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NOTED CRICKETER'S WILL. Mr. W. (I. B. Evt-ns, the noted Oxford Uni- versity and Hampshire cricketer, who wax killed vhon flying a* a passenger with the late Cdlonel Cody, has left estate worth X-21308.

WORK A ND WORKERS. I LONDON LAROVR TKOTBT/E*—»IINKKS" DEPUTA- TIONS TO MINISTERS — LABOUR. CANDIDATES FOR PARLIAMENT—BURTON BRKWERY WAGES --ENGINEERS' DEMANDS. A grave extension of its labour troubles now faces London, for, with the coal porters' strike unsettled, it has the added trouble of a lock-out in the building trade. This imme- diately affects about 40,000 men, but as a vast army of other workmen have interests allied with those of the bricklayer, the carpenter, and the hod carrier, the probability is that a great army of artisans and labourers will be idle. It is computed that in all nearly a quar- ter of a million workers may be thrown into enforced idleness before the week is out, unless, of course, wiser counsels prevail. In the building trade this possibility ap- pears very shadowy at present, for in this case it is 'the masters, not the men, who have presented the ultimatum, and as they are act- ing in concert and with a carefully-prepared plan of campaign, all the portents are for a long and bitter struggle. The history of the dispute is briefly this: On Decern Iter 2:rd the London Master Builders' Association, as representing the employers, issued proposals for the forma- t ion of a. -strike penalty fund, which provided. among other things, for the payment of penalties for breach of agreements by sectional -;irilies." The men's unions were given up HI January 5th to reply to this ulti- rn at am. They decided to ballot their mem- bers but two days later the masters decided to determine working rules with the union >1 the carpenters and joiners, bricklayers, masons, labourers, and plasterers. By Janu- ary 15th. as rhe unions had not agreed with heir propo.-als. the masters decided to deal direct with the men, and they were handed the agreements, and a time limit was fixed for tbe-Tiigning of these. The men's employ- ment would cease at noon on Saturday last— the aupointed hour—unless they si-guifierl th-ir assent to the masters' conditions in writing. Alnnw to a man. and certainly with practical u»an-imitv among the union mem- her*, the men rejected the masters' I)roposalt;. when the time-limit expired the men all lifted their tools and departed. corre-ponde'-t writes; The Prime Minis- ter h'is consented to receive a deputation from the M i I i e,r,' -e I iI of Great Britain on Tuesday, February ;•>< oil the continuation of the Mines Minimum Wage Act, which t»>-m':nnte-; in April 1915, and its extension to all persons working in and about the mines, so as to include surface workers. The Presi- i dot, of the Beard of Trade will receive a <>nttt,.>l!r>n front the Miners' Federation on Wedeesd-.iv. February 4th, on the Workmen's Compensation Act and other matters. The Labour Parry is making preparations for a considerable addition to the number of its candidates in the next election. In addi- tion to the thirty-nine sitting Members, all of whom may be expected to contest their --rats, ihe annual report presented at the <onfi re nee in G la-go w shows that candidates have already been chosen for twenty-three j utlvr const:tn Mieies, while a. further twenty- seven candidates been selected, and have yer to 11.; allotted to constituencies. tot id number of candidates which the p.-irtv will be ready to put forward, there- fore. is eighty nine. The final confer >nc<' between the represen- tative* of the Burton brewers and the Workers' Union in connection with the minimum ii,illile was held- at the I offii'is of Messrs. P, C-.i-(,it<-)n on Friday, when the agreement, to which the men had as-ented at a mass meeting was signed. The ac'ement provides for a standard wage or 2: a week fifty-four hours for able-bodied men engaged :16 brewery labourers. Special is to be paid for at a higher rati-. M^n work i ng twelve-hour shifts are to receive not less than 25s. for a week'rs work,. and piecework is io be advanced ft per cent, where the week's wages amount, at piecework rates, to less than H-'is.. a.is.'t per c'nt. where they ex- IV. fi Overtime is to be paid at the rate of iim" and a-quartcr after the first two hour-, and time and a ouarter on Satur day afternoons and Sunday. Railwaynien will be paid at rates equal io railway c-ondit;or.<. having regard to the ciivunt.