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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 652, 1 November 1909, Page 9

Notification has been received at Newport (Mon.) that tho.King has decided,to airarcl an Albert Medal of the. Second Class to Tom Lowis, the Newport newsboy who distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry on the occasion of the Alexandra Dock disaster. . "An old and intimate friend of Mr. Chamborlain, just returned from a visit to Highbury, tells ,me (says the 'Daily Express' Parliamentary correspondent) that ho found the right ;hon. gentleman intellectually as keen and alert as ever. He is not able to walk without assistance, but ill:his conversation thero is, no sign of decadence from the keen insight and incisive :foroo of expression that marked it in other days. His interest in public affairs is undnnmcd. He doily follows proceedings in- tho House of Commons,- and : expresses opinions thereon with all his ancient frankness. While 1 resigned'to, the situation forced upon him at a timo when he is still in the prime of intollecI tual vigour, he is never known, to utter, com* [ plaint, ohoerily making-the best ft everything,"