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THE DISSOLUTION. --40- TEE PREMIER'S STATEMENT THE GUARANTEES." UrJes.s the.House of Lords accepts without -anieiKiiiw'iit. ilie (joverumont's Veto Bill, Par- 'ime.nt will be dissolved OIl Monday, Novem- her 28. That was the most important ;Snnoiir,.Cenleiit in the speech of the Prime Minister in the House of Commons on Friday. A crowded House and galleries listened to ■Mr, Ascjuith's statement The Premier said "I t<ee it was suggested thai with the object j j)f springing' a dissolution 011 the country it i jkad been our original .intention not to present i Budget again, and that that intention has Jteteit abandoned or mr-dified in consequence ..&S some form of pressuie- brought, and where Applied I know not, but I suppose by the jgimster hand of the black angel of this poli- tical drama, Mr. John Redmond." Such an idea, lie went on, had never entered ■ Ae head of any member (Î the Government, :,nd they proposed to ask the House to pro- ceed to the conclusion of the essential parts s>f the Budget. With regard to the removal of the oh! age ■f&mion pauper disqualihcation, lie said' that be presented -in order to carry on the scheme until Parlia I "utmt had had a time to discuss £ h& question oi the contribution of local Authorities. That estimate would be in the 'fiands of members directlv. It would amount ■M £ 509,000. PAYMENT OF MEMBERS: The Government intended to exclude for the .jfemaiftder of the session all other matters. It was their intention if they had the re- JJttwite f parliamentary authority to bring in a JJill (after the election) to make provision for t of members. On April H last the House gave its final jKMHt by large majorities to the Government j?e*i>hsfcion on the House of Lords. Parliament Bill was introduced and a first time, and he stated in language ..jearefttliy chosen by the Cabinet the intcn- • iioRS of the Government. Mr. Asquith then referred to the death of the King, and sketched briefly the history of $.he Conference, the failure of which lie jteeply wgretted. It was a big disappointment, but none the ftfsss the experiment was well worth the trying. There was never a more honest and sus- "iained auempt on the part of men of strong ;and conflicting convictions to understand each .other's point of view, and find, if it could be Iound. an underlying common basis of agree- jnftnt. and upon that basis to build up a '«tructure with at least a promise of stability durability. THE FATEFUL DAY. THE FATEFUL DAY. It was utterly idle to suppose that an agreo- ihat was found to be unattainable under jSiteh favourable circumstances could be ham- 'jtawsd out in this Parliament, in the din and strife of party conflicts., The result was that they reverted to a state 1 .,1)f war. If the Homo of Lords d<;sirefl it, they should "Slave an opportunity, before the country was ^Appealed to, to say "Yes" or "No" to the policy which had been approved of by the sCoaiKJons. It would be idle to pretend to any ,.Ali)abt. a-s to what their decision would be and the Government had felt it their duty to advise .th Crown to dissolve Parliament at the Mrlifft possible moment. jlny raw no reason why that date should not be Monday, the 28th of this month. 'i'lic-v believed that the general election would tjbe brought to a close before Christmas, and in slime f"r the general convenience of business ;:|nter«8ts. JrlR. BALFOUR'S REPLY. "la rthe course of his reply. Mr. Balfour said ti>*«rybody disliked two elections coming close .Dn om) another. It was almost certain an election could not be deferred for more than a %It, small number of weeks or months, t&Ut- the Prime Minister jnight surely have j&ogcn all occasion rather less inconvenient for tniders of the country. The Government's attempt at justification j WM b.v.<id apparently upon the failure of the Constitutional Conference, but the breakdown j ft! tin* Conference did not justify the action of 7ihe Prime Minister in giving the advice that ■; fee had to the Crown. The Prime Minister was putting Parli anient in the second place of Authority. IIe (Mr. Balfour) utterly failed to putting Puliamellt in the second place of Authority. He (Mr. Balfour) utterly failed to ..