AN INFANT'S WILL.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 405, 11 February 1904, Page 3

AN INFANT'S WILL.

a. a**? mu«n sitn vm rieae AaavrMT Co a ' SN>s«aa| .-The little Prtneese Ireland*of Italy, has just granted her first favor and et« firmed her power of doing good ft* * royal princeee, aays a London estchange. . , T -.:," An old lady, widow of an officer, who has for years bothered chamberlaine*, ministers, deputies and even Slog Humbert himself to obtain mora money for bar .lata husband's services, >vas struck recently with a capital idea. She wrote a petition which aha ll* reeled to "Her Royal Highness, the Prinoee* Yolanda, QuirinaL" The document fell, of course, into the hands' of the king, who read it, and, with imperturbable seriousness, eafi to hie chamberlain: "Take this to the princess, please, and make her. acquainted with the content*." The marquis, on arriving before the jradle of the royal baby, bowed deeply, and, to the surprise of the nurses, gravely read aloud the petition to her. Than he retired to the king. "Well, what did the princees say?" asked Viator Emanuel. "Nothing at all, your majesty." "All right. Sileaea rive* consent. See that the old ladjf gets her wishea attended to.'* -

Ttoe Auto la Wh, '"' ' It Is understood that the military authorities are very well satisfied with he. work done by the automobiles durng the recent maneuvers, writes a Be?« n correspondent. Seventeen automo•Ues were in use and all worked wall* o case of war a Urge number would e bought or "commandeered," for tha fi)«rfi!s in command and their aids* ie-cstvp. Less satisfaction is ax« -raised conoerning the steam trollies iied for the conveyance of commie* nriat and ammunition. The roada vert very bad and the tests .uaujufclljj -i-vere. . BaalaaA'e Gr»»4«#< Oatt, -- The Cowthorpe oak is the largest la England. It is reputed to be over 1,800 yt-ars old, and its branehes cover half an acre. At the close of the seventeenth century it was 78 feet in circumference at the base of the trunk. Sine then a quantity of earth has bean placed round it as a support. It is ee> timated to contain at the present Mate Vt tons of timber. I 3 'Water Palling- at IHasmva, > Niagara, though not the highest waterfall, holds the record for size. Thir-ty-two million tons of water roll ove? fthe cliff in the course of a single hour,