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LORD BEAUCHAMP
Sydney, May 15
When at Albany, Lord Beauchamp’s private secretary handed the press the following message from the Governor to the people of New South Wales. It is in verse, being an adaptation of a verse of Rudyard Kipling’s “The Song of the Cities”:—
Greeting! Your birthstain have you turned to good
Forcing strong wills perverse to steadfastness
The first flush of the tropics in your blood
And at your feet success
Beauchamp
The message has occasioned much talk. The “birthstain” is an unfortunate reference in the case of New South Wales.
Chronicle, 1899
“Come in,” Rowland called as he rummaged for cufflinks in his travelling case.
Edna stepped into the bedroom resplendent in the elegant black velvet gown she’d purchased at a boutique in Mayfair, not long after
