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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 520, 29 May 1909, Page 14

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. PRESS AND OTHER OPINIONS. ?Tho Chinaman wished to enjoy life, and was never in a hurry. The EnglisJhnKm'e .motto-was supposed to be 'Never put off tall to-morrow what you can do to-day ; she Chinaman's motto was 'Never do to-day, what • you can put off til] to-morrow.' The Englishman, worked eight hours a day; tho Ohina-, man worked more or less for tie,whole day, with certain reasonable intervals, and never got tired of the proccse," says Sir B. Hart. Shakespeare's Will In, a Cellar. :'" After paying 2s. and descending into tho; catacombs of Somerset Houso, beneath the Probate Registry,- any"' taxpayer- may seo. Shikospearo's will," e»ys tie "Telegraph." "Despite any section of the Court of Probate. Act, 18S7, surely a document, of such tional importance should have a brighter and freer resting-place. Tie. British .•.■Museum, seems'to be tho proper home for a document of thia high-historic interest. . Wβ. over and over again that, thelaw, is no respecter of. persona,, yet any Justice Shallow. of to-day would be prepared to admit'that Shakespeare's will is something more than; tho docketed deposition of John ■ Smith., ■National collars are gaming an unenviable notoriety. It is not, long since the miraculous' TurneTS now at Millbank were exhumed from: the dungeons near Trafalgar Square." : ■.' ;'■ ■ Briefless Barristers.. ;;/ -.;.>.. ; -, ~' ■ ,',-"In 'judge Edge's statement, that. there ; are many well-qualified barristers who are not; earning, as much as bricklayers,' there is considerable '. .truth,'' writes ■" A'. Junior of, Fifty," . to.' ;' the .-leridon-"Telegraph."- ' 'Roughly speaking, there, are about 9000 ■ counsel whose names aro to bo found in the Law List;, and of theso probably 1500. are; actually engaged in the practice of the law.. Of the 1500,Ut.i's.dp.ubtful.whether.m6rethan: 10 per cent, make .an income exceedingi £1000 a .year; 20 per cent. ,may'see from; ,£500"to ..£IOOO ■ as,tho ; .net result of. twelvei months': work j while tfie remaining 70 peri cent, either fail .to clear-expenses, or to,have the scantiest margin for. their livelihood.' . I. know personally several-barristers of moro than twenty years' 'standing .whpse.net .-income .'is smaller.; than that.; of, many, an artisan;' and. more' than one. who . would ;gladly change, incomes with a bricklayer. And matters aro getting., worse.-' During the last two years legal incomes have shrunk at least 30 per cent., a fact which scores.of fee-books painfully demonstrate." :;.>.,, ~ . ''■■'■■'■

Bishop Salwyn. .;■■';■*.>.-'•■:';'.-; ':;- : '";...■ ■ -Referring-to the oentenary of the birth-of Bishop Benryn;_ tKe Bishop of Birmingham (Dr. Gore) paid ; » /magnificent: tribute to Selwjn'r life-long faithfulness in all phases of a varied career, in which,*- said.:h«,- there was-Aothing so noticeable as .that Selwyn's whole soul was aflame with tho passion for the Kingdom of dreamed great 'dredmsjvorid -he.. had •■'great, visions,; an<f the most -adventurous,-far-sighted,' and statesmanlike raen in the iQhur'oh of England to-day were following along' the, lines , of. Selwyn's visions and carrying; out his schemes. Bishop Sehvyn. was a great.statesman,bbu s all .along he.was consumed with a Divine passion, hungering and., thirsting after righteousness. • He iSiaw the travail ipf;. his soul,; and he-was satisfied.;.,-.-"-..f.^-;■-■;;;/■■; Y. ■,'■;■ ■■■■-'■; /;;, ; Capital .; .^ : '-'-; i :, :, '■■ , ; . -"The"• capital",.letter;,'is:-, not: going to ; be turned putV : It. , has: J a''presoriptive Tiasis in antiquity, ,, Lsays , ' the "Saturday Review." "It lends dignity', to. persons, '-to -places, arid to'.sacred jnstitutipns. •.'■lt stands , : for the principle, of-leisure,;inviting the 'reader, to :take;'breath;at the; beginning of a'seritenco.In 'its .right-place; it is all that could be desired;-: 'filling: a , useful • and honourable part. ■Buthf-it ie to.'kcep our respect it : must' •maintain:.a .modest.reserve." , ;.. .. <. . Tho New Japanese Ambassador. ■ •.;. -,'.■-.'> T. Kato, the; new Japanese Ambassador, has , arrived m London, and, speaking to Keuter's representative/he said •—"lt '■'< is ton years .since I was -last-in London' as •.representing.imy'country'; and; during that ■■ penpd■'■ great. changes 'have. taken place, not orjy in Angle-Japanese relations, but"'also in the Far East. I may say at the outset that I am very.' glad • again; .to. have the honour of .repreeentmg.my.country'ait'ihe Court of St James., ■'■■■'.■• -.-.' "■; ':" ■; J- :.,/'■ • :■: :, :,.' ■ . •, , INTERESTINC ITEMS BY.MAIU.

