Indian Mutiny Heroic Stand Remembered At Lucknow
Sergeant Alexander Macpherson of the 93rd Highlanders dies at Nairn remembered for warning troops at Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny. He slept through evacuation, woke to defend the barracks, faced Sepoy attackers, and narrowly survived a close pursuit after a daring march through muskets and volleys.
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Nairn
Alexander Macpherton
93Rd Highlanders
Lucknow
Macpherton
Sandy Macpherson
Polling Places listed for Ashburnham Electorate races
A list of polling locations and districts appears for the Ashburnham Electorate including towns such as Parkes, Forbes, Yeoval, Cumnock, Tomingley, Obley, Myall, and Gookamidgera among others. The roster names multiple rural districts and polling sites in the region.
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Ashburnham
Redown
Gunningbland
Back
Droubalgie
Kaman
Balderodgery
McPhail
Brolgan
Merom
Bulgandramins
Mingelo
Bunbury
Narromine Oalarie
Obley
Arrawobitty Parkes Gookamidgera
Parkesborough
Qook
Myall Peak
Hill
Craigie Leagie ‘Tighborne
Cumnock
Tomingley Forbes
Yeoval
Beliefs on Heaven From Various Cultures
The passage surveys different cultural notions of heaven. Assyrians place it in earth’s depths or the east, Haytians in island valleys, Egyptians on islands near the Milky Way, Greeks and Romans envision peaceful afterlives, while South Pacific natives imagine a whitened afterworld.
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South Pacific
Don'ts For Personal Improvement Excerpt
A compact list of cautions urging gratitude, moderation, effort, honesty, and self development. It emphasizes perseverance, dignity in poverty, forward motion, fair conduct, cleanliness, courage, confession, education, temperance, and doing things well.
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Koop
Mems of Sport Events and Notables Across Regions
A roundup of sporting notes from New South Wales and nearby areas highlights Assaf Baraewati likely captaining a future team, trotting times in New Zealand, and Penkill Show race programmes. It mentions the trotting mare Miss Startle found dead at Cowra, owned by D. Riddle, and lists local tennis meeting outcomes and club officials.
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Jackson
Viz Assaf
Baraewati
Cowra
Myccotia
New Zealand
N.S.W. League of Wheelmen
Wweatazion
London
George
Barry
Sydney
Misa Startle
D. Riddle
Startle
Bathurst
Orange
Forbes
Dowls
Hill
Tom
Frecklington
H. Peacock
If Britain Had Kept Colonies in the Past
The article surveys imperial hypotheticals, arguing that if Britain had retained territories such as Heligoland, Delagoa Bay, Tangier, and portions of the East and South Pacific, the empire might have dominated vast regions. It laments lost opportunities due to flawed policy and leadership.
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Britain
Europe
Minorca
Corsica
Tonian Islands
England
Heligoland
Germany
Delagoa Bay
Zanzibar
German East
South-west Africa
Tangier
Braganza
Charles the Second
Morocco
India
Egypt
Indian
Java
Manilla
Philippine Islands
Great Britain
Spain
Havanna
Cuba
New Guinea
Buenos Ayres
Monte Video
South America
Whitstocks
Same Old Tale at Peak Hill Crowds Dwindle
A reflective piece from Peak Hill notes few responsive participants among many attendees at events. It comments on repeated frequenters, calls attention to a persistent core group, and contrasts the dominance of passive crowds with active contributors.
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Peak Hill
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