øe e how any Constitutional Minister could come I •dtvwxi to this House and -say, "I am quite cer- tain that nothing can be done either in the of Commons or the House of Lords Which would make a satisfactory arrangement r«ibk> Indeed, the Prime Minister went on #&y? I am going to take care that nothing AOHüeeur which will make it possible, for we Atld our friends propose to regard our Parlia- IDént IViH as virtually inspired, and no change, ftif or Urtle, will be admitted." The Government were masters of the House. Thtre was no reason why they should retire or j I. It would mean inconvenience to I tradt. It was a breach of all Constitutional propriety, Speaking as a party leader, for iisytlnnj* he knew the Unionists might gain by ■itif. precipitate haste with which trie Govern- ment had run away from any possible action oi the Ifoufe of Lords. But speaking as one -who desired to see the traditions of the Consti- tution carried out, he deeply regretted the polity pursued by the Government on this mieasioti. THE GUARANTEES. Towards the close of the sitting the follow- ing tø.t.t'm,eJlt, on the question of "guarantees" was made by the Prime Minister, in answer to jMr, Weflgwoodi— "Th? language of my declaration of April 14 carefully chosen, and represents now, as it did then,* the intention of the Govern- ment. raay say at once—and I am quite sure ihat V ?? members on both sides will recog- nise the justice and the common sense of 1Vh 1 am about to sy-l decline now, and ahatT continue to decline, to make any state- ment lis to what advice I have given or may .give r.s responsible Minister for the Crown. King stands aloof from our political And electoral controversies. It is the duty M lite subjects, not less of his Ministers, to maintain and secure his absolute protection from the arena of our party strife." NOMINATION AND POLLING DATES. If Parliament dissolves on November 28, •emta ttili be issued immediately, and in the ,ti>nne of London boroughs will be received pro- bably ivs, ihe same day. Thus the earliest posfiihl'- election date would be Friday, I 2, though the first actual polling j ihiY will probably be Saturday, Deceinber a. •JThe following tabic shows the limit dates jfor polling ORDIKAKY BOROUGHS. Dec. «•>.—First possible day for nomination. Doc. S.^Last possible day lor nomination and tirst possible day for poll. Dec. 12.-Last. possible day for poll. C<}~NTJ.ES AND DISTRICT BOUOUGHS. Dec.. 5.—First possible day for nonnination. Dec. 9. —First possible ,day for poll. Dec. 12.—Last, possible day for nomina- tion. Dec. 21.—Last possible day; for poll. With the exception of Orkney and Shet- land, the Scottish Universities, and a few otlic,.r constituencies, the elections should be all over by December 17.
COFFIN INSTRUCTIONS.
COFFIN INSTRUCTIONS. In her will Mrs. Sophia Letitia Barnard, of South Cave Castle, Beverley, Yorkshire, who left £ 125,469, directed that room should be left in her grave for the inter- ment of her daughter; and added: "I desire that the coffin tor me and my said daughter may be made out of the ever- green oak wood which has long since been cut and is stored behind the garden at Cave Castle for this purpose." Mrs. Barnard left 000 to charities, in- cluding £ 1,000 to Dr. Barnardo's Homes and £ 500 each to the Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and also gave her trustees power to give twenty acres as a site for a sanatorium.
THIEF RETURNS GOODS.
THIEF RETURNS GOODS. A burglar who broke into the house of Mr. Joseph Brown, 1, Gordon Mansions, Streathani High-road, has earned the grati- tude of Mr. and Mrs. Brown by returning through the post two highly-prized minia- tures, whose intrinsic value to the thief was inconsiderable. The thief took tl.2 or £ 14 worth of port- able valuables, including a gold miniature locket containing the portraits of Mr. Brown's two little boys. The parents were particularly sorry to lose the locket because the elder of the boys only died a short time ago, and the miniature could not be re- nlaced.