-ianeos of brewery working. Carters are to he paid 21s. and 24s.. with allowances for deliveries. There are provisions meeting eei'tai.n special cases, and the agreement is to stand for twelve month s from February 1st, ]!)14. after which it ;.4 subject to si x months" notice on either ••ide. It is understood that the men who are now pitid at a rate exceeding the above standard rules are not to be prejudiced by the agreement. The members of the Barrow-in-Furness brandIes of the Amalgamated Society of En- gineers'. Steam Engine Makers', United Machine Workers', and Tool Makers' Socie- ties on Saturday, by a Ipig majority, refused to accept the offer of all increase of 2s. per week made by the directors of Messrs. Vickers' Naval Construction Works as the re- sult of a demand made by the united societies for an all-round increase of 6s. per week upon the termination of the five years' agree- ment in March next. Representatives of all the societies concerned met the managers of the firm during the week-end. and after a six hours' conference the offer of 2s. advance was made. A proviso was added thnt if the socie- ties consented to the terms and entered into a three years' agreement, and in the future a" eight-hour day was adopted in other ship- yards. with a reduction of wages in propor- tion. Messrs. Viekers would guarantee that no reduction would take place in the en- gineering trades in their works. On Saturday members of the executives and organisers of the joint societies commented critically upon the offer, and advised its refusal. A ballot was taken of the members present. and the result was 1.160 against acceptance of the offer and five in favour. A circular, signed by the general secretaries of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, the Steam Engine Makers Society. and the Marine Engineer. Association, is being issued to engi neers engaged in tramp cargo steamers in all ports. It states that a conference be- tween represe;\rut.ves of shipowners arid eugi- i neering so cie tic, took place on the wages question, and a committee was appointed to go into details. When the committee met the first question rjtised was the wages paid in the various ports of the kingdom. It was pointed out before terms could be arranged that an endeavour must be made to have a -un.iform rate for the V.ngdortv This entailed a great amount of research and inspection of docu- at, tli(,, shipping nfficPls. Figures were obtained, being wages on all cargo steamers. These figures formed the basis of negotiations, and resulted in the I scale now known as the national rate for cargo steamers. This scale did not mean a [general advance, but a levelling up of the lower-paid ports, and wa" accepted for the time being as the wages to be paid in all ports. Seeing that trade was good, and advances were being made to all classes of labour on boa-rd ship, the executives were of the opinion that further advances should be obtained for engineers. On June 9th the joint committee agreed to seed a formal demand for an in- er-e on national ?nnle. the demand being: Chief and second engineers, 40" per month; fourth, 30s. per month. They also a-sked that the question of excessive overtime should be considered. The Executive Council of the Shipping Federation, however, pointed out that the state of trade in shipping was not favourable for an advance to be given. The circular adds: We ask all committees and branched to at once tak" the opinion of the sea-going members, and, if they favour drastic measures, a date should be fixed upon which all shall refuse to Mgn articles of agreement at present rates. The movement, will apply to all vessels that are known as tramp cargo steamers.

BILLIARD AND BAGATELLE TABLES A Larze Stock of Now and Second-hand Tabl.. adwsys on hand; tlio ConTdrtibta Billiard and Dining Tabim. Write for List, 0. Edwards, 134 ItftplaDd Rd., N. 19 TWO POINTS OF VIEW. ¡- N .= t- r ¡ T F\ D  Ii R!f1!' r J P I "I U íw 1: t ( fùRBf.¡N OOD 11 I T "i.v j I fkele: Jnr' || NAV;< a h ENCtLRnJ jlfL ? t\h? PtRv4ETS TP%AD ?-?? ?????$' ?7? ,=f "1'-  GEO GE:—?Viorc ships' We can'L a?fo.'d them: 'trad? is gc, !I?? down, v iTion iy for my new land in pectors ar.d other jobs. ■ c: -Jrr^e is £ oing down, is it ? Wei!, anyhow, thanks t the tariff, wo have a r e is n?I ?,own, is i' P We! 1. rk,;1. at h&:ne l'erc in Germany, whepe vIe In ke the foreigner pay, ar.ci a free ikl in bs-'iti'. n So we can afford to have fis mrrw So

