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mm — ■ ■ wu ■ —1 i—" ■ nil i" ■ OJJR LONDON LETTER. II [From Our Special Correspondent."] If was the dullest General Election on record, so far as London was concerned at any rate. Nobody seemed to care very much about it. There were no crowds round the polling-booths, and no little groups of ex- cited men getting to high words about can- didates and policies. Very few people wore any colours, and there were no gaily-decked vehicles careering about the streets convey- ing voters to the poll. The weather was wet and miserable, and the, wh^'le business wa £ Very dull, indeed, as dull as a guardians' election in the country. The wemen appear to have voted in fairly good numbers. They called and marked their ballot-papers on their wav to or from the butcher's or the grocer's. A good many of them, how- ever, waited for their husband's home- coming, and for the first time in the his- tory of this country husbands and wives went together to record their votes for Parliamentary candidates. The women's vote is the mystery of the election. Every- body is wondering what they did with it. One hears of cases of households being divided, but I imagine that, generally speak- ing, wives voted the same way as their hus- bands. It is going to be the finest Cr.ristraas for five years. Everybody is quite convinced of that and determined to do their bit to make it so. The first peace Christmas after four Christmascs of war! Surely it must be a really happy Christmas! It is, at any rate, going tip be a better one than many children can remember. The toy-shops are full of Wonderful, things and of enthusiastic, eager, little people with their fathers Jind mothers. There is not such a great variety cf toys as we w?te accustomed to see before the. war, but there is quite a good variety for all that. War novelties, it appears, are still favourites with the boys, and aeroplanes and .submarines and tanks and battleships sell L 'like winking. Toys are up in. price, of course, like everything else, but lathers and uncles who are prepared to do the thing in style and not to worry about price can get pretty weft everything a properly-con- stituted child can reasonably want London generally will not do much work after Christmas Eve until the following e. Monday. The passing of the shadow of war has gre-tly encouraged the Christmas spirit, and there will be real holiday- making and festivity this year. -There will be home parties, of course, but many people are going away for the holiday, and board- ing-houses at poplar seaside resorts are going to do good business. Some people .who would prefer to stay at home arc going away because their domestics have demanded a Christmas holiday to go and soo their own people. The fashionable hotels and restaurants will have quite a pre- war appearance on Christmas Day. The habit- of dining in restaurants instead of having the fmily party at home has grewn up of latc years, and alfeady some of the most popular places have all seats booked for Christmas Day and for .New Year's Eve. as well. I was told the other, Jay that the pawn- shops in munition areas arc full of fur coats. The buying of fur coats was so popular with rmmitionettes that coats of a particular type were nicknamed "munition- workers' overalls." And now, people say, there arc no more high wages for munition workers, and so they are- selling their coats. I don't know whether the pawnshops are actually full of them; but it is the kind of thing that people would say now that the high wages have stopped. The tales they used to tell' about the money, earned and. the way it was spent! There was the plan who bought, a grand piano, had it plated at £ nc end of the parlour, and then bought another similar instrment for the other end. He didn't like things lop-sided: It must have been a good-sized parlour! Many people accepted that story for gospel truth. If half the stories bf munition workers' extravagance were true there ought to be a lot of useiul.things picked up cheaply. London has never been so full. The Wk- t- End Ls crowded day and night; ther, are qlaeu at theatres, queues at cinemas, queues at' restaurants, and queues at tea- shops, which, by the way, may now supply cakes without limit. Hotels are full up, and people go from door to door seeking admit- tance. and finding none. The Govcrament still has some of the largest hotels, and does not seem anxious to give up possession. The shortage of hotel accommodation is a great inconvenience to all sorts of people, but it come8 specially bard on officers and men on leave from France," for whom arrangements-1 have now been made. whereby hotels reserve beds each night. Because of the lack of hotel accommodation not long agq a largo number of American sailors v ere provided with beds in the Law Courts. One of them remarked one morning that it "as pretty hot where he oamo from in America, but ho guessed it was nothing' to this country. It turned out that they had put his bed too close to the heating apparatus. As a result of the overcrowding of London the means of transport are inadequate. At certain times of the day the tubes arc uncomfortably packed, and there is a shortage of 'buses and taxicabs. • The theatres #are to Rave' their usual Christmas programmes, and there will prob- ably be more children than usual in the audiences, as the reasons for not being out after dark are not so urgent as they were last Year. Drurv Lane and Lyceum will have pantomimes, "The Babes in the Wood" and "Cinderella," respectively. "The chief spectacular feature at the former will be a peace pageant. "Cinderella is the subject, too, of a ballet which Miss Margaret Morris 18 giving at Chelsea, with two plays to be acted by children. "Peter Pan," of course, IS  us, for the fifteenth year, and nWh. us, or t e teenth year, and He the Rainbow Ends" is -bcin re- vived, though only for matinees, at the Vic- toria Palace. At the Coliseum "Children's Tales will be produced by the Russian ballet. A. E. M.
