Haverfordwest and Milford Haven Telegraph and General Weekly Reporter for the Counties of Pembroke Cardigan Carmarthen Glamorgan and the Rest of South Wales

KING AND QUEEN AT THE LONJON HOSPITAL A POPULAR WELCOME. KIXG S STORY OF SURPRISE VISIT. The King and Queen, accompanied by Prin- cess Mary, made a triumphal progress in beautiful weather through London on Satur- day afternoon on the occasion of their visit to the London Hospital. It was the first dnive of their Majesties through the city Bince their accession, and the long route from Marlborough House to Whitechapel became an avenue of multitudes of eheering people. The King and Queen visited several wards at the hospital—the largest institution of its kind in the world—and brought happiness to a large number of patients with whom they conversed. His Majesty disclosed a piece of teeret history. While in the hospital he related to the Hon. Sydney Holland that in order to investigate certain statements concerning the tre&tment of out-patients he on one occasion, while Prince of Wales, visited the London Hospital in the guise of a medical student. He left the hospital satisfied that the state- ments were unfounded. THE DR-IVE THROUGH LONDON. The King and Queen and Princess Mary rode in an open carriage, drawn by four bay horses, with postillions and outriders. In a second carriage were members of the Royal suite, including the Duchess of Devonshire (Mistress of the Robes). A Captain's travel- ling escort of the 2nd Life Guards was in at- tendance. Leaving Marlborough House at 2.45, their Majesties drove through Pall Mall, Regent-street, Piccadilly Circus, Shaftesbury- av«nue, New Oxford-street, and Holborn, to the City boundary. There the Royal party was met by the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs and other Aldermen and Common Councillors. For the tirst time in his reign King George had tendered to him, with ancient and quaint formality, the Pearl Sword of the City. All present stood with uncovered heads while the Lord Mayor, lowering the point of the sword, surrendered it to his Majesty. Immediately after this brief ceremony the Lord Mayor en- tered his carriage and led the Royal proces- sion through the lit) to the Aldgate boundary. IN THE GHELTO. j On the tower of St. Mary's Church, White- ch'apel, there was exhibited in great blue letters the message: Whitsehapel 0ffers a 1 loyal welcome to the King and Queen"; and this niitto the East End seemed to be doing its best to carry out. Right away from Aid- gate Fump to the hospital, the wide main road was lined with a great cosmopolitan crowd. Ail Jewry seemed to be out for the occasion attired in its best raiment, the bright colours ot the dresses of the women and children aud the profusion of bunting giving the usually grey and sombre btreets quite a gay aspect. Ax IHii. HOSPITAL. Their Majesties were received at the hospi- tal by Mr. J. F. Buxton (ex-treasurer) and the Hen. Sidney Holland chairman), who con- ducted them to t¡] ¡:Ùtl hall. where the other members of the reception committee, in- eluding Sir Frederick ireves, again wel- corned them. Sir Frederick Young, who is ninety-tour and the oldest vicv-president of the hospital, was pr, sauted to his Majesty, who also spoke to Mr. Hora (one of the hospital's great benefactors), Mr. I-. Green (chairman of the Orient Company), Sir Edgar Vincent, the Hon. Harry Lawson, and other vice-presidents and members of the house committee. Walking past the Queen Alex- andra statue between two rows of nurses, King George stopped to look at the inserip- tion recording the keen interest which hig Royal mother had taken in the I* insen light treatment of lupus. QUEEN AND CHILDREN. At the foot of the garden were ranged & I number of patients, among whem were three young children lying in spinal carriages. To one of the boys Queen Mary spoke a few words, and asked, Are you getting better? Yes, Queen," was the child's reply. "It is very nice lying here, i s ri't it?" Yes, Q uee n. The King stopped to speak to a man who is suffering from leprosy, and whose case is under the care of the London Hospital a.t the request of the Local Government Board. Al- though his case is not infectious, he is ke pt apart from the other patients. The King told this man that he had learnt a good deal about leprosy when he visited the leper settlement on Rubbin Island. Proceeding to the principal ward of the out-patients' department, where some 300 nurses and sisters were gathered, Queen Mary presented certificates and cheques to Miss Mary I'"Kab. Miss Mary Derrick, and Miss Minnie Re id. tiie three probationers who had passed at the head of the examina- tions. Her Majesty afterwards shook hands with the assistant matron. Miss Mcintosh, who had been newly appointed matron of St. Bartholomew's Hospital. As Miss Mcintosh was stepping back among the nurses the King also expressed a wish to congratulate her. Later. as the Royal partv were moving to- M?ry .s  epp?d &side wards the door. Princes Mary stepped aside and also shook hands with Miss MeI»tosh. Princess Marv did not accompany her parents on the rest of their tour through the hospital, b. t spent her time with Miss Mcintosh in the Marie Celeste Ward, and was deeply interested in the babies. A SURPRISE VISIT OF INQUIRY. The King took special interest in the out- patient department, in view of an incident which happened some time ago, but which only came to light now. The King told Mr. 'Holland how. consequent upon allegations against the conduct of the women's out- patient department., he. as Prince of Wales, paid a private and unexpected visit to the de- partment. He was on that occasion accom- panied bv Sir Frederick Treves and Mr. Morris, the secretary, and- was unrecognised by the staff working in the department. His Majesty was perfectly convinced by his visit that there was no ground for the åccusa tion. t had been made. f AN X-RAYS VICTIM. -I Ascending the lift to the second floor, the King and Queen inspected the lupus depart- ment. They were greatly interested in the apparatus for lupus treatment, natl also in an invention fur reducing the cost of running this department by means of hn automatic arrangement which fixes the lamp to the patient's face. Their Majesties expressed great sympathy with Mr. Harnach, who ia now totally incapacitated as the result of operating with the X-rays. Again entering the lift, their Majesties descended to the Treves and Mellish wards, where they chatted with most of the patients. One little girl, who was nearlv blind, was told by the sister that Queen Zvlaiv was just passing hy. I wish I could see her," said the child. Queen Mary, hearing the words, leaned forvarcl and shook the little one's hand. ROYAL THOUGHTFULNESS On leaving the hospital, their Majesties en tered their names in the visitors' book. Al- though it was intended that the visit should last half an hour, the Royal party stayed a full hour. and the King expressed a wish to stay longer, but remarked: It would not be fair to keep the people waiting in the streete any longer." On the return journey their Majesties drove over London Bridge, through the Borough High street, Borough road, Westminster Bridge-road, and along the Embankment, reaching Marlborough House by way of the Horse Guards and the Mall. Members ol tiie Southwark Borough Council had as- sembled outside the public library, and the Royal carriages slowed down to a walking pace as they passed this point, while the mayor and councillors saluted their Maje*ti«».

