... It is a fact which speaks well for the improvements which have taken place in agriculture, that, at the Ploughing Match of the West of England Society, which took place on Tee-day, in the neighbourhood of Wrington, (an account of which we this day publish ...

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... Speaking on Saturday afternoon at a demonstration convened by the British Women's Teniperance Association in London in support of the Local Veto Bill, the Rev. Hugh Price Hughes said a friend of his had that week rec:ived an impuitant pronouncement fr ...

... OUR. SOLDIERS AND FL JGGING. Major Thirnaby, at Birmiughain, speaking in favour of the extension of th gin in the army, said recently : 'Our army is not composed like other armies— if Itlen. taken from any s'atiou of socitly, Int;: was in ,inly t !ken ...

... BANKING: It it is sometimes said that, in speaking of simple transactions, Bank officials are prone to use terms which, far from being enlightening, are calculated to make confusion worse confounded in the ears of the customer seeking an explanation why ...

... by me land. With regard to the army, Mr. Osbert* receded to speak with great plainness. It was unfair sacrifice Ministers, who had no alternative but to 'Folk • system which had been nourished and maintained by Fathomed. Look at the moaner in which the ...

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... Speaking on Friday afternoon at St. Peter's Hall, Bournemouth, in support of the Irish Church Missions, of which be is secretary, the Rev. T. Mercer Wilson described the in Irelead to-day as a religious one. The reason was, he said, that while in Eng- ...

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... LORD HARTINGTON ON THE LIBERAL REVERSES. The Marquis of Hartington, speaking in support of the candidature of Sir Ferrer 11 erschell for North Lonsdale (North Lancashire) on Tuesday night, said, referring to the present election, that he was not going ...

... OUR SOLDIERS AND FL Mayor Barnaby. at Birmingham, speaking in favour of the extension of tivggiug in the army, said recently : Our army is not composed like othor arniies—.f men taken from any station of siciety, bit W(Vi mainly Vilma from a class who ...