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After having been on strike for a few days as the result of the dismissal of two discharged soldiers, the employees of ,Y Messrs. Lloyd and Co., tobacco niauufac- turers, Clorkenwell-road, Loudon, have re- turned to work, the silver badge men having. been reinstated. Throllrrh lC City of London Coal Kitchen, 8.1: J cwt. of coal was distributed among the poor of, the City at charge of 6d. a cwt.
THINGS THOUGHTFUL.
THINGS THOUGHTFUL. Don't preach too much. None preaches better than the ant, and she saye nothing. Friendship hath the skill, and observation of the best physician, the diligence and vigilance of the best nurse, andthe tender- ness and patience of the best mother.—Lord Clarendon. When two friends part they ehoulfl lock up one another's secrets, and exchange theii kevs.—Faltham. CHRISTMAS TIME. I have always thought of Christmas time as a good time, a kind, forgiving, charit- able, pleasant time, the only time I know of in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow passengers to the grave, and' not another race of creatures bound on other journeys.—Charles Dickens. PEACE. No more the thirsty entrance of this soil Shall daub her lipe with her own children's blood; No more shall trenching war channel her nclds, Nor bruise her flowerets with the armed hoofs Of hostile paces: those opposed eyes, Which, like the meteors of a troubled heaven, All of one nature, of one .substance bred, Did lately meet in the intestine shock And furious close of civil butchery, Shall now, in mutual well-beseeming rank-q, March all one way, and be no more op- pos'd — The edge of war, like an il1-sbea thednife, No more shall cut his master. —Shakespeare. The life of man is made up of action arid endurance; and life is fruitful in the ratio in which it is laid out in ndble action or in patient perseverance.—H. P. Liddon. DISCIPLINE FOR ALL. Those who escape discipline are the once to be pitied, but we may be sure the escape will not be long. The order *of the world provides for these necessities without OUT interference: The subjects of our care gc stumbling on, pushed and prodded and; if need be, punished, as in old military disci- pline a serious offender was made to run the gauntlet. In most cases we had much better be concerned in holding our hands oft or in providing alleviations for the hours between these needful buffe tings by the heavy hand of fate. The discipline of others, in other words,. ordinarily is none of our business. Parents are. concerned with it for their own children exclusively, and schoolmasters, police and other courts and drill n-afters: but we may safely and wisely leave it to these professionals and to the hard knocks of life. Chastening is a sharp lancet, but it is wielded by a wise Surgeon. "THEY DO NOT DIE." I With trembling fingers. did we weave The holly round the Christmas hearth; A rainy cloud possess'd the earth, And sadly fell our Christmas-eve. At our old pastimes in the hall We gambol'd, making- vain pretence Of gladness, with an awful sense Of one mute Shadow watching all. Thpn echo-like ear vo ices rang: We surig, tbo' every eye was dim, A merry song we sang with him Last vear: impetuously we sang: We ceased: a gentler feeling crept Upon us: surely rest is meet: "They rest," we said, "their- sIeeD is sweet," And silence follow'd, and we wept. Our voices took a higher Ange; Once more we sang: "They do not die Nor lose their mortal sympathy, Nor change to us, although they change." Rirte, happy morn, ris4, holy mem. Draw forth the-clicerflil day from night: 0 Father, touch the east, and light The light that shone when Hope was born. —Tennyson. Under all speech that is good for any- thing there lies a silence that* is better. Silence is deep as eternity; speech as shallow as time.—Cariyle. It i the idle who complain they cannot find time to do that which they fancy they wish. In truth, people can generally make time for what they choose to do; it is not really the time but the will that ie. wanting. —Sir John Lubbock. Every honest man sets as high a value ilpon a good name as upon life itself.