City of London, Ontaro, CanadaThe pioneer period and the London of to-day . LINE, M DONALD & CO., CICJAR MANUFACTURERS. property of ,mIio pub-lishedit in Brownpublished theW(^steni (xlobe in1845, but it wasprinted at Toron-to and sent toLondon for dis-t ]? i bu tion. In1848, J. R. Lovellpublished theGospel Messen-ger. In the fol-lowing year,1849,an official towncrier was ap-pointed by thecouncil, so wemay assume thatnewspaper ad-vertising wasstill official wasW. Williams, andhe continued hisoffice till his deatha few years rang a bell atprominent cor-

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City of London, Ontaro, CanadaThe pioneer period and the London of to-day . LINE, M DONALD & CO., CICJAR MANUFACTURERS. property of ,mIio pub-lishedit in Brownpublished theW(^steni (xlobe in1845, but it wasprinted at Toron-to and sent toLondon for dis-t ]? i bu tion. In1848, J. R. Lovellpublished theGospel Messen-ger. In the fol-lowing year,1849,an official towncrier was ap-pointed by thecouncil, so wemay assume thatnewspaper ad-vertising wasstill official wasW. Williams, andhe continued hisoffice till his deatha few years rang a bell atprominent cor-ners, and pro-claimed auctionsales, stray cattle,town meetings,entertainments,lost children, etc. The fact that he began hisannouncements with the old Saxon formula, Oyez ! Oyez ! Oyez ! and invariably closedwith God Save the Queen! used to excitemild amusement in later years, but it vfasprobably an official formality when he waslirst appointed. Latter-day officers, whose.

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