RUNAWAY TRAMCAR.'
RUNAWAY TRAMCAR. Ait exciting tramway-car accident occurred on Monday in Nottingham. One of the electric cars was descending the steep gradient of Derby-road when, owing to the frost on the rails, the brakes refused to grip, and the car skidded down the hill at an ever- increasing speed. A few hundred yards ahead was another car, and seeing the runaway car approach- ing, the driver started his vehicle with the object of keeping in front. The front car, however, was quickly overtaken, and half of the second car was telescoped, the stairway was torn away, and the steel framework twisted into all manner of shapes. Luckily there were only two passengers on the runaway car, and, although one (a young lady) was removed to the hospital she was not detained.
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POPULAR SCIENCE.
POPULAR SCIENCE. BIPLANE WITHOUT PROPELLER. The "Coanda" biplane uses in place of the usual propeller a centrifugal fan driven by a 50-h.p. engine. The fair is enclosed in a wooden cone at the front end of the machine, and over this the main plane is fixed.. The inventor claims that his "turbine" is more efficient than the propeller. The total weight of the machine with engine is about 8401b. STBEXGTHEXIIVG ROTTEN MASONRT. An injection of cement was the novel method lately adopted to make strong and serviceable two crumbling stone railway bridges at Hamburg, Germany. The arches —fifty-one feet in span—were cracked in all directions, and small holes were bored partly through the masonry at the sides of the cracks, and thin cement mortar was forced in at a pressure of five atmospheres. When this had hardened, the stone-work was found to be thoroughly consolidated. FOR, THE LAUNDSTF. The small device illustrated here is heated with electricity, and is said to completely do away with rough neck-bands, and, when properly used, to make even old bands HIIECTRIC NECK-BAND IRONER. smooth and comfortable. The device has been patented by a foreign laundry firm that hit upom the idea while experimenting. NIGHT AND DAY WIRELESS. We are frequently astonished by the ab- normally long ranges of wireless telegraph stations. Such equipments as commonly have only a hundred miles radius, on occa- sion are able to send messages a thousand miles. This matter was recently discussed in a German paper, and it was pointed out that such long ranges always occur after dark, and hence are probably due to the fact that the atmosphere is not ionised at night to the extent that it is in the daytime. GYROSCOPE ON AEROPLANSS. In the aeroplane of Paul Regnard, a French engineer, the gyroscope is applied indirectly to give automatic stability. The fly-wheel is mounted im a gimbal frame, and an electric battery of eight or ten cells keeps it in motion in a horizontal plane, at the rate of about ten thousand revolutions lwr minute. As the aeroplane is tipped, the gyroscope continues to rotate in the hori- zontal plane. The vertical shaft, however, makes one of four clcctrical contacts, and this sets in operation the righting mechanism, two of the contacts controlling thelongitudillal balance, and two the lateral balance. The action promptly restores the machine to its normal position. A gust of wind, for example, may inclinie the front of the aeroplane downward, but the prompt closing of the electric circuit tips the rear wings forward, and equilibrium is recovered. STAND FOR MOTOR-CYCLES. A stand for motor-cycles can be mad* very simply out of pipe fittings, as shown in the accompanying sketch. The pipe used may be -0 or I-iiieh pipe, but the latter is preferable because it makes a stronger stand. The drawing needs little explana- tion. The piece of pipe (a) must have a run- ning thread cut on one end, so that it can EASILY-MAO.C MOTBR-STA.NI). be into the tee (d) about an inch and a quarter; and then when the stand is ready to be put together, the pipe (a) may be ;t,rewcd back into the tee (e), leaving enough in the tee (d) to provide a good hold. To keep the stand from spreading ,and thus to relieve the strain, on the elbows (b), two pieces (c) of No. 12 galvanised wire should be used to connect the pipes (a). In the elbows (b), notches may 1)ú cut to hold the motor-cycle axle. THE STEER BRAKE. One way of stopping » fast-moving vehicle, whether it be a train of cars or an automobile, is to throw an obstacle in its path. The method is not always safe. Yet ;e' a similar principle underlies a patent for an emergency brake for vehicles which has been granted to Herman F. Dietz, in America. His invention, is claimed to be particularly adapted to automobiles. A drag; chain or shoe is normally held clear of the ground by a detent, and is released when necessary by dropping the detent and allow- ing the chain or shoe to drop and trail under the wheel. The inventor states that the rota- tion of the wheel is ^topped "almost instan- t.aneously, by interposing between the wheel and the ground the roughened drag or shoe." The effect on a pneumatic tyre can lie imagined. It must be stated for the inven- tor that, he intends to use his brake only in cases of emergency when the regular brakes Have failed to operate, or the motor-cur is skidding on a slippery pavement.