—Addi- tion. LIFE'S LESSONS. « « Life ail the way through is a ecliool. we learn by. experience, and some of the best, nay, nearly all the best lessons, of life coipe. to us over that often hard and 'uneven way. To have such an attitude of nund and- heart that one can learn lessons from experience somewhat easily and reidily is to walk a way of satisfaction and progress, while to fight against the truths that experience would teach us is to fight a losing battle against the very constitution of things. There is a law running through all life which savs that if a man will not learn by experience, he will 'have to suffer tho penalty. Ignorance is a bad enough handi- cap in life, but there is always the possi- bility of it growing less with the years, but unteachableness is the altogether fatal. and hopeless tMng. Both men and nations all along the pathway of history have gone down to wreck and ruin just because, per- versely and stubbornly, they would not learn. There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But. has one vacant chair- —Longfellow. OLD ROADS TO SUCCESS. Learning to put ordinary things to extra- ordinary uses is all there is to success. Experts tell us we learn nothing new after our first ten or twelve years; all. we do ftcr f that is to apply what we knew and use it in unusual ways. Algebra and geometry are largely the application to new uses of the old, tried rules of arithmetic. Success comes to the merchant who puts old rules of busi- ness to new and unsuspected uses, and that general wins who confuses his foes by evolving .new tactics baled on old formulae. All the foes of personal snccees can be conquered in the same way; indolence, selfishness, hesitancy, lack; of yersistence, loss of ambition—all can be .vanquished by drawing on one's own experience, and on the. unchanging help of God. Every problem, every temptation, every crisis, can be con- quered if we wilr use old rules in unusual ways, thus vanquishing eJWwies that seem new, yet are as .old as the human race itself.
:TRAINING FOR EX-SOLDIERS.…
TRAINING FOR EX-SOLDIERS. I FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR HIGHER II EDUCATION. I In order so far as possible to restore the supply of men of higuier general, scientific, professional, and business attainments, whom the nation needs for every profession and industry, .the. Government have. decided in suitable cases to provide financial assistance for ex-service men who ycsire to resume suit- able education and training with a view to their re-settlement in civil life, but who can- not otherwise afford to meet the expenses in- volved. The scheme sanctioned applies equally to officers,, warrant officers, non- commissioned officers, and men in the ranks, provided they are of 8uitableeducational promise. The facilities available for the types of training contemplated are limited, and assistance can therefore only be granted up to the limit of these facilities to those can- didates who can satisfy the authorities charged with the administration of the scheme, and the bodies or persons by whpm the training will be given. that they are of sufficient educational promise to justify a grant being made to them from public funds. The amount of the assistance to be granted will be separately determined in each case. On the one hand, this amount will be limited to the actual sum deemed sufficient to meet the necessary fees and the expenses of maintenance of the candidate, after due account has been taken of his private zneaiis, if any, of any scholarships to which he may be entitled, and of the assistance which can reasonably be expected from those who would, in ordinary circum- stances, have borne or contributed to the expense of his training. On the other hand, it is intended that the amount of the assist- ance shall be such as will enable a candidate to take his course of training under reason- ably adequate conditions, even thougla h-e or his friends are not in a position to meet any part of the expenses of the course. In the case of those candidates who .were married before the date of the armistice, November 11, 1918, an allowance may also be made towards the maintenance of chil- dren up to and including the age- of fifteen. The types of training for which assistance may be granted, are:—' 1. Courses of higher education in institu- tions approved by the Board of Education or by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, as the case may be, or by the corresponding Departments in Skfotland or Ireland. 2. Such practical training in offices and works and professional employments as may be approved by the Ministry of Labour. 3. Such practical training on farms, etc., as may be approved by the Board of Agri- culture and Fisheries, or by the correspond- ing Department for Scotland or Ireland. The Ministry of Pensions will co-operate in the working of the scheme on behalf of disabled officers and men, who will be eligible for assistance utider the scheme, sub- ject to compliance with the prescribed con- ditions. The existing provision of, Royal Warrants as to training the disabled will re- main in force, so far as they- may be more beneficial to candidates than the provision I' made by the scheme.
