A boy named M'lnnes, of Tranent, Scotland,' was killed on the spot, the greater portionof his faco being blown away by a terrible explosion caused by bis having mischievously applied a lighted match to a barrel of paraffin in one of the depots of Meadow Mill Colliery, Haddingtonshire. At the sports of the East Anglican Institution for deaf and dumb children, held at Gorlcston, a blind lad named Cullum won the 100 yards race in 12 4-ssec, lowering the school, record by-one second. He felt his way by means of handles attached to wires along the couree. ■ j I'm just a swaddio with olio stripe, Promotion seems to lag; ; t ought to be a sergeant-mage, Tho' I'm not one to brag—"Dyes right! 1 We're not on active service now, ~ But I'll- get V.C. sure, For T'vo.jnst saved tho colonel's life, "With ' Woods' . lteppormittt. Cure,—Attention.! . ." -Mvfc,
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2346, 31 December 1914, Page 3
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145Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2346, 31 December 1914, Page 3
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