ACCRINGTON FIRE TRAGEDY. FIVE WOMEN SUFFOCATED. A disastrous shop fire, recalling in its tragic features the outbreak at Battersea last Christ- mas, occurred at Accrington on Saturday night. It is believed to have been caused by the fusing of an electric wire, and five women ptrished in it. The extensive drapery and ?- ;? estab- lishment of Messrs. Willia, Limited, Church-street and Holme-street, was the scene of the outbreak, and the flames were first noticed among inflammable goods in one of the windows. Spreading with terrible rapidity, the fire soon had the entire premises in its grip. The outbreak occurring shortly before 10 p.m.. there were not only a staff of thirty-five employees at work, but the shop was crowded with customers. was When the warning cry of Fire! was raised there was a terrified rush for the doors, and for a time it was hoped that every- body had got safely out. An effort was made to trace each individual employee. It was found, however, that three young lady assist- ants remained unaccounted for. Two and a- half hours after the fire had started it was found possible to enter the premises from the rear, and beneath a window of a small room in the second storey was found the dead bodies not only of the three young lady assist- ants, but of two other women, who, when the fire broke out, were in the showroom upstairs making purchases. It is conjectured that, finding their retreat cut off by the main stairway, the five victims had gone to the back of the builchng and had there been suffocated by the smoke. The names of the three lady assistants are: Miss Eva Roberts, aged twenty-seven, of Liverpool; Miss Alice Ian, aged twenty-three, of Penrith; Miss Martha Glasgow, aged nine- teen, of harrow-ia-Furness. The two customers who were victims of the fire are: Mrs. Mary Martha Barnes, aged forty, of Albert-street. Oswaldtwistle, and her sister, Miss Amelia Morgan, of the same ad. dress. The premises were gutted, and the damage is estimated at from L15,000 to £ 20,000. FIFTH BELFAST DEATH, Another death—the fifth-lilis occurred as a result of the fire at Kelvin's Hotel, Belfast, last week. The Rev. w. J. McCaughan, Pastor of May-street Presbyterian Church, died on Saturday night, never having regained consciousness. He jumped from one of the windows with his wife and fractured his skull. Mrs. McCaughan is still in hospital in a serious condition. Damage estimated at C20,000 was caused by a fire which broke out just before midnight on Saturday night at the Mill-road Ironworks of Messrs. Philip Pierce and Sons, Wexford, manufacturers of agricultural and harvesting machinery and bicycles.