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ECHO OF THE*LUSITANIA. I The tragic death of a Lusitania survivor was told before the. Kensington Coroner in the case of Eustance Eva Dunne, thirty-one, widow of Captain F. J. N. Dunne, of Glou- oesfer-road, Kensington. A eister said that Mrs. Dunne's first husba'nd and their child, aged three, were lost on the Lusitania. Mrs. Dunne was saved after being in the water for thirtv-three hours. She married Captain Dunne in01915. Recently she had been nurs- ing Captain Dunne, who was suffering from influenza,. Dr. J. Jeweebury said that death was due to coma from garcotic .poisoning. She must have taken something, but not necessarily with the idea. of causing her death. An open verdict was returned.
A YEAR'S FOOD PROSECUTIONS.I
A YEAR'S FOOD PROSECUTIONS. I Since January something lie 660 Orders have been issued by the Food Ministry. From January last the prosecutions 4iave beei»:— England, Scotland, and Wales, 26,771; 91.7 per cent. successful. Ireland, 12.,925; 87.7 per cent. successful. In Great Britain altogether there have been thirty-eight eases of imprisonment without the option of a fine. Fines in Eng- land, Scotland, and Wale" have, averaged £ 5 Os. 5d.; in Ireland, 7s. 8d.
,MINERS COMIIIG BACK. I
MINERS COMIIIG BACK. I r Mr. Thomas Ashton, the Miners' Federa- tion secretary, stated at Manchester that miners ar'e returning from the Army as quickly as the local committees can deal with them. Many on returning required a short rest, but the bulk of them declared themselves ready to hew coal at once, and by the end of January he thought fears of a coal shortage might- be over.
GENERAL WANTS SITUATION.
GENERAL WANTS SITUATION. Among the sixtv applicants for the secre- taryship of the ISforfolk War-Pensions Com- mittee a.t X300 a year were a general, a colonel, and a major. The appointment was given to Captain Trevor Olipliapt, eon of the reotor of Bale, Norfolk. In the last four from whom the final selection was made was a discharged soldier who'has lost an arm.
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EX-M.P. DENATURALISED. [' The Home Secretary has cancelled the certificate of naturalisation granted to Ignatius Timothy Tribich Lincoln in May,. 1909, on the ground that he has shown him- self by act to be disloyal to his Majesty. [. Lincoln was formerly -M.P. for Darlington. He was prosecuted and convicted at the Old Bailey some time ago. k
i -FROM LEATHER TO -GLASS.
i FROM LEATHER TO GLASS. "Artificial eyes are by no means a recent invention," says a' well-knowd oculist, "They date at le??t back to the, seveateenth century. Then the eye was .painted on a piece of leather which was held in place by a band which encircled the head. "Then came silver shells on which an eye was- carefully painted. These, which were inserted under the lid of the empty socket, were not unsightly, but they were so dull that no one could possibly be deceived. The next step was porcelain, eyes, which were fairly presentable, and then came glass eyes, translucent and brilliant."
