A stone tablet to the Dorset poet William Barnes—who was born in 1800 and died in 1886—has been placed on the house where he lived in Dorchester for some years now, a hairdresser’s shop. Thomas Hardy was keenly interested in Barnes, who was first a schoolmaster then later a clergyman, and suggested the memorial two hours before he died. A sketch of the design was made by Hardy.
Kew Gardens are to be free always, the penny admission having been abolished.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18512, 8 March 1930, Page 11 (Supplement)
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