A good illustwtibn of tlie'difficulties attending Londoi% jpurnalisni, iigiveh by the fact that ther other day all btifc one morning paper were hoaxed outhd subject of the co-operation movement' ;'A" liner* sent iv some copy to every papjir, 1 purporting to be a report of a great;,; peeting said to be held near Oxford stregtj,by the tradesmen of the district. : ;iThe !O text of the speeches delivered' and resolutions passed in them all seemed quite)regular, and nearly Vail' the journals printed it. Enquiry goes to show that no Suehimeetiiig ever took place, and that; the whole thing was the invention of some pddr man who waiited to earu a few shillings.— Lirerpool Post. .
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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3164, 9 April 1879, Page 1
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113Page 1 Advertisements Column 7 Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3164, 9 April 1879, Page 1
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