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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 395, 2 January 1909, Page 7

! The doath is of <■ Mr - 1 Heriry i Boden, one ,of the moat prominent sportsmen ' :in the Midland,, England. .He had.attended: the {"opening meet of" the MeyripH - Hunfc-for; 'fifty-one. years,- and'. hunted- ; 'under' ' twelve. ' masters of :the Qu'orn.; Rear-Admiral Sir Henry Deacon "• Barry, .late Commander, Third'^Cruiser.-Squadron, Mediterranean-"Fleet, 'Jrbm'' cori-'j gestion : of the;'lungs-in-'thb ;Royall:-NaTal Hospital, Chatham... .-.V.; ...- . An j alarming fire broke out at tho Royal Albert Hospital, Dovonport.- A wooden- extension of the qmin building over tho front entrance, where: some I .', painters'..' had :.bpen! working, caught fire, and fanned by a high wind, the flames speedily involved tho -whole of the front of ■ the hospital; The'firemen,, however, worked with great energy, aitd having a. copious : supply of' water the; fire was eventually extinguished, 'the' main building, -.being.saved.; v;;. . Unexpected prosperity has been enjoyed by the town of Le Mans m consequenco of-Mr. Wright's aeroplane flights there.„ .The.hotels have been crowded, and tradesmen have neypr. experienced such a summer. Other towns all over Franco aro now holding out alluring inducements to aeroplaniats. '- 1 ;-/ "' ,]'--7:^ A woman named Thalborg, who died in a Paris asylum, had, in spite of all that could be done to prevent her, '.worn. _her "pottiooat" day. and night since herfddmission','to;thd s in-, ! stitiition a year, ago';' ..{-When-.tbe-jietticoat; -was examined it was found to contain £COOO in bank notes and a cheque for ,£IOOO sown .. into the lining. : ' : |The Rev. 'J.- A. Butteriss, Congrega- . tioualist, preaching before the Mayor "and ? Corporation of Morcambe, .urged..them : to. ( Me that young-, lives were not for ever damned ' by 'suggestive sights for the first •• time at : Morcambe, . arid shop should . [ be kept free from pernicious pictures .and objects, /so that innocent maidens could.look . without a blush. r \ y : Through tho British Embassy in Berlin the s- British Government haa-oxiiressed its cordial ! thanks to Germany foi;'/assistance rendered last .July to tho British '.vessel Port Marin , by the German warsmp -'Fuerst Bisniarok. s The Port Maria was damaged in Japanese i waters in July and risn"ashoro to prevent . her sinking, y The Gol-man flagship; on tho . Eastern Asiatic station ,tlie Fuerst Bismarck, . together, with tho small cruiser - Leipzig, . helped to get tho Port Maria off, so'that she ! could make tho next port. . " ' . -{."While shooting, near Paris a-,gamekeeper f placed his gun on the ground in order • to ' take a hare that his doghad retrieved.; The [ dog trod on tho trigger, and. his..'.master.:was: shot dead. A farm labouror named-Willjam Osborne,who has died at Groat' Gralisuen, Bedford? • shiro, had worked on tho samo farm for '72 , yearsj -and was working up to the time of his death. ■