The cruiser Melpomene, which was commissioned at Portsmouth on January 10 for service in tho West Indies, is remarkablo in that her crew we nearly all marines. Sho is the only warship in (ho world ttint carries more marines than snilor?, hnvinj; been specially detailed to keep order in tho West Indies. Though only thirteen, VT. Money, of Lord Krnest St. Mnur's Own Troop of Baden-Vowell Scouts, recently conveyed, a dispatch from Loughborough (o Appleby, a distance of IGO miles, covering 28 miles a day. He encountered heavy snowstorms and deep drifts, Old Lady—"Didn't I sive you n great big piece of pin onlv yesterday?" Tramp —"Yes, mum!" Old Lndy—"Then, I'm surprised to seo von back hero so soon." Tramp—"But I didn't eat it, tnuin!"
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1390, 16 March 1912, Page 12
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125Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1390, 16 March 1912, Page 12
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