Notables.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 378, 6 August 1903, Page 7

Notables.

If A .GOLDEN WEDDING. li||i>UßlNG the distress among Wmm Copenhagen workmen on account of the lock-out in 1887, the public were appealed to for funds. An old married couple in Jutland, having no money to send,, sent their wedding rings as a humble contribution for the relief of the starving people. The organisation retained the rings in memory of the kindly act. Recently the old couple kept their golden wedding under very painful circumstances. They, were actually starving. The fact came to the knowledge of the Copenhagen workmen, I who promptly got up a subscription for their benefit. A few days later the old folks received the sum of £BO in cash and two wedding rings, together with a grateful acknowledgment of their kindness in time of need. f * THE SULTAN AND SIBAUSS' : _, ? - ? , w . band. :;,;/-. •Strauss' Band recently paid a visit to-Constantinople, and the Sultan had it up to his private theatre. He was very much pleased, but did not appreciate the music selected, and insisted on the performance of some Turkish pieces which were quite unknown to the band. The musicians, however, acquitted themselves well, and the Sultan was delighted. At the end of the performance the Palace officials carried on to the stage golden plates, on which were piled decorations for eaoh of the forty performers, and a red silk bag containing £SOO. A CURIOOS EXPERIENCE. " To be condemned to death by a man, and afterward sit down to dinner with him, is an experience that has jfallen to the lot of few men. Dr. Jameson, C. 8., can boast of it. Recently ' Dr. Jim ' was being entertained at Salisbury, in Rhodesia, and at dinner his next neighbour was his Honour C. J. Kotze, formerly Chief Justice of the Boer, Republic, who at the time of the famous Raid condemned Dr, Jameson to death. Mr. Kotze is now in the service of the British South Africa Company. WELL INSUREeTrOYAL PERSONAGES. The Empress of Russia, who has now almost recovered her normal health, is insured foi the sum of £250,000, and her eldest little daughter, the Grand Duchess Olga, for no less than 'half a million. *The latter insurance. wa% % effected, within a week of the loir th ofKthe Princess.; The Tsar's life is insured for £BOO, 000. 5 G>3& SIMS.; .. j \ .", «Such a happened