7 DECEMBER
RELIEF WORKS FOR FAMINE STRUCK IRISH VILLAGERS SUSPENDED
[ 7 December 1846 ]
In December 1846 Ireland was in the grip of a potato famine as well as one of the worst winters in many years and wherever a few people could be offered employment at a local public works, it provided the sole possible source of income and survival for the local community.
PEODOPHILE OFFICIAL DEFENDED AS AN ‘EXEMPLARY AND VALUABLE OFFICER’
[ 7 December 1908 ]
On 7 December 1908, Colonel Seely, Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, was asked a question in the House of Commons about Hubert Silberrad, Deputy Commissioner at Nyeri in British East Africa (Kenya).
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