has been Inrgely occupied by the Christmas days, which were observed in the usual er, though outdoor picnics were less owing ta the hot weather ich recalls April rather than December to memory.
The fund for the and sailors killed during the war Alrica goes on increasing, and now amounts to upwards of $74,000.
Renr-Admiral Bruce arrived by the last English mail steamer and has hoisted his flag on the battleship Barjlen Major Long, who was for some years Deputy Assistant Arjatant General, aid received orders very suddenly to rejoin his regiment at the Cape, ims left us and is now ow his way to South' Africa. He has lett. his wife and family here for the present,
and hins the most cordial svishes for his sate Major Long was mie Tike in Hongkong return with fresh laurels from the fateful battlefields of South Africa.
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