A strange story conies from Frontignan. Heraiilr, France. Hccently 700 gallons of confiscated wine, were thrown into a canal there l>y. Hie Customs officers. Hut the wine had the elfect of intoxicating the fish, which swam on the top of the.water: and could hz picked out by hand. The housewives refused to buy fish when they, could get them for themselves, and tho' fishermen in"tho district united to protest against tho action of the Customs officers. . The Duke of Connanght unveiled a granite monument 'at Sydney Mines, on the spot where the late Kin? Edward first landed as Prince of Wales on Bri-tish-American soil 52 years ajo»
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1560, 2 October 1912, Page 3
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107Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1560, 2 October 1912, Page 3
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