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Shoals of shaÂs have invaded the Firth ,)f Forth, and this is believed to account for the prevailing dearth of fish.
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E40,000 DAMAGE.
E40,000 DAMAGE. Lees Court, near Faversham, Kent, the ancestral home of Earl Sondes, was com- pletely destroyed by lire early -on Sunday morning. The damage is roughly estimated at £ 40,000. The mansion was let some three years ago to Mrs. Gerald Leigh, who recently married Mr. Reginald, Halsey. A number of friends were staying with Mr. and Mrs. Halsey at the time of the outbreak, among them being Lady de Clifford. All worked heroically to save as many valuables as possible from destruction. The fire was discovered at about 2.30 in the morning, and so rapidly did the flames spread that by six o'clock only the empty shell of the once magnificent mansion re- mained. In the meantime a good deal of furniture and a quantity of valuable tapes- tries on the ground floor were saved, to- gether with some portraits and other pic- tures belonging to the Sondes family. All the efforts of the guests and servants, using the hand appliances in the house, and of the firemen from Canterbury, Faversham, and Ashford were unavailing. The roof fell in with a roar about, two hours after the outbreak, only the four bare wall were left standing. But about half-past ten oil Sunday night the west wall fell with a loud crash, several firemen who had remained on duty having narrow escapes. The butler, Mr. Nash, was severely cut in the right hand during the fire, and a page- boy narrowly escaped a mass of molten lead, but was hurt by the splashes. None of the guests were injured in getting out of the burning building. They worked hard to get what valuables they could out of the house, and when the fire had become so firmly established as to make further attempts useless all the house party pro- ceeded to one of the hotels in Faversham and later in. the day returned to London.
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One bundled and fifty officers of the Indian; Army, Volunteers,' and Imperial Service troops, witli 250 men and v.,te band of a native regi- ment, are to come to London for the Corona- lion. For f-ailitig- k- notify an outbreak of Ameri- can gooseberry mildew, Messrs. S. Bide and Sons, ./uirsery gardeners, were summoned by the Board of Agriculture at Farnham, Surrey, asm were fined ^81 and costs. Revo- ws of Christmas presents leir Pit- Cjltitt Island, the- home of the Bounty muti- neers, left. Liverpool on the Pacific liner Oropesa.