WELSH PARISH SCANDAL. I SENTENCES ON TWO OFFICIALS AND I FIVE EX-COUNCILLORS. Sentences were passed at Swansea Assizes on Saturday on John Jones, assistant over- seer, his brother Albert Edward Jones, collec- tor, and six ex-members of the Parish Coun- cil of Gellygaer, Glamorgan. They had been oil trial for five days on a charge of conspiracy to"defraud the inhabitants of the parish, the 6um involved being £ 4,000. Earlier in the week John Jones had been found guilty of forging receipts of wages, and he and his brother Albert had been found guilty of forg- ing minutes by which they obtained about £ 2,000. The Joneses were sentenced each to five years' penal servitude; Rees Thomas, ex- chairman of the council, was sent to prison for six months and declared incapable of hold- ing office for seven years Joseph Cooper, ex- councillor, was sentenced to four months; John Roberts, ex-councillor, to three months; David Roberts, ex-councillor, to one month; and. D. Davies, ex councillor, to two months, all 1ll th. second division. John Davies was discharged.

X400 BURGLARY AT A MANSION- The mansion known as Poles, near Ware I belonging to Mr. Edmund Hanbury, but tern- porarily occupied by Mr. Edward Sassoon, was entered by burglars during Friday night, plate and jewellery to the value of between iE.300 and £ 400 being carried off.

AMERICAN CELLAR CRIME. Joseph Wendling, who is suspected of being1 the murderer of Alma Kellner, the little eight-year-old daughter of a wealthy brewer of Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A., whoae muti. lated body was found buried in a cellar at St. John's School, in that city, was arrested ia Ban Francisco on Saturday.

