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A Sydney cablegram states that Professor David's injuries, which are not serious, resulted from a fall of 71) feet in a mining shaft. A London cable reports the death of Sir Joseph Beecham, Bart, manufacturer and philanthropist, who did much to popularise opera; also of Sir Jacob Elias Sassoon a noted Indian merchant and banker, who established a Central College of Science in Bombay. Ax the meeting of the Egnipnt National Park Board yesterday morning a resolution of sympathy was passed with Mr \V. A. Collis in the death of his son, Douglas, who was killed in France, and appreciative reference was made to the valued services rendered by Mr F. W. Wilkie during the long period he acted as a member of the Board.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 74, 25 October 1916, Page 2
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126PERSONAL. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 74, 25 October 1916, Page 2
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