Bernard Maury, a well-known Parisian actor, stopped More a public fire-alarm in one of the boulevards and rin .r t hell, which brought a lire engine to the spot. He explained that. Pe was telephoning to Mine. Sarah Bernhardt to say that he w a s unable to fill Iris role in “La 'losca. It was discovered that lie. had suddenly gone Laiiglois. member of the French Council oi War, narrowly misseil bein 0- suffocated in his quarters at by fumes from a stove in his bedroom. He was found in a semiconscious condition. "“Billiards will no longer rank in France among the games of chance, as in the French Court of Appeal the following de. cision has been given “As the game of billiards depends mainly on the skill and ability of the players, any bets made on the player's game will stand as bona fide financial transactions,"
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Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 698, 18 December 1902, Page 1
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