The Badminton Magazine 1896-06: Vol 2 Iss 11 (1896)
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ned great popularity by threatening to suspend the laws, call general meetings, and demand—nay, insist upon—a new ballot. But it is to be feared that they did not go beyond these threats. Indeed, in the privacy of the club they were seen to chuckle and wink discreetly at one another. Some of the… … AN IMPROMPTU MEETING ON THE ESPLANADE TO DISCUSS THE SITUATION Many ingenious theories to account for the catastrophe were promulgated by the more elderly ladies, the favourite version being that it was due to Mr. Pendred, at the instigation of his wife, in revenge for the fact that she had not…
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