Lord Rosebery is to be invited to bo the Chief orator in connection with'the celebration at Rochdale of the centenary of John Brighfs birth next November. For the recent celebrations In commemoration of tho cession of Lagos to tho Crown fifty years ago, the town was en fol.c- and tho. shore and harbour were dressed with flags. The acting-Governor eddrosssd a wist assembly, contrasting I.agns past c.;v.l prerent. He dilated on tho marvellous progress that had been achieved, ivid urged tho need of co-opera-tion to make that progress greater in tho r.ext half century. . Nino of the competitors for prizes offered by the Duke of Portlaud to servants on bis Welbeck (Notts) estate who had tcrved the longest periods had a record oi over, fifty years' service.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1245, 29 September 1911, Page 5
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127Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1245, 29 September 1911, Page 5
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