One curious fact iu connection with the late Queen has so far gone unrecorded—namely, that she never personally pinned the Victoria Cross on the breast of a sailor, though sho decorated hundreds of soldiers with her own hand. There is reason to believe also that Queen Victoria was never on an ironclad or a turret ship. —Sydney Sunday Times,
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 83, 16 April 1901, Page 3
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59Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 83, 16 April 1901, Page 3
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