CHIPS OF NEWS. I The Queen has honoured Mr. R. Richardson, of Sandown, Isle of Wight, by ac- centing three of his water-colours. A telegram from Cape IJaitien states that a. general revolt has broken out in the c;ty of Gonaives, sixtv-tive miles from Port au Prince, headed by Oreste Zamor. ex-Governor of the Department- and formerly Minister <of W^ ar. SJr. John Guthrie Percival, son of the Bishop of Hereford, died in London on Saturday morti- Jug: of pneumonia. A message from El Paso (Texas) states rhat smallpox has broken out among the Mexican refugees, and the American Government has ordered rhe vaccination of several thousand sol- diers. women, and children who crossed the bor- der after the fall of Ojinaga. Mr. Richard Martin Quittenden, known as I Roland Quj; the author of "Tim Pippin," who died at lknflcd, was buried at Southend 011 Saturday. Early on Saturday morlling- a Guildfofll woman named Fanny trampton. forty-three, was found frozen to death on the exposed heights of Hog's Back at, Guildford. Four inquests were held at St. Pandas on Saturday on persons who had died Iron: pneu- monia owing to the cold. Mr. Robert Applegarth, the veteran pioneer of trades unioniMn and president of the move- ment for a London Trades Hall, who attained his eightieth birthday on Monday. was entc-r- tained to a complimentary birthday dinner at Croydon on Saturday night. Mr. William Pol den. a Crimean and Indian Mutiny veteran, died at Camberley on Saturday. Four thousand pounds' damage was done by a fire at Messrs. Orr, Comrie's mineral water works at Glasgow. An elderly man, James Molloy. a sewmg- niachino agent, who had been hurrying to cat a Sheffield tramcar on Saturday, threw up hi3 arllls as soon as he sat down and expired. A well-dressed young woman was- seen to iutnp ov?r M;.f)<fri.)rs Br??'' into the River Thames at midnight on Saturday, efforts to n'CU0 her proving of no avail. Thppohcc carried on a search for the body for some time, without re>ult. Facilities have been given to soldiers of the I Jewish denomination to attend their forthcom- ing religious festivals, and a Jewish society has offered to pay the fures of men serving as far distant as Scotland and IreJaud. A trolley and two waggons loaded with granite were proceeding from the Dhoon Qllarry j towards Laxey, on the Manx Electric Railway, ) when the waggons jumped the line and fell over the embankment into the fields. The driver and conductor escaped injury. A \iolent earthquake shock was felt on Satur- day at San Francisco. Buildings locked and the populace were panic-stricken. Madume Beauman (a niece of Boss Croker), who is well known in local amateur operatic circles, has died in Dublin. An alarming cage accident occurred at the Westloigh Colliery, Leigh, on Saturday, and eight men were injured, one of them seriously. A well-known French physician says during a period of considerable cold the number of eases of madness increased. It was al,o a fact that madmen seemed not to suffer at all from cold. Arrangements have been made for the pay- ment of voluntary contributions to the Ancient Order of Foresters weekly, instead of monthly or quarterly, and by means of penny postage stamps. The Hospital Saturday Fund has awarded £ '28.400 to the hospitals and dispensaries of London. A large crowd of Dublin strikers assembled outside Liberty Hall on Saturday, but no strike- pav vvas forthcoming. Mr. S. E. Swann has been re-elected Presi- dent of the Cambridge University Boa.t. Club and Mr. George E. Carr secretary. Mr. Justic-- Buck n ill is making favourable progress, but medical opinion is stated to be that i)e must not again attempt the work of a Judge. The trustees of the Home Rule Fund, of which Mr. John Redmond is chairman, state that the response to last year's appeal was the largest since the Home Rule movement wa" inaugurated. A verdict of manslaughter was returned at an Ashford inquest on a Willesborough dealer named Chubb. Deceased fought outside a public-house w-th a man named Edward Rossi- ter, and died later from concussion of the brain. At North Kelsey, near Grimsby, John Sea- jrravc. a farm labourer, was found dead on Saturday hanging from a beam in the kitchen of his cottage. An elderly carter, James Green. was harnessing his horse at some stables in Grimsby when he suddenly 0xpired.. A wire from Johannesburg says that the mem- bers of the Executive of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, who were arrested last week, have been acquitted. They were charged with unlawful assembly, but the magistrate held that the term "enclosed spae-p" did not apply to rooms. llarlesden enjoys the distinction of possessing the tallest Metropolitan policeman, Police-con- stable Frank Stroud. who stands 6ft. Tin. For permitting the removal of a pig out of an area infected with swine fever without a licence a pig-dealer of Miltbrook, Hampshire, has been fined J65 and costs. London horses are suffering from an epidemic of glanders, state. a report of the London Countv Council, and during the last five weeks 106 animals have been slaughtered. It is announced that the Greek Government has decided to grant an amnesty to all the