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A witness at Bow bounty-court said he bad seenv a munition girl use Treasury notes as curling papers. r Mrs. Corooran, ag-ed 103. a member of one of the oldest families in the Irish Midlands, ba, died from influenza. Dr. Hugh Percy Allan. Professor- of Music in the University of Oxford, has been ap? pointed Director of tlie Royal College of n d Diweto r of the lv'o YAI College of »
OVER THE RHINE. I
OVER THE RHINE. I BRITISH TROOPS OCCUPY COLOGNE BRIDGEHEAD. Friday night's British official reported:— "Our advanced troops yesterday crossed the Rhine and commenced the occupation of the Cologne bridgehead. By the evening they had reached the general line Oberkassel —Stegburg—Odenthal—Opladen." the An American official report states that the Orbird American Army crossed the Rhine on Friday, and occupied, the Coblenz bridge- head. Facing Coblenz, on the right bank of the river, is the great German fortress of Ehren- r i ver, *rs breitenstein, the Gibraltar of the Rhine, which will now- be in the occupation of the Americans.
I HANDKERCHIEF LANGUAGE.I
I HANDKERCHIEF LANGUAGE. it It may not be generally known that a handkerchief language exists which is ex- tremely simple, as well as being the lan- guage of exceeding excellence for the lover. Here it is: Should a man or damsel press the hand- kerchief egainst the lips, it signifies that they wish to become acquainted with one another. To let it fall is a stag<} further, j and means, "Shall we be friends?" If held to the, right cheek the answer is "Yes"; to the left oheek, "No." But should either hold it in both hands, it simply shows in- difference. However, by holding it in the left hand, the lady who does not wish to go any further in the matter, speaks, though dumbly, the words, "I wish to get rid of you." Or, on the other hand, if she folds the dainty bit of cambric, it signifies her wish to speak. Again, she may hold it at the opposite corners, which j»ea.ns just "Wait!" By throwing it over her right shoulder, she gives permission to be fol- lowed. Rubbing, it against the cheek is a declara tion of tove, while drawing it through the hands is one of intense dislike. Wrapping it round the first finger betokens an engage- ment, round the middle finger marriage.
QUAINT OLD . WEDDING IDEAS.I
QUAINT OLD WEDDING IDEAS. Superstition never clustered round any episode of life more than ttbat of the wed- ding-day, especially in olden times. Then it was customary for the bride to present her future husband with a bunch of rosemary, tied up with ribbons, on his first appearance on the wedding morning. This was supposed to secure his lovfe and loyalty, and to make her happy for ever. In Yorkshire the old superstition still abounds that nothing more unlucky cou ld happen than for a newly-made bride to leave the church by a different door from that by which she entered. Another quaint custom, for which there is no known origin, is that. practised in some of the Midland and Northern counties. This is to ring a' merry peal of the church bells at the first reading of the banns of an intending matrimonial couple. It is called the "spur peal," which* in old Anglo-Saxon means simply1 "ask." Of course, it is well known that it is the height of luck for a bride-to-be to dream of fairies the night before the actual cere- mony So much was this idga believed in, that manv girls would peruse fairy tale- before going to sleep. — ♦
. A PAYING BUSINESS.-I
A PAYING BUSINESS. -I Quite the most lucrative employment for the knight of the razor is on bourd an ocean-going liner. Recently in court a hairdresser stated that he easily earned X400 a year through his position as barber on a large passenger steamship. On these boats a shilling is the usual charge for a shave, haircut, or shampoo for the first and second-class passengers, while half this is charged to travellers in the steerage or third-class. The steamship companies generally en- gage the barbers at the nominal pay of a shilling a month, but on the largest liners the barbers are asked to pay the companies £ 15 a year to retain their posts. Tips and what they make by their work fully com- pensates them. It is usually on the Atlan- tic services that the most money is to be made by ships' barbers. Besides their tonsorial efforts, barbers reckon to make a bit by the sale of post- cards, stationery, perfumes, etc. Some- times as much as £300 worth of stocfe of this nature will be carried on one trip by a head barber.