CRIPPEN ARRESTED. COLLAPSE OF MISS LIC NEVE. INSPECTOR DEW'S DISGUISE. SCENE ON THE MONTROSE. Dr. H. H. Crippen and Miss Ethel Le Neve were- arrested in the Montrose, off Father Point, about 170 miles from Quebec, shortly after nine on Sunday morning (2 p.m. Green- wich time). They were described in the police notice as wanted for murder and mutilation. Scotland Yard at 4.5 p.m. received the fol- lowing message from Inspector Dew, who had formally identified them: Crippen and Le Neve arrested Will wire later.-D-EW." Inspector Dew and the Canadian police were disguised as pilots when they boarded the vessel. Crippen betrayed anxiety as the boat approached, but was taken quite un- awares when the police accosted him. Miss Le Neve almost collapsed. Both were subjected to lengthy examination by Mr. Dew, and it is understood that Crip- pen admitted his identity and said that he was glad that the suspense was over. Several diamond rings were found in his possession. He is charged with the murder and mutilation of his second wife, Mrs. Cora Crippen, known as Belle Elmore on the music-hall stage. STORY OF THE ARREST. The denouement came at nine o clock on Sunday morning, telegraphs a correspondent at Father Point, Quebec, when the Montrose was lying three miles out from Father Point. Detective-Inspector Dew, of Scotland Yard, wearing pilot costume and completely dis- guised, boarded the steamer from the pilot cutter, and found Crippen pacing her deck. He was able without difficulty to identify him and his companion, and the two were at once arrested a.nd confined under a strict watch each in one of the liner's cabins. Crippen pacing the deck of the Mont- rose when the anchor was dropped off Father Point to await the pilot boat. In the most un- ostentatious manner Captain Kendall was keeping him under close observation, and Mr. Stewart, the steamer's surgeon, had just pre- viously engaged him in conversation in the same manner as he might have stopped to chat to any other passenger. Mr. Robin- son was to have no opportunity for doing anything desperate, either to himself or to anvbodv else. The surgeon and Crippen came to a stand at the rai of the steamer when the PILOT BOAT GLIDED IN SIGHT. I Crippen watched the boat with great interest, and was not long in discerning that it carried an unusually large crew, for, in addition to the four men who were rowing, there were four others in conventional pilot attire. Turning nervously to Mr. Stewart, he said, is it,t it unusual for so many pilots to come out? To this the other returned, as the best reply he could make, that there was probably great eagerness to secure the British papers which the steamer was carrying. The answer scarcely seemed to reassure Crippen, but he made an effort to appear calm, and, having apparently lost interest in the approaching boat, recommenced his promenade. With the usual hailing and commotion the cutter came alongside, and the pilot proper came aboard. Close behind him climbed Mr. Dew, Mr. McCarthy, the chief of the Quebec police, and Inspector Denis. Still Crippen paid little heed, continuing to walk up and down for about five minutes, and then turning to enter the cabin. As he did so HIS SHOULDER WAS TOUCHED, I and lie faced sharply about, to find himself confronted by Mr, Dew. The latter spoke quickly amd quietly. 1 want to see you a moment," he said, at the same time pointing to the cabin. Crippen replied not a word—he was clearly without hope and entered unprotesting, to be greeted by Mr. McCarthy and Inspector Denis. There was little conversation, be- cause the pursuer from Scotland Yard was never in any doubt as to identity. This is your man," lie said to the Canadian officers. MISS LE NEVE'S ARREST. I Mr. McCarthy immediately made the arrest, administering the statutory caution, to which Crippen made no reply, and Inspector Dew left to complete his capture, that is to say, to arrest Miss Neve, after assuring himself that the prisoner was guarded securely. The detective had been told that he would find Le Neve in her cabin, she having pre- ferred to remain there instead of coming on deck, probably because of nervousness. When the inspector opened the door he found her seated, wearing the male clothing already de- scribed, and reading a book. From this she turned, on his approach, with a frightened look. In an instant she realised who it was that stood before her, and gave A PIERCING SCREAM, but she did not faint, and quickly became calm. With resignation to the inevitable came the most determined taciturnity, a.nd though she was closely questioned by the Canadian officers on her arrest she refused to make any statement. When Crippen was challenged by Inspector Dew he at once admitted his identity, and ac- cepted his fate quietly. Miss Le ISeve WM completely overcome when she realised that an end had come to all hopes of the pair elud- ing their pursuers. Crippen said he was glad the suspense was over. Everything worked quite smoothly, and the arrests were effected without the least trouble. A quantity of dia- mond rings have been found on Crippen, but the only money found on him was a ten- dollar bill. He was unarmed. He slept after Inspector Dew had finished his examination. Miss Le Neve required medical attention, and wept constantly. She is now wearing woman's clothes. SIX MONTHS' EVENTS. I The sequence of events in this remarkable I piece of criminal detection i" best told by brief I records in the form of a diary: January 31st.—Crippen calls upon Mr. and 1 Mrs. Martinctti. and suggests dinner at Hill- drop-crescent. Invitation accepted. Dinner takes place. followed by cards. I February lrst (1.30 a.m.).—and Mrs. Mar- tinetti say good-bye to the Crippens. Mrs. Mar- tinetti sees Mrs. Crippen alive for the last time. February 2nd.—Mr. and Mrs. Nash hear that Belle Elmore has resigned treasurership of the Music Hall Ladies Guild. They decide to inter- view Mrs. Crippen. to ask why Crippen circu- lated a report that Mrs. Crippen had left for America to transact business. February 5th.—Mr. and Mrs. Nash call at 39, {Hilldrop-cresoerLt, and find that there is no one [at home. | February 6th.—Through Miss May, secretary of the Music Hall Ladies' Guild, Mr. and Mrs. Nash hear that Belle Elmore has left for America. February 27th. Music-Hail Benevolent Din- ner. at which Dr." Crippen appears with his typist, who is wearing clothes and jewels recog- nised as belonging to Mrs. Crippen March 23rd.-lr. and Mrs. Nash sail for New York. March 26tli.-Ob Ituary advertisement in Eng- lish newspapers of the death of Miss Belle Elmore in California, on March 23rd. May 9th.—Mr. if. Otto Crippen writes from Los Angeles, (Itnv Ing his stepmother's death. June 15th.—Mr. and Mr.Kah le.a,ve New York, determined to interview Crippen on their return. June 23th. — yjr. Na-h interviews Crippen who is unable to state town where his wife died, or where her body was cremated. July 9th.—Flight of Crippen and Miss Le S Neve. i July 11th.—Flight discovered by the pojjc?. J July 13th.—Rem.m? found beneath cellar at Hitldrop-crcscent. Julv 15th.—Search for the ooupte began. Julv 19th. -Reward of E250 offered. July 20th.—Crippen and Miss Le Neve em- barked on the Montrose at Antwerp. • July 22nd.—Captain Kendall sent a wireless message stating his suspicions. July 23rd.—Mr. Dew left for Canada. July 29th.— Mr. Dew reached Father Point. July 31st.-Crippen and Mies La Neve arrested 03 board the Montrose. ^———

STRIKE IN NEW ZEALAND. I ? RIKE 1- NE'NV I A strike of coahuiners jlls taicen Place at Paparoa, New Zealand. It has arisen out of the dismissal of two men Iie8^8€nce, and the Miners' Union i.s I according to a state- ment made by the president, figlitilig for the principle of inquiry before dismissal in cases of alleged negligence.

