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CONDENSED INTELLIGENCE

... stated that the floods bad occasioned loss of nearly £10.000 to the company. A riotous Liberation meeting was held last week at Exeter. Mr. Blackburne, the celebrated chess-player, lately played eight games blindfold, and he succeeded in winning them all ...

Published: Saturday 12 February 1876
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1714 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

INTERESTING NEWS IN BRIEF

... service in the employ the L. and S. W.R., was guard express trains for thirty-six years,and was snowed up for whole week between Exeter and Devonport 1881. Mr. R. M. Hight.a well-known American big game hunter, has killed the largest wolf ever seen in ...

WAR v. YACHTING

... 2s. per week during the existence of the present high prices. At Devonport the riggers in the dockyard have also been endeavouring to get an increase of pay, and understand they have likewise obtained an advance of 2s. per week. At Exeter the police ...

Published: Saturday 18 February 1854
Newspaper: Isle of Wight Observer
County: Isle of Wight, England
Type: Article | Words: 1711 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

LONDON GOSSIP

... appoiste, d umpire, promptly gave him out, and out he weu, under professional escort. Mrs. Scott-Siddons performed last week at Exeter oc housos literally crammed to the ceiling. Her Lad - Teazue on Wednesday night was a most brilliant Per- t- formance ...

Published: Wednesday 15 March 1882
Newspaper: Hampshire Telegraph
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1604 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

SOCIETY GOSSIP

... the past winter by Messrs. Camper and Nicholson of Gosport. viz., the Polyanthus and the Henriette. were launched last week. Lord Exeter is fitting out his steam yacht Queen of Palmyra, which has been lying on the mud for some time. The Titania and the Zingara ...

Published: Saturday 10 May 1884
Newspaper: Hampshire Advertiser
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1689 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

ISLI! OF WIGHT

... Booth, Esq Vice Admiral Hall Isles, | Died at Cranford, Middlesex, on Tuesday, Mr. Haw each at an advanced age. | _ last week at Exeter, aged 60 years, Capt. John € i ~ aw aes Oe — Loyal | morable engagement of ‘No 4, “1805, uswer | Died on Tuesday last ...

Published: Monday 05 February 1838
Newspaper: Hampshire Chronicle
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1766 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

RAMSGATE

... been sheltering at Ramsgate, left this week for Exeter, where provision has been made for them through the kindness of Lord Lytton. Naval Commander's Marriage. The wedding look place at Holy Trinity Church, last week, of Commander Winstanley Moorsom, R N„ ...

Published: Saturday 12 December 1914
Newspaper: Thanet Advertiser
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 1556 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

AOKICU LTU KB

... brought Liverpool last week from the United States and Canada showed remarkable decrease when compared with the preceding week, being something like half the quantity, while arrivals of live cattle and sheep were tnuoh In exoeas of any week for several months ...

Published: Saturday 31 May 1879
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1636 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

LITERARY MEMORANDA

... Fellow of the Itoyal College of England and the Royal Society. numerous and influential meeting of Liberals took place last week at Exeter; Mr. Mark Kennaway the (hair, when silver salver was presented with the residue of £o7 10s. 7d. (the amount subscribed) ...

Published: Tuesday 07 January 1868
Newspaper: Kentish Gazette
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 1599 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

HOME NEWS

... time on the same day at orsliip Street. The fortieth annual meeting of the Church Missionary Society was held Tuesday week at Exeter Hall; the F.arl of Chichester the chair. From the report of the Committee, read by the Secretary, it appeared that the ...

Published: Thursday 14 May 1840
Newspaper: Brighton Gazette
County: Sussex, England
Type: Article | Words: 1594 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

ST. JAMES TIIE LESS, TONBRIDGE

... which is really the annually-elected Parliament of the Mancbesur Unity of Odd Fellows, been holding it sittings during the week at Exeter; and we are glad to observe that P.P.G.M. Fagg, who is the delete representing the Tonbridge district, was on Monday elected ...

Published: Saturday 15 June 1878
Newspaper: Tonbridge Free Press
County: Kent, England
Type: Article | Words: 1633 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

THATCHAM

... very faithfully, SINE QUA-NON. Barn AND Warr OP ENGLAND Snow. —Among the prize winners at this show, which was held last week at Exeter, appear the following : Col. R. Loyd Lindsay, V C., M.P.. Ist prize for two-year - old bull ; the Earl of Portsmouth took ...