... POSTERS. I
POSTERS. I rhose more or less attractive posters with which our hoardings up and down the country are covered are mostly printed from lithographic stones, in a series of "sheets," ftach sheet forming as it were a brick in the structure. The artist's original drawing, often crude and unfinished in appearance, is enlarged and copied on to the stone by lithographic artists, and they, in copying, reverse the original as it would appear in the face of a mirror. When a, poster has been printed in sufficient numbers, the stone is rubbf^J down and used again, and in the case of coloured posters there is a stone or set of stones for each colour used. It is interesting to note that bill-posting in the winter represents an expenditure of at least twenty per cent. above its cost in summer. During the dull months the inces- sant rain and winds carry away posters bodily, and heavy replacements are neces- sary- It costs four or five times as much to exhibit a poster as to print one.
I'.SOME. FAMOUS PARKS. |
I' SOME. FAMOUS PARKS. I In England the first large park open to -th public was Woodstock, formed by Henry I. in 1125. Of modern times the most famous parks known to dwellers of the metropolis are Regent's and Hyde. The former was originally the grounds of a palace belonging to good Queen Bess, while Hyde Park belonged to the" Abbey of West- minster, and becatfle Crown property in 1535, when the Abbey was dissolyed. The United Kingdom, however, cannot rival America for the size and splendoar ct its public parks. The famous Yellowstone Park, Wyoming, consists of no fewer than 3,300 square miles, and includes mountains, forests, and volcanic geysers. t Another wonderful- product of America is a park built by a Mr. Duke, a wealthy tobacco manufacturer, of Somerville, New Jersey. It cost X3,000,000 to form. In its grounds are 40,t)00,000 plants and trees* and 4he fountains are the most magnificent in the world.
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A hole about ,6ft. deep, believed to kive been caused by a bomb, has been dis- covered in the garden °: a house in Belsize- avenue, belonging to the Mayor of Hainr- stead, Alderman O'Brycn. The house haa been empty for a long time. Iron and steel trade employers' represen- tativeihave agreed to recommend the con- cession of an eight-hours day. Official permits are no longer required for the repair of motor cycles, and orders for cycles can now be proceeded with.
WILHELM ON "RATIONS." I
WILHELM ON "RATIONS." I HOW THE EX-KAISER LIVES A 1 AMERONGEN. The Amsterdam correspondent of the "Daily Express" has been informed by Count Bentinck, the host of the ex-Kaiser at Amerongen, that his guest strictly respects the rationing orders. Inquiry proved (says the correspondent) that both his bread card and his butter card were signed i: rhe'im." The ex-Kaiser on waking has a cup oi tea, and while dressing has another. He breakfasts between eight :md nine. He has zwieback (biscuits), re toasted and l-atferoed, Dutch cheese sliced thin as paper, two soft- boiled eggs—sometimes three—and always two and. sometimes three cups of chocolate. Lunch is taken at half-past twelve. The ex-Kaiser has either a grilled chicken or a grilled fillet of steak, with fried or saute potatoes, generally a sweet omelette, and always grapes or apples, of which he eats plentifully. He always drinks French wine, and prefers sauterne. Tea is served the company in his salon, the famous Gobelin room, but he never takes it. Often during a game of chess before dinner he will drink a glass of white wine. Dinner is punctually at six, and the tafble is exquisitely laid. Champagne and bur- gundy are served throughout the meal, which consists of hors d'oeuvre, soup, fish, always a, roast-lamb or mutton more often than" beef—and the usual vegetables. The ex-Kaiser's gun—which he uses nearly every day in the preserves—stocks the larder and furnishes the table. A fowl, generally roasted, is served when game is not avail- able. Patisserie, of which the ex-Kaiser is very fond; and always a pudding and fruit, of which the glass-houses of the castle fur- nish a varied supply,, arc also on the menu. Coffee and iiqueurs follow, but the ex-Kaiser does not take the liqueur.
