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The Temperance cause in the North of England has lost a valued friend by the death of Mr. John Brad shaw, which took place at his residence, West View, Bensltam, Gateshead. Mr. Bradshaw allied early in life with the Temperance movement, and up to the time of his death was an act

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, IT a three-fifths ma j••rity. The Temperance leaders in New Zealand naturally regard the new proposal as hardly less ulischievous than for a Colonial Option, inasmuch as it will prevent experiments in local Prohibition until the entire province is converte

A DIFFICULT JOB: A STRIKING VICTORY. Mr. Isitt's victory at. Lincoln on Monday night week seems to have been pretty complete. was extensively reported in the Leader, and racy reading it was. No such iseeting has ever been held in Lincoln before, it is said, and intense and gener