Word: africa
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...intelligence more speedy and accurate. An association of about 50 European observatories has recently been formed, with its headquarters at the Royal observatory, Kiel, Germany, directed by Prof. Krueger, who has taken charge of the business of the association. Connections by cable have been established with South America, South Africa and Australia, and the Harvard College Observatory has been requested to co-operate with it in the United States, by receiving and distributing in this country the telegraphic information sent from Kiel, and by forwarding to Kiel by telegraph any similar information of importance collected from American astronomers...
...hundred thousand marks has been voted by the German Reichstag for explorations in Central Africa...
Prof. Eliot recently addressed a meeting held in Boston for the promotion of Christian education in Liberia, West Africa. One of the professors of the college at Liberia stated that the Liberian College was to that country what Harvard had been to Massachusetts - an institution for moulding the mind and principles of the people. Rev. Dr. A. P. Peabody is at the head of the trustees of the Liberia College...
...hunter in Africa hides himself by some favorite pool, and is sure to have at certain hours of the day a variety of animals to choose from for his game...
Queen Victoria intends to bestow the Victoria cross upon Surgeon Edmond Baron Hartley for his remarkable bravery during the war in South Africa...