Bul- garians who arc at present in Greece. M. Leon Barbe, of the Kchiirevr dr Sice, has bc-en accidentally hot. in the garden of his own house bv his gardener, who was shooting birds. M. Barbe died shortly afterwards. Mrs. Savro. the daughter of President Wil- son. arrived in New York on Saturday on the Muiestic. She had slightly sprained her wrist through being thrown against a stateroom door bv the vessel's motion during gale. Eighty waggons and some hundred tons of coal were burnt in a great fire on Sunday night which practically destroyed some 2.000ft. Icrig coa l shipping jetties at South Shields. Two mammoth cranes and a powerful electric coal- ing belt for loading ships were seriously damaged. Meeting in secret, the Municipal Council of Paris on Saturday voted Y,16,,000 towards the provision by the military authorities of a per- manent stock of about 10,000 tons of flour rop use in the city in time of war. By turning on the -,as a master s later at Breslau (Silesia), a widower, has killed hiiiiself, his two sons, his daughter, and his sister and her niece. lutense cold still continues in France. A petition has been made to the Supreme Court of South Africa for the immediate release of Mr. Creswell, M.P., who has been sentenced (lrirtar marfiit

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AGRICULTURAL NOTES. BY A PRACTICAL FARMER. NITROGENOUS MANURES. I These were very dear at this time last year, but this spring, fortunately for the con- numer, considerably lower prices may be ex- pected to rule on account of increased pro- duction and the plentiful supplies in hand, though the demand i/5 certain to be greater. During the last five years the increase in the world's' consumption of nitrogen from nitr-.ite of so(la and sulphate of ammonia amounts to about 50 per cent,, the increase in the con- sumption of nitrate being about 40 per cent., and of sulphate of ammonia about 70 per cont. In 1908 about. 62 per cent, of the. nitro- gen was supplied by nitrate of soda and 38 per cent, by .sulphate of ammonia, taki.ng into account the relative unit values, and in 1913 if is estimated that about [,5 per cent. -was >upplied by nitrate of soda, 40 per cent, by sulphate of ammonia, and 5 per cent. by nitrogen extracted from the atmosphere. Further progress is reported in the fixation of atmospheric nitrogen, but as the total pro- duction of these products during the past year on!y represented about 5 per cent. of the rota) production of nitrogen from nitrate <?f soda and sulphate of ammonia, they caoll- not be regarded as of great importa-nc?. While a further increase in their production is probable during the next- few years, it is unlikely that such will tie more than .sufficient io cope with the ever-increasing demands for nitrogenous fertiUsers. AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS. The need of experimental institutions for ¡ various branches of agriculture is still a pressing one. Among the immediate require- ments are a farm attached 10 an Agricultural Institute, a garden for a Horticultural Insti- tute, l), woodland where forestry can be studied, and a poultry research institute. Amongst recent or projected extensions, &c.. mav be mentioned those nt the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford, the latter adding to its school of Rural Economy. The University of Bristol has bought a site for the new re- search institute for fruit-growing at Long Ashton. and progress with the building of a laboratory and cider-house has been made. The" Universities of Manchester and Birming- ham have adapted existing buildings for work in agricultural zoology. The governors of Wye College have added new laboratories; Armstrong College has built new laboratories and class-rooms for the agricultural depart- ment, and structural alterations have also been made by the council of the colleges at Aberystwyth and Bangor. CO-OPERATIVE TRADING IN SCOTLAND. I A report was recently submitted to the Scottish Agricultural Organisation Society, Limited, dealing with the development of the society's work in a number of interest- ing directions, and several schemes of a. far- reaching nature were submitted for con- sideration and were approved of. Strenu- ous propaganda work ha'S been conducted bv the .society's organisers in different parts of the country, but more especially in the counties of Caithness. Sutherland, Inver- ness, Argyll, the Outer Hebrides, and in the Border counties, and a number of new trad- ing association's have been formed within the past few weeks. The Scottish Farm and Poultry Produce Federation (Limited), a marketing agency promoted by the above society, has im- mensely increased its turnover during