:.■}■■■■, '~■■ \Uondon; Aprilie. - .• An important epht.'has.occurred in the Independent Labour jiarty. At. a conferenco in Edinburgh Mr.vKeir Hardie, if.P; Mr ; Ramsay Macdonald, M.P., "Mr. : PhiUp Snpw,den, M.P., ;and Mr. Bruce Glasier announced ■■their" intention of 'resigning -'from. tho : Rational ; Administrative -Council of the , party .This action hae; ; beeii caused ''by the attacks of .the extremo..Socialistic■-.section- pf ■ the party, led by Mr.;yictor Grayson/M.P., whp ■.refused,, among other'things, tp sit on tho ■ ;eame; platform as MirV.'Keir Hardio. ',- The 'retiring ;memberi. h«sd attempted'to pais i .resolution refusing to peyMr. Grayiion's salary., until.that gentlemari'placed himself unthehandsiof the Labour party. This .motion;failed to, find a-, majprity.'■ ■--, ■■■. .■ : The Old-Age Pensiori'Act'has ; been severely criticised'.by.Mr. , .Wood; the president of the Friendly Societies'. Medical Alliance. ■ Speaking at.a:cpnference;at Darlington. Mr. Wood stated that .the Act had • caused; disapppintment ampngVmembers ■of friendly so-' ■oieties, who, jfter years of thrift, bad gained for themselves sick'pay to an amount.-which' .prevented .them : from participating in tho measure.; This disqualification;'.'according ivtb Mr. Wood,:vconstitutes , a. 1 :real •. grievanco amongst a mort'.deserving'and steady , class' of 'pitizen.'!.•:■;..:, '';':S:, .!'.,•■■■;'.-. ' :'-i. . '•'..,' -.; ■

.; A.delegate.meeting,of. the National Union of .Shop. Assistants,-:■-.' Warehousemen,; ! and Clerks lias been 'held ; in; jßirmingham. The attendance numbered. ]86; including representatives from '314' branches,. .with, 18,273 members,'in all ; parts';pf the.kingdpm. , .. .'A. resolution was' adopted .recommending , that the rnriimum.workpf;'.shop assistants should be. sixty, kmra a : - w.eek,'\iiot exceeding; twelve' ihoura- a day,, inclusive of'meal times'of one -'and'a; half h^iij<,,'•'•■ shops'-" to - : be closed' at stated hours;fand;the principle -M local op■fion.to:be favoiired- • Another resolution declared that ;■ no','legislation on - the.'living-in 'system wbuld\be, ( satisfactpry-to shop : -.work-. ;ers "which propose the abolition of i a demoralising .cloister system, which deprives, adults .of the.right of home, manhood,' wpmanljood, .and'citizenship. , ',..'.''..' '.;.. ; . ' ; ;.-The Admiralty'has purohased , five'mpdern 'steam,ti-awlers,'/which are -to: be. utilised for discovering submarine , mines in- the time of war.. Drawing a , maximum draught of 12ft., .these small vesselsVwill: be-.able .to 'manoeuvre in tho' 4 yipinity,.'of submerged mines mucKbetterithan'Jwar;vessels.of hea'yier.ton- ■ n'age.v The purchasoof .these trawlers is the .result of the part of.the Lords of the' Admiralty.' .■;•'.■ ,' :On his retiroirieht;ifrpm the plficeof Director Public"Prosecutions, the Earl of De-' sart has been created'a. baron , of the TJnited

Kingdom.: Lord Desart thus becomes a member of tEe House'' of. .Lords:.',: Born' in 1848, the: Earl, who succeeded: his' brothejr. to 'the Irish title in 1898, started life.as a midehipinan in the Navy. He.wasicalied to the Bar in 1872, and was appointed assistant-solicitor totheTTreasury m 1878r...'-,. /;: < -,;.-■•■..•■ .A record harvest of fish, canght during the week preceding'Basterj;haa been establishes ■at .Gnmsby.this year. : Over,3ooo tons of fish, valued at £160,000,' were caught during the .first four! daye of .the' week;. Had'this catcK been dispatched in '. one train. it would have - to,, convey the "fish from Grimsby;to the market;at'Billingsgate. Yet' there'was;no glut of:.stock, and all the fish 'obtained; good prices:in .London. and throughout tho :'provinces.% '.'.', : Cecil Dench, a half-witted-in tho little Cornish village of St. Bkzey, has been the central; figure in a painful drama in the West Country. After shooting and wounding a,small boy.in this village he barricaded 'hie cottage, and, armed .with a shot-gun and;a plentiful supply of ammunition, kept, the .whole of the , local police force, at bay- for three, days and four 'mghta. During the siege 'four men, who attempted to storm tho position, wore,badly wounded by the lunatic; : who only surrendered at the earnest solicitation of his brother, who pointed out that.it was impossible for him to escape: arrest. , Armed. constables, with shoot hiindown if he. attempted, to escape',,were stationed round the house,.and,

