Word: government
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...whist tournament will end Feb. 24. Each couple will play every couple in its set one game consisting of sixteen deals, play and re-play. Hearts shall be trumps. All scores, signed by the players, should be handed in at a Berkins Hall. The laws of duplicate whist shall govern the game. In case of any controversy, the decision will be left to the Tournament Committee. The penalty for a revoke shall be two tricks. The drawings by sets are as follows...
...just complaint, that the policy of the Boers has often been short-sighted and that England is acting as any other great power would probably act in her place. I sympathize with the Boers because they are fighting heroically for their national existence and for the right to govern their own land. However mistaken they may have been in many of their acts, they have only acted in self defense. I am convinced that until almost the last moment hostilities could have been avoided by England, while the Boers were left with no choice but war or surrender. If their...