls were punished by having their hair cut short at Parramatta factory. A visitor to the Agricultural Show saw many girls with cropped foreheads and wondered if the old factory still existed.
The council of the Workmen's Peace Association lauds international arbitration to prevent wars and reduce armaments. It cites Henry Richard MP's motion, petitions from 1,038,497 citizens, and parliaments in Italy, the U S, Sweden, Holland, and Belgium. A Paris conference is planned for the sixth of next month with delegates from many British towns.
The Committee of Council on Education records 703 English and 156 Welsh school boards up to September 30 1874. Of these 514 English and 123 Welsh boards sent accounts. 184 English and 32 Welsh did not. Total receipts: 1 877 265 pounds in England and 142 491 pounds in Wales. Rates funded 71.6 percent of English board income and 56.1 percent in Wales. rate aid fell since 1871 72. London rate burden equaled 14 pence in the pound. English borough average excluding London noted as a benchmark.
A Pall Mall Gazette summary reports on rate levels across English and Welsh districts, noting high and low rates, and the growth in school board loan activity under the 1870 Act. It details loan totals, repayment methods, and the distribution of expenditure, including salaries and permanent improvements, with figures for London and major towns.
Returns show opium revenue in India reached 8 324 879 with poppy cultivation covering 521 270 acres. Duke of Edinburgh is greeted at Nijni Novgorod with a 2 000 rouble silver dish bread and salt. Empress explosion at Barcelona kills 17 and injures 20. MacMahon’s arbitration on Delagoa Bay is published. Portugal’s claims are upheld. Ferdinand leaves 10 million florins to the Pope with sacred vessels and crystal services. Bismarck thanks readers for Hermann memorial. Sedan anniversary preparations sweep German towns. Frankfort invites residents to public ceremonies.
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