ESCAPED FROM DEVIL'S ISLAND. I On the arrival of the Carmania at Liver- pool on-Sunday the police took into custody a | Frenchman named Jean i,ierre Kappellini, alias Eugene Bellguise, a notorious murderer, who, after being condemned to imprisonraent for life, escaped from Devil's Island in June, 1908. He managed to reach New Yorkt whence he was deported. ADVICE TO MOTHERS "—Are you broken in your rest by a sick child suffering with the PELin of cutting teeth ? Go at once to a chemist, and get a bottle of MRS. WiNsrow's SOOTHING SYROT. It produces natural, quiet sleep by relieving the child from pain, and the little II cherub awakes "as bright as a button." Contains no Poisonous Ingredient. Of all Chemists. Is lid.

INGENIOUS SMUGGLERS. TRICKS ON FRENCH CUSTOMS. Since the Brussels Exhibition opened, writes the Paris correspondent of the Globe, the" gaoolous" on the Franco-Belgian fron- tier have had an unusually active time watch- ing travellers returning to France. The ex- perienced smuggler is a very ingenious per- son-how very ingenious becomes evident on a visit to the Musee de la Fraude, in Paris. Here one finds exposed all manner of in- genious apparatus confiscated by the Cus- toms men, or the employees of the octroi on duty at the gates of the capital. One of the exhibits is a dummy the size of a man dressed in a workman's blouse. It is hollow, and must have contained more than a hun- dred pints of alcohol. The dummy was stopped when passing the barriere one night, literally full up, between two smug- glers who were apparently assisting home a comrade who had drunk unwisely. Pneumatic tyres, cushions, and lawyers' "serviettes" have all served as recejjjacles for smuggled merchandise, men's hats have concealed cigars, and women have hidden matches in the folds of their scarves. In the smugglers' museum you will find overcoats and pelisses with indiarubber pockets in the lining, hollow canes, and women skirts with lurprise pockets all round the bottom. Wigs have even been used to circumvent the Cus- toms, and the number of motor-cars that have been discovered with invisible tanks for smuggling petrol or cognac is legion. One of the most curious exhibits in the Mueee de la Fraude is a funeral wreath, whose history is peculiar. One day a young widow, bowed down with grief, passed the octroi, carrying the wreath in her hand. She was dressed in deep crape, and as she went by the employees in the octroi cabin followed her with sympathetic eyes. Next day she passed again, her eyes downcast, grief written on her face, and a wreath in her hand. Then other bereaved widows, all with wreaths in their hands, passed through the gates, and for weeks it seemed to the gabe- lous" as if there had been an unaccountable epidemic among the husbands of the locality. One evening, however, when the procession of widows and wreaths was unusually long, the octroi inspector told off one of his staff to shadow the women. He came back with the report that every one of the wreaths was hol- low, and all the sad-eyed widows were smugglers. Next day the first bereaved young woman who came to the barrier with a wreath met with a reception she is not likely to forget, and that put a stop to the daily procession of young women in mourning.

THE PRESERVATION OF FOXES AND POULTRY KEEPING. The members of the conference, consisting of representatives of the Poultry Club, the Utility Poultry Club, and the National Poul- try Organisation Society, and called to con- sider what eps cmild be taken to remedy the injury which the poultry industry suffers by the preservation of foxes for sporting pur- poses, have now presented their report. The report em bodies the original resolu- tions passed by the conference disclaiming a.ny hostility to fox-hunting, and expressing the opinion that the time ha.d arrived for tak- ing steps to prevent the loss arising from the depredations through foxes and of securing fair compensation. At the meetings with the committee of the Masters of Fox Hounds As- j sociation, which subsequently took place, the members of the conference put forward pro- posals: (a) for the delimitation of the boun- daries of the hunts; (b) for the appointment of sub-committee; and (c) for compensation based on actual value and for prompt settle- ment of claims. As the result of these meet- ings, the association, at their annual meeting, passed the following resolution: That the member of the Masters of Fox Hounds Association present at the general meeting held at Tattersall's on Monday, May 30th, 1910, unanimously recommend that fair compensation should be promptly paid for all loss of poultry by foxes, but that the same can only be dealt with by each individual hunt. The Conference conclude their report with the following recommendations (1) That the three societies be recom- mended to continue this, or appoint another joint committee to watch over and Re how far the hunts are giving effect to the reso- lutions passed by the Masters of Fox Hounds Association, reporting to the socie- ties in due course; and in the meantime to deal with any questions arising in connec- tion with any claims for compensaticn. (2) That all poultry keepers who suffer losses through the depredation of foxes should make claims for fair compensation by the next post, or within tweaty-four hours, and that where possible the evidence of the loss should be witnessed by somebody in the vicinity known to the hunt, such evi- dence if practicable to indicate the value. (3) That any claims not fairly and promptly met be reported to the hon. eecre. tary of such joint committee.