I -FATAL PETROL EXPLOSION.…
I FATAL PETROL EXPLOSION. f While a crowd was standing watching a /notor-car on fire in the arches at the Vaux- hall Station of the London and South- W estern Railway, a violent explosion oc- curred, causing injuries to some of the on. lookers. Doors at both, ends of two arches were blown outwards, and a youth, named Charles Voss, who was passing out of the arches, was killed by a heavy gate falling upon him. The whole transport for London campp under-the Army and Navy Canteen Board is conducted from these arches, and at the time fitters were at work on. nearly fifty vehicles.
r WINDFALL FOR SOLDIERS. I
r WINDFALL FOR SOLDIERS. I It has been officially decided that the whole of the profits made by the Expedi- tionary Force canteens rre to be sent to. the War Office and devoted to the lnetit of the soldier and his dependants. Exactly what form the benefits will take has *not yet been decided, but it has been suggested that the money should be converted into War Savings Certificates and distributed in this way to the men. The profits from these concerns are said to be very considerable. The distribution of the money, in whatever form may be decided upon, will be carried out under the orders of the Army Council.
• WATER RESOURCES.I . DWINDLING…
• WATER RESOURCES. I DWINDLING WATER RESOURCES. ) It was stated at a meeting of the Institu- t tion of Water Engineers that. until recent years comparatively little attention had been paid to the subject of the abundance of the rainfall in relation to the water needs of the population, and, as a result, each year now saw the numbei: of available gathering grounds dwindle. It becaroe increasingly difficult, to meet the requirements .of the great centres of population..
ITRAWLERS COLLIDE IN FOG.f
I TRAWLERS COLLIDE IN FOG. f While Grimsby fishing vessels we-re making for home in foggy weather the steam trawlers Falcon and Scotia collided at the mouth of the Iluraber, the Scotia sinking almost at once. Only the chief engineer, named Wendt, and a deck hand named Tandy were picked up by rescuers, the skipper, mate, and six hands going down with the ship.
I TO INDIA BY AIR.
I TO INDIA BY AIR. The first flight from Cairo to Delhi; a distance of 3,028 miles, has been accom- plished by Major-General Yv. G. H. Sal- mend, D.S.O., in the Hall(ney-Pge aero- plarw whicll new from England to Egypt re- ?;ntlv and then too? pai-? in the final opera- tions against the Turks on the Palestine Front. This machine, therefore, is the first aeroplane to go by air from Engknd to < India. The average speed was just over t seventy miles an hour, and the actual time in the air as far as Karachi was thirty-six hours* There were two mechanics on board, and a ten-days' nupp!y of water and provisions was carried in m?e of a forced landing. General Salmond, who is General Officer Comma.ndiag R.A.F. in, the Middle East, w?s accompanied by Captain Ros? Smith, A.F.C. The objcct of the journey was to confer with the Government of India- on the ques- tion of an aerial route and service to India. The flight was not undertaken as an at- tempt to fly against time, but to place General Sahncnd in a position to advise the Government of India' as to the best route to be followed 1l the- future. j
IINFERNAL MACHINE IN A SHIP.…
I INFERNAL MACHINE IN A SHIP. I Judgment was given in the King's .Bench Division in a ca-se in which it was stated that a quantity of hidee and skins valued at. J623.256 were destroyed by the explosion oi an infernal machine in the ship which was j conveying them from Bahia to New York, It was said "that the infernal machine was jI put on board by a German. | An action was brought by the Atlantic j Mutual Insurance Company, of New York, i against Mr. Isaac King, underwriter at j Lloyd's, to recover under a policy of re?ii suranoe effected with certain underwriters at { Lloyd's, including Mr. King, and several j companies in this country; on the bide6 in? Rkins. Lia?ilitv T? denied bv Mr. King on } the ground that the loss was due to "hostili- jj ties or warlike operations. Mr. Justice Bailliache gave judgment for f Mr. King, with costs. j
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Princess Marie Douiso was among the Y M C.A. workers acting as waitresses at J Cannon-street Station, London, on the return ( of a number cf prisoners of war. < The Blue Cross Fund has decided to issue a special badge for horses which have seen { service in war, and are returned to civilian i occupations. A Local Government Board film cn the sub- J led of precautions against the spread of influenza, emphasises the importance of the < wearing of masks by doctors and nurses. Trawlers are now being released by the Admiralty fairly frequently, and, with fishing grounds being opened owing to the removal of mines, there is a prospect of a better fish supply in the near future.
