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On several different occasions within the last year we have referred to Major De Soto Jones as a duffer. That is, we have hinted that the Major was • wind-hag and had no sand in his craw. Last week, carried away by a momentary enthusiasm, he announced his intention of hastening

Sale of eligible Freehold Cottage Property. MR CHARLES COOPER favoured with Instructions from MR. S. PICRYORD to SELD BY AUCTION, at the Warn HART INN, TRUDOXHILL. on THUISDAY, JANUARY 10th, 1900, at 6 for 7 o'clock In the Evening, subject to conditions to be there produced, the

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At the beginning of the session the Liberal Party in the House of Commons unanimously selected Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman as its leader, in the place of Sir William Harcourt, who had rstigned the position in consequence of a lack of loyal support. The London Local Government B

Perhaps the most singular village in the world is that of Tupuselei, New Guinea. Here the houses are all supported on piles, and stand right out in the ocean, some considerable distance from the shore. The object of this strange position is to protect the inhabitants against sud

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