OTHER MEN'S MINDS. ---
OTHER MEN'S MINDS. There is no effect- like that of example.— MR. ilk-NE-Y A LOST LOVE. English people as nation have either for- gotten, or oiuiy imperfectly learned, the love of being, surrounded with beautiful things, —BISHOP OF LINCOLN, TOWN AND COUNTRY. While the Londoner is obsessed with a story of life and of sen sat ion the country person was face to face with the original, first-hand tale of- Nature, which yields a perennial joy.—PHOI?. GEDDES. AND DON'T FORGET IT. America is the country where revercnce doesn't cut ice whose people know what they wa. < and refuse what they don't want.—MB. ALAN DALE. ART CRITICS. If there is one thing which the artistic soul abhors more than another it is the in- dividual who insists upon discussing art I with an absolutely untutored mind.—LORD MAYOR OF SHEFFIELD. THE TEETH OF LONG AGO. A regular use of the toothbrush and an in- telligent system of dieting would develop future generations with just as perfect teeth as were to be found ini earlier ages.- MR. A. W. GANT. SOMETHING ATTEMPTED. I would rather see doubtful and even perilous experiments tried than the cynical and timorous lethargy which preferred tc leave things alone.—MR. ASQUITH, SCIENCE AND THE PRAYER BOOK. It is the glory of the Prayer Book that it is not in conflict on any point with any modern product of science or learnin,g.-THB DEAN OF CANTERBURY. THE JUDGE'S JOKES. I claim that judicial levity in a court of law is a hindrance to the witness, a hindrance to the counsel, a hindrance to the jury, a hindrance to justice, and a help only to the idle public who arc in the court be- cause they have nothing better to do.-MR. RICHAKT) MTTDIE-SMITH. A SUBURBAN TRAGEDY. Subiirbaiii London is not so well-to-do as its appearance suggests. The struggle to "I keep up appearances is a most pathetic and 1 tragic thing.—REV. C. II. VINE. NO MATTER. When we have caught, and tamed the elusive atom. and split it into seven hundred little bit's they will turn out to be nothing more than layers of posit>e and negative clectivoity. Ptobably there is no such thing hi niatter.Sis W. CROOKES. IMPERIAL MIGRATION. The effects at home of Imperial migration, if carried out on a proper scale, would in- clude less competition for work and more re- gular employment, with the-result that th-ere would be higher wages, better housing, and a better standard of living, a chance for the men. and less rieees-ity lor women to work for a bare living wage.— Mil. THOMAS SEDG- WICK. j THE TYRANNY OF SCHOOL. A public school is a place where public I opinion is tyrannous- in the last degree, i where if a boy does not walk, dress, and talk in a particular way lik." everybody else he suffers physical pain. -MII. OSCAlt IhwWN- ING. • THE SILENT VOTERS. There is no necessity for anybody, how- ever deeply interested they may be in politics, to take the badge of either poluicnl party,, because if you ask me on -my. honour and my conscience my faith in that 'matter, it is that the welfare, the stability, nay, the salvation, of Great Britain, does not rest on either political party, but on that great im- partial mass which belongs to neither, and which gives a judicial decision at every elec- tion.—LORD ROSEBERY. THE LABOUR UNREST. I do not feel surprised at the unrest which is working im the world of labour. I have long asked myself how long the great masses of our working folk will acquiesce with that astonishing patience and good humour in the inequalities of existence. W ith the growth of education and the growth of a sense of political power, I am not surprised at this good-humoured acquiescence coming to an end. It only means they are feeling their way for themselves and their fellows for a larger and fuller life and more abundant opportunities. In itself I have nothing but svmpathy for the movement, but it is being spoiled, arrested, and damaged by the reck- lessness of large numbers of the younger men.—ABCHBISHOP OF lOItK. WHO, INDEED. Who can take a pessimistic. view of the modern theatre when it is able to boast such masterpieces as "The Speckled Band and "The Bad Girl of the Family."—MR. JASIES MORTIMEB. A QUESTION OF ENVIRONMENT. It must be recognised that all, whether rich or poor, are influenced by their physical surroundings, social environment, and domestic conditions. The people of poor dis- tricts suffer not only from lack of means but from poverty of spirit, owing to their dismal surroundings. Is it not time to decide to have a. new race of men and women:—ME. JOHN BURNS, M.P. RACIAL DIFFERENCES, I should say that Englishmen make much better after-dinner speeches than French- men. The English: are a more amiable race, thev drink more, and they lia- e the sort of disposition which seeks to avoid scones: ro make things pleasant, -a cJiftracleeiistic markedly absent from the French tempera- ment.—Af». G. E. CH K^TKHTON.