HAMMERSMITH TRAGEDY. 1 i SEQUEL TO LOVERS' QUARREL. I —— A young man named Harry Bennett, a I motor mechanic, of Ravenscourt-avenue, Hammersmith, died in the West London Hospital early on Saturday morning from the effects of a wound in the head, said to have been caused by shots from a revolver. Bennett and a young woman were both ad- mitted to the hospital the previous night. The girl's name is Maggie Lawler, of Miall-road, and she too was suffering from injuries caused by revolver shots. She is a music-hall artist, and Bennett is described as her sweet- heart. About half-past eleven on Friday night Miss Lawler was returning from the theatre when Bennett is alleged to have fired at her and then turned the revolver on himself. The motive for the crime is said to be jealousy. Bennett, it appears, called on Miss Lawler at her house that day, and remained in the company of her mother for It great part of the afternoon. He was thwi morose, and an open quarrel took place during the day. Though this was partially patched up, the lovers parted in a less friendly frame of mind than previously. Returning from the theatre, Miss Lawler was accompanied by her mother and her eldest sister and the latter's fiance. Bennett walked up to her and said, Will you shake hands, Maggie? A few words were exchanged, and then he fired at her. As she turned to run away another shot was fired. Bennett then ran off, and, realising that he was being pursued, he turned the revolver on himself, holding it close to his head as he fired. Both the young people were removed to the hospital in a taxi-cab, and a bullet was ex- tracted from the girl's head. Her condition on Saturday was favourable, and she was able to make a statement. Miss Lawler, who is only seventeen years of age, has beer- appearing with her cousin under the joint name of the Sisters Lawler.

SOMERSET HOUSE CELLARS. I 21 MILES OF COMPANY FILES. I Some interesting facts are recorded in the nineteenth general annual report by the Board of Trade on matters within the Com- panies Consolidation Act, 1908, which has just been issued. The Comptroller of the Companies Depart- ment states that from the returns of the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, it ap- peared that the number of new companies registered in England and Wales during the year was 5,833, from which should be de- ducted 1,939 companies which had gone -,nto liquidation (excluding five cases in which winding-up proceedings had been stayed), and 1,271 companies removed from the register on the ground that thev were no longer carry- ing on business. The total number of com- panies on the register in England and Wales on December 31st, excluding companies which were in course of liquidation or removal from the register, was about 43,000. Considerable difficulty, says the Comp- troller, has been experienced for some years past with regard to the storage of the files of companies registered at Somerset House. The difficulties with which the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies in England has to contend with may he gauged from the fact that he reports that the length of the files at present stored in the cellars of Somerset House now extends to two and three-quarter miles, and the present yearly rate of in. crease is about 600 yards.

LOSS OF A BRITISH STEAMER. Owing to the steering gear becoming dis- I &bled off Cape Saint Vincent, the British steamer Rowa struck on a rock, and foun- dered in lat. 36 N., long. 8 lV. The crew was picked up by the British steamer Eugenie, and landed at Gibraltar. The Rowa was a steel screw steamer of 2.810 gross tonnage,. owned by Messrs. E. Morgan and Co., of London.

WOMEN'S FRANCHISE BILL. I Mr. Keir Hardie has given notice that he will move that the Committee stage of the Parliamentary Franchise (Women) Bill have precedence of all orders of the day and notices of motions on Friday, November 18th, and that the report and third reading stages of the measure shall take a like precedence on Friday, November 25th.

TERRITORIAL SHOOTING. I In a reply to Major ^rrison-Bell, Mr. Hal- dane states that arrangements have been made for all battalions of the Territorial Force to be exercised on an open range during the current musketry year, including the seven battalions which were unable to do so last year owing to want of range accommoda- tion. He adds that 106,125 men of the Terri- torial Force have qualified in musketry.

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