• At the "War Office Athletic' Club sports at Burton Court, Chelsea,. R. Barrett, aged seveuty-six, an Indian Mutiny veteran won tho Chelsea pensioners' 70yds. race. Hu had 9}yds. start,. and won easily. Despite the faults of our system, tho poorer classes arc better off, lead happier fives, and are of more use- to tho country than: were their grandfathers.—Mr. RunciDian, M.P. . Teacher—"What" is it, Tom?" Tom— "Jimmy's swearing 1" ■ Teacher—"What did ho say?" Tom—"Well, marm, if you say over all the cuss words you know, I'll toll you when yoji come to it." . , , Congregating in ; hundreds near pools in Hongkong. Dr. J. M. Atkinson has reported, is a fly'called "kispa sinensis," which fishes for mosquito larvae and kills them in largo numbers. '..■■'* '■ A club'for "old boys" of Eton, Harrow; Bucbyi Westminster, and some othor tohoola U 5) be eatablisit in Piaad%.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 587, 16 August 1909, Page 5
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141Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 587, 16 August 1909, Page 5
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