afloat crowd of holiday-makers were in the vicinity awaiting developments. When tho desperado finally surrendered he was in a pitiable condition. Hβ seemed weak and ill, and his 'appearance was filthy in the extromo. Brandy and milk had to be administered before he was strong enough/to bo taken to the police station. ■ > ". ■

DanielKerwood, a London chauffeur, was killed while;driving a car at Harrow. Tho unfortunate man was in tho service of a lady living in Hyde Park Place, but at the timo of the accident he was taking a party of friends for a drive .without his mistress's lea-je. The car overturned near the Metropolitan Railway bridge at Harrow, and Kerwood, who was pinned under it, was killed instantaneously. - In giving evidence at the inquest, a friend of the deceased informed the coroner that-it. is aWmmon superstition among chauffeurs that an accident alwayi happens when a.car,is taken out:without th» sanction of the owner. ; .:.."/.

■Lieutenant Shackleton's'near approaoh to the South Pole has inspired a Scottish scientist to attempt a'nearer reach. Dr. William Bruce essays to complete Lieutenant Shackleton's work, and.to giye to the world.a complete map of the -Antarctic. At the',cost.of £50,000 Dr. Bruce hopes to organise an roxpedition which will approach the South' Polo by way of the Atlantic side of the Antarctic continent, and, crossing the ice-bound waste of that unknown,land, rejoin his vessel 'at a point approximately near to the place from .which Lieutenant Shackleton started. In order to'accomplish this Dr. Bruce will have to pass over the centre of the Pole. : ..'

An accident, in which one man was, seriouely injured, : and which might have bad very .disastrous- consequences,. recently . occured.in Manor Place, just-off. the Walworth /Road.-. A row: of railway .trucks \that.Jffas being:.;shunted overshot the, buffers ; . at the end of a siding, collided with a. brick wall, and rolled it' into the : street. - At',tho time children were playing in t/he street, and.two men were passing beneath the wall. One of these'just'escaped,' but the other was' caught, by, the falling masonry and completely buried! by. it. , Meanwhile the truck remained on the siding witn ..two of. its' wheels .overhanging the street and threatening .to fa 11..-." The attention, of police; was, fortunately', attracted, and-tie. victim ; ; wasi quickly extricated. - He, had been'struck on'both sides of the head'by, the brickwork, and a copingstone was ilying across his.legs.- .. . : ... ~

Thousands pf acres ■"' of woodland- and heather on v the Fox-Hills have'been, devastated by one : bf the biggest hill' fires that have ever raged in the .neiehbpurh'opd . of Aldershdt. Brcakiiig out at No.-22 shooting range, at Ash, : the fire crept ieross :, .the- coun-tt-y as far »e tlie outskirts of the villw* of Normindy. , . As", firsfc. there .irae , ' ;but''littl* fcU.rm;' but- Then'it'w« seen hair eerioos the 'conflagr»tipn • was, *' seotion, of .troops and the ■ military.-fire, brigade were-ordered out.- One' or, two wooden houses in the; path of tho'iflames perished,, and probably-if: there had been any; more' substantial ■.buildings' in the way they wpu'ld havebeeri,burht : out:too. The fire'was close on'Nbrmaridy before;it'was checked,;.arid; it was only: after,;five-' or'.six hcurs , -incessant'labour that the'military .fire brigade from North' Camp,: A^dersiotj'gotJtbie , flames'.under, control -~ ■ : ■; ■'■■?/-.? : ' : : '■:-.'• ■■ ■•■; V. : •'At-first sjghithe_trade : returns.fo'rMarch show a considerable improvement, 'for' whereas inthe'previous donth there was a. decline of £1,960,000 in imports,.the shrinkage now'is only.:£81' 1 00p ) .while..the decline in exports:is• £1,006,000, >'.;cpmp»red',.witH; '£3,^5,000va month ago. /.March: ered one, working .day more, -the month containing ..only, four .Sundays, .against five-' in March,.l9oß.-. A ■fu,rthcr.:circumst«rice which, alsohasto be borne , in mind is the fact that the' comparison; now 1 , is with the. period , ' pf acute Repression a "year ago : in .the IJnited States,'wheri>therfl%as quite' an' exceptional burtailment of ; both the imports' and exports of that country.— '■ 'Standard of Empire.-'• t'-