I ! FUN AND FANCY. I.
I FUN AND FANCY. "Why do you always do' your sho-pp'^g over the telephone?" '"Because I can't Ofat to eee how little I'm getting for my money." "I would trust him with my life." "I know; but wotmld you lend him fifty pounds without security?" "Do you think women ought to smoke- "Do )"OU th:ir.k women ought to sm(¡:?>J "I should think not? It's hard enough as it is to tell who's the man of the house I" | Wilhe: "My father's on the telephone." Freddie: "Tiiat's nothing. My grandpa's OJl the parish." "li they go -on teaching schoolboys mili- tary cactics fcr the next two years I den t b?licTe our Willie would "be any good at it." Do you mean he's too chicken-hearted ?" he's too -pigeon-toed." "Are you acquainted with Mrs. Eifty, your fashionable .neighbour. "Only in. a roundabout way. Her cat boards at my house." "Good gracious, chatterbox," said her husband looking up iroiu his tea. "I thought, you were never, coming back. Why on earth do you want to stand at the g,-iite jabbering to Mrs. Jones for half an hour-" Well, you see, dear, she said she was in such a hurry she hadn't time to conct in." Applicant (for job) "What's the chance for a fellow beginning at the bottom _i»:.d working up?" Foreman: our job is digging holes." Fro: "Halloa, Marx! How's the cold" Marx: "Very obstinate." Frost: "Bow a the wife Marx: "About the same." A man in a crowded tramcar had his eyee closed when the conductor reached him. "Wake up," said the conductor. "I wasn't asleep," explained the passenger, but I hate to see women standing." "The man who gives in when he is wrong," said the street orator, "is a .wise man, but he who gives in when he is right is-" "Married," said a weak voice in the crowd.) "I'll never forgive Brown for marrying Lucy, and taking her from under my roof. I never expect to find anyone to take her place." "Was she your only daughter?" "No, sir; she was my only cook." Husband (impatiently): "Where's your mistress? She said she'd be ready in a minute, and I've waited half-an-hour." Maid: "She'll be down in a second, sir. She's changing her complexion to match her new gown." "Are you aware," asked the sweet girl. aa they strolled along the sandy shore, "that the moon affects the tide?" "I know it affects romantic lovers," replied the young man in "the scene,- "but I was under the impression it lost its power after they were tied." Mistress: "Hopkins, I saw a nursemaid in the park this morning allowing a policeman to kips the baby. Now, I hope you will re- member that I have the strongest objection Hopkins: "Oh, ma'am, I'm sure no policeman would ever kiss baby when I was there!" Mother: "Has Mr. Goldie, with whom you have been dancing all the evening, at last declared his intentions Mabel "Yes, mother." "I am so glad! What did he say?" "He declared in a most decided man- ner that he would never marry." The doors of a certain new house had shrunk horribly, as is the way of the modern door made of unseasoned wood. The builder would not send the joiner to repair them, so the householder tried the ironical method, and wrote: "Dear Sir,—The mice can run under most of our doors, but our cat cannot follow them. Will" you please send a man at once to make room under the doors for the cat, and much oblige?" This teacher was having some trouble with a pupil in grammar. "Now, little girl, would it be proper to eay, You can't learn ?" "Yes'm, it would," replied me nothing "Oh! Perhaps you'll tell ma the ?H. tell me wby "'Cause you can't!" Little James, while at a neighbour's, was given a piece -of bread and butter, and politely said, "Thank you." "That's right, James," said the lady, "I like to hear little boys say Thank you.' "Well," rejoined James, "if you want to hear me say it again, you might put some jam on it." The porter stood before the travelling man in an expectant attitude. "Well, George." Baid the traveller, "can I give you any- thing?" "Whatever your generosity per- mits, sir," answered the porter. boys," replied the traveller, turning to hig companions, and winking, "let, s give the porter three chcers.
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