A Iwv was heroically saved from drowning at Gorleslon, England, on . , .Aug'isf ];'..' He sliitcil from the break. • water into the surf, and was drowning, when Mr. Wallace Foster, of Surbiton, slapped oft' his coal and plunged into ' the water, lie seized the sinking boy, but. finding it impossible to laud hi in' through the surf, swam out with inm into open water, ar.d held him up tiniil a boat was rowed out to his ivse'ia. 'Clio toy was unconscious when he was landed," but was. scon restored by 'a medical mail. Mr. Foster had n mag- j nificent reception from a large crowd. i A cricket match was recently played at Norwich, England, in which tho total ages of one eleven were 838 yearn, 1 and of the other 527 years. The highest' scorer on the losing side was eighty- j two years'old.. Three of'the players ; were "octogenarians. ' ■ ■> A millionaire of Brooklyn, New York, has sent his valet to school to-learn j typewriting and shorthand so that he ; can type his master's letters from die. tation. i
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 9, 5 October 1907, Page 4
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177Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 9, 5 October 1907, Page 4
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