A Remarkable Coincidence
Newspapers are advised by the Telegraph Office of the exact number of words sent by their correspondents in press telegraphic messages, so that the recounting departments may be fully informed. Tn this connection the Manchester Guardian reports an interesting coincidence.
The paper had sent a special corresponent to Falaise, the seat of the recent French celebrations in honour of William the Conqueror, with instructions to send about a column-length article. This would roughly be a thousand words. The telegraph office report shows it to have been exactly 1066, the actual date of the Conquest, which is probably the most famous date in England’s long and interesting history.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20168, 9 June 1928, Page 2 (Supplement)
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110A Remarkable Coincidence Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20168, 9 June 1928, Page 2 (Supplement)
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