25 JUNE 1898, page 23

The Launch Of The Albion.' E Nglishmen, Fortunately, Do...

in omens, or they would say that the accident which followed the launch of the Albion' presaged disaster to the reign of the future King, to be named, as we hope, Edward VIII.......

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W E do not give stones to the people nowadays when they ask for bread ; we give them highly spiced. cake, and tell them to eat that and think themselves at once civilised and......