BREVITIES
Von Moltke died on April 24. 1891. Ru.-so Turkish War commenced Anril 24, 1877. Franco is proposing to adopt English time, principally for the convenience ui travellers. No fewer than 52,613 peisons born in the United Kingdom settled in Canada in ten months. Dutiedi.'t .Hospital returns last week were:—Admitted, 31; discharged, 26; died, 1; remained, 146. The first standing army, consisting of guards and regular troops, was formed by Saul in the year 1093 n.c. Tho town of Calgary, in Alberta, Canada, which had only 5,500 inhabitants ten years ago, has now 48,000. The Vicar of Yarmouth announces in the current issue that during the past six years his parish magazine has made a profit of £BSB. Work hii6 been commenced on the erection of the new building for the future Chinese Parliament in I'ckin, winch will cost about £400,000. In order to reduce her adipr.se tissue and to win a wager of £2OO, Miss Dora Harrison, a Long Island lady, has walked a distance of 1,100 miles, from New York to Tampa. She will return on horseback.
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Evening Star, Issue 14548, 24 April 1911, Page 10
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179BREVITIES Evening Star, Issue 14548, 24 April 1911, Page 10
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