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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 07, 1865
Page
19
A damaged snippet reflects on security and courage as rewards, urging unity across ages. It mentions steps of government and nations celebrating freedom, concluding the proceedings shortly after six o'clock.
The National Lifeboat Institution reports 426 lives saved by its lifeboats and 266 by shore services in the past year, totaling 692 rescued from wrecks. Rewards totaling £1500 and twenty two honorary acknowledgments were granted, with 14,260 lives saved since formation and extensive crown land sales and purchases noted alongside.
From Samuel Griffiths circular, the 1863 64 iron market in South Staffordshire shows price rises to 9 10s per ton for common bars by end of 1863, followed by a 1 advance then a drop to 8 10s in mid 1864. Demand slipped due to foreign competition, tariffs, and strikes, with pig iron and nail sheet prices collapsing and production suspended at several works. The period saw disruptions from Lincoln tariffs, Belgian and French competition, and coal supply shortages amid colliers’ strikes lasting into November.
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