the past year. and satisfactory prices have been obtain.ed for produce consigned for sale by societies of small holders. In the ca.se of societies consigning produce in bulked quan- tities. handled and packed pi a manner to meet, present-day trading requirements, the improvement in price is most marked. The promotion of this marketing agency for the disposal of the produce of small farms has proved an enormous boon to the members of societies formed in remote areas, and the facilities which they are afforded of securing farm requirements of all kinds in bulked quantities at whole.saie prices cannot fail to contribute materially in enabling the small holders to secure to themselves a larger share of the profits of their industry. CATTLE IN COVERED YARDS. I An interesting correspondence has been. taking place between Mr. R. H. Green, Willesborough. Kent, and the Board of Agri- culture on the danger arising from the common practice of keeping young cattle during the winter months upon the accumulated manure in covered yards. This practice constitutes, he contends, a fruitful source of tubercular infection. The Board of Agriculture have pointed out that. unfortunately, the soundness of Mr. Greem's theory does not lend itself readily to certain proof by experiment, while the practice condemned is well established. And while the authorities say they cannot take any steps at present they suggest that much good might result, from further discussion. In reply, Mr. Green said that although he does not presume to claim that his experi- ments over a series of years were infallible, at the same time he is absolutely certain that the general practice of keeping young cattle upon the accumulated manure of the farm throughout the winter months is a constant and real source of infection. Breeders in different parts of the country, he remarked, have lately consulted their veterinary ad- visers. and in every single case that has been brought to Mr. Green's notice they have wholly supported his contention. He sug- gests, as an official form of experiment, that half-a-dozen groups of young cattle should be taken that are free of tuberculosis and housed upon infected faeces in covered yard.-R foiz(some months; at the end of this period let thelba be re-tested, and have the results published. He believes this would go a very long way towards arousing public interest aind prevent- ing a coJrtmon source of infection of young cattle. CERTIFIED MILK. I I I think I have previously called attention I to the growing practice in the United States I of supplying what m (-all-ed "certified" milk The Association of Medical Milk Commis- sions was formed to provide a. pure and trustworthy milk for those able to pay Ir somewhat higher price than the ordinary one. Their requirements are briefly that the cowe I must be free from tuberculosis; the milk, when it readies the customer, must not, have an average bacterial content of more than 30,000 per c.c., and the fat content must not be less than 3*5 per cent. It. is stated that there are now over seventy medical milk commissions in the United States, and in ( New York City alone about 30.000 quarts of certified milk are sold daily. t The cxc-ellence of this scheme has caught the attention of numerous people in Britain, and I learn, that a committee of eminent members of the mcdical and veterinary pro- fessions who have been making investigations into the whole matter intend to take eteps to put their views before the Government shortly, chiefly with the object of trying to guard the use of the word "certified. An experiment was recently carried out by the Committee in order to ascertain whether it would be economically possible to -supply milk under the conditions and of the quality and purity required by the Association of American Medical Millr Commission*. maxH gooa results were ootamca. • The experiment was carried out at the farm of Mr. Wilfred Buckley, near Basing- stoke. after the premises bad been adapted to the prodnetion of milk under hygienic conditions. The first bacterial counts which were made varied between 35,000 and 70,000 bacteria per c.c. but the chief cause of thiø was traced TO the use of open paiis for milk- ing. Partially-covered pails were introduced, a.nd the number of bacteria wa-s reduced at once to les.s t 1Ia n 10. C..I). So far as the e4--).st to the consumer of certified milk is cerned, it is .suggested that a milk guaran- teed of high quality and bacterial purity and free from tubercle bacilli is available at a price of not more than 8(1. per quart- Many people would willingly pay this price for a guaranteed milk. for the danger to children through impure milk is now geceh ally recognised.

