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Title: Musselburgh directory and year book ..
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Directories. - Musselburgh
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Publisher: Haddington
Contributing Library: National Library of Scotland
Digitizing Sponsor: National Library of Scotland

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s abolished... 1833 South Australia formed into a proviuce 1834 New Zealand made a separate colony... 1841 Hong Kong taken from the Chinese 1841 Queensland formed into a province 1850 Victoria formed into a province 1850 The Dobiinion oe Canada 1867 Abyssinian War 1868 Transportation of convicts abolished... 1868 Cyprus occupied 1878 British Occupation of Egypt 1882 Zululand became a British possession... 1887 British South Africa Co. chartered 1889 Mr. Chamberlain became Colonial Secretary 1895 Second Ashantee Campaign 1895 Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria; Colonial Premiers entertained 1897 Discovery of Gold in the Klondyke 1897 Ee-conquest of the Soudan 1898 Occupation of Wei-hai-Wei 1898 Cape to Cairo line reached Buluwayo 1898Second Transvaal Campaign; Home and Colonial Volunteer contingents sent 1899-1901 Soudan Eailway extended to Khartoum 1899 Orange F. S. and Transvaal annexed ... 1900 The CoMMONWEAiiTH OF Australia... 1901Declaration of Peace in South Africa (Boer War) 1902
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OUR ILLUSTRATIONS. Ullswater. The scenery about Ullswater is, like all theEnglish Lake scenery, extremely beautiful,but one of the most charming views is shownin our illustration of Stybarrow Crag. It isin such delightful retreats as this that oneforgets the stress and strain of life, thedaily round, the common task, and lives anewer and more restful life for the timebeing, forgetful of the past, unmindful of taefuture, with its cares and competitions, con-scious only of the charm and quiet by whichhe is surrounded for the time being. UllswaterLake is fourteen miles from Windermere Sta-tion, and ten miles from Ambleside, the tworoutes joining at the Kirkstone Top Inn, sevenmiles from Windermere, three from Amble-side. From the latter, by a succession ofthe steepest pitches, generally called TheStruggle, The Kirkstone Inn, and Travellers Rest, 1,500 feet above the sealevel. Just past the inn, the Kirkstone, as it iscalled on account of its shape, is passed. Thencomes a steep descent of

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