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REVIEW OF THE COHX TRADE. The weather lias Wen depressing by rea>o-n of Lit. the temperature, whioh has b't:J1 four or fiw» degrees VK-'OW the aver- -veie f tv.st. lut> been age without much .Y;"2 healthily arre-snve of too nuicli precocity in the autumn-sown crop*. ihe ow tiers or orchards are al.-o pleased, and the c(JuJ,1YY outlook is decidedly above the average, both for farm and garden. The wheat gradient, is between the Mid- lands and East AugMa. a very unusual cir- cumstance Leicester. 32s. ;'>d. Cambridge, 2Cs. 9d. range. 5s. 8d. Barley rang< -s between low poi'i+s only, and there are iio few in the Midland". etuimies like Kent, Suffolk. Berkshire, and Dor.-et are very depressed: Nottingham. 30 s Glou- cester. s. 8d. gradient, 6>. HId. Oats are improving for the homegrown grain tendered in' the i I I i,, in Kent, and ill tll(. Midlands, ulso in Worcester, Dorset, and Oxford. They are still rather cheap in Stafford. Northumberland, and Devon. Lai est gradient- are: Canterbury, 30s. lid. Kingsbridge. 17s. 4d. range. 3s. 7<3. English rye is cheap. A good sample out of Sussex has fetched 3Gs.. but th;« is but a low price even for a merely average lot.—Mark Lane Express. CURRENT PRICKS OF BRITISH GRAIN AND FLOUR IN MARK LANE. I,,ONDON P-I,OT-R. (Cesh e* Town Mill.) Top Price per 280 lb. G Town Whites „ 2!1 6 Town Hougehold,3 20;,G No. 2 „ 25 0 Hungarian Process 34/0 Best American London Ground London Standard, 80 per cent. 27,0 COI-NTRI FLOUR. Cash at London Terminus.) Best Price per 280 ltJ. 26,6 Good Patents 24/S Straights 24/0 Rollw Whites 23/0 Stoue-Made 23/3 BRITISH GRAIN (ori STANDS). s. s. Wheat, White per 504 Th. 34 to 36 Red 11 32 to 34 Rivettfl per 480 lb. 31 to 33 Barley, Fine Seed Corn p-r 4.49tt, 34 to -10 Malting per 4431b 32 to;34 Poultry 11 27 to 2t) Feeding per 400tt>. 23 to 25 Malt, English, Best per 33ti Th. 41 to 43 Fine 11 30i to 37 Ordinary „ 34 to 36 Scotch, Fine 39 to 41 1. Ordinary .18 to 39 Brown 31 o 35 Black 31 o 35 Crystalliped 33 u 37 Oats, Fine Seed Corn 24 .0 30 Fine Scotch 1012 ]!)]:" „ Good Gar tons, (J Id 23 to 24 New 20 to 22 Tartary, Old „ 21 to 22 11 New 20 to 21 Winter, Old Black 23 to 24 1141 to 22 Old Grey 22 to 23 New „ 20 to 21 Common, New per 3121b. lit to 20 Inferior. New p^r 304ib. 18 to 19 Beans, Pigeon, 1011*. per 5321 b. 52 to 54 191 2 44 to t8 t, 1013 „ 42 to 43 Winter, 1m2. 35 to 37 1913, „ 3:3 to 34 Spring, ]912. 36 to 3)) 1013. „ 35 to 37 Peaa, Marrowfats, Fine New per 5041b. 86 to 90 Sound New „ 80 to 82 Yearling 50 to 60 Partridge,Fine. 37 to 39 Common. 35 to 37 36 to 37 Dun 1913 34 to 35 Rye, Essex per 4801b. 24 to 26 Tares, Spring, 1912 per 5321b. 40 to 50 Fine, 1913 11 40 to 42 Common, 1913 33 to 36 Winter, 1912 45 to 46 Fine, 1913 40 to 44 Common, 1913 32 to 38 Gores, 1911 00 to 10S „ 1912 „ 80 to 88 „ 1913 72 to 80 Buckwheat, Norfolk per 4001b. 31 to 32 Linseed, Lincolnshire. per 4241b. 52 to 54 Rapeseed, Best New per 4161b. 0 to 74 Common 1>6 to 68 Ifrutardaeed, Brown per 4481b.96 to 108 WhiM. 88 to 96 Common 72 to 74 Caoaryseed, Essex per 4641b. 78 to 82 -ll ark Lane Exprett.

The weather in Whitsand Bay has been so bad that it has stopped the attends to raise the submarine A7. Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein has resigned the presidency of St. George's Hospital. Sir David Gill, late Astronomer Royal at the Cape, has died in London. Mr. J. Redmond. in a speech at Waterford, has declared that he sees no prospect of the tood will of hit-opponents in the North of Ireland being purchased by any concession. Damage has been done to a glasshouse by < suffragette bomb outrage at the Glasgow Botanic Gardens. Mr. George Lee Temple, the young English airman. Jiae-been killed while flying at Hendon. The funeral of the late Lord Strathcona took t>l nee nu Mondav ?MS&t?? OHM Cflc&iisr silksgu tttf the Cretan*