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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 716, 15 January 1910, Page 15

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,' f , INTER ESTJ N G ITE MS, BV, ;M AI L/. fiy/y\^;':[fl■'s£■ .'■',' : i-pnddri', .December,: 3~ : : . ; ; : Speaking,at : ,a;.luncheon given \ by-the ;CouncU''6.f':;theYßritish;;.Cbttbn":- : 'Assooiaitio'iis, : Sir -High . ,Cohimissibner.v.'pf*. Northern :.that.,;.,TJgauda, L was i;the..'greatest.'] cotton ; tho :;Empire.,^:Ho. ; ibelie.ved? that, ,inv,ten f years;- thej.cbttbnXyie.lciv°f.'i.'.U l ? ;Proteptorate';Would, : increase -tenfold.': The .'experimentsf.ini-js'orthern-.'Nigeria ■'.:had ;heen'iCiuit6' J 'successfuir but,' he-'.r'egretteu .to.Vsay ,that:in';Eost: , Africa:'and','Uguhdn: Britishvtvades wero being olbo.vrod ,put ; by .ioreign.,compotitors.'i : llriti6hVtraders K'p :f.pcared>to ,;tbink'this'trade : of kittle/value,; ':' butjiwhaf ,wa$ '■ small.-trade : tb-day-\vOiilu Vbo: bigUradb^to-mqrrbw. '!■:■'>■ f&it'l; '•'•&" iParliamont-Squarpipemonstra^

Sin.responso. to i b;leaflet,whjcli! had;been ;circulated , .'ihvitiug , ,the: ; '.'moh'fof. London/.', :Jb---;as«mblp-'.iu- , U J a^liameptvSquaW. ; -and' .'protest-,by their .presence'- against .the re jeption -of tho';:,Budgct,"v : a:. : .:crowd:'-.as-sembled ..'there rccefiitly. '. i-Vp''",to'i.\abbut eight o'plock,;by which'tinie.frbrh 700 .to StW/'peoplo : wbro^.'estimated to bb-'iri' the .Si'iuare,, therb.had, 1 been no 'disorder, tJtlipugh; somo ■ members -of the *ol Lords ; were occasionally■'j made the-.pbjects of,"; hooting ' and;: cpiiuter-'dombhstratipnsi iater,.ibwovcr,v,tho r ;crow'd ;.gi'oWv biggoi' and.more';disbrder]y : ,.''aiid;in.-6pife-:bf.lht: : e ? o F, ts ft'..the .police, a', considerable'.'body' of ..tho demonstrators.. got Trithin'"a'.■ short 'distanco,:of-, the - gates' giving 'access tp '.Westminster ; Halli'-where- xheci'S''were ,raised;-.for.'.tho,;Hoiiso bf.Commjrii." Ar ,:attempt;on,thepartVof.the~ crowd-tb'hold ,'J.;meetang.in.-Trafalßar:-Sqnare;- : was'-'fcTis--■.trat^,- : ' W ith7affionltyi.by,'the'''police. l .'iui -other,',attempt-,-.to ,reach 'thb;:House ; ; of. ,Jjord.s,wiis.made,:ht nine'o'clock,'wilfcur arrests .were'.- made.,, Tho follpwing: uiem: . ing., two;pfv.the. arrested .■•■'.' demonstrators", were sentenced .to'.'one month's hard'lapour,. and:'anbther., fined ,X2.-. : ,-':;:;:v ~,

■aAVternfib-; explosion'; occurred .'at'-'Airni-ston 'Colliery,': near; Dalkeith.-Midlothian; ,: a ;.W gi.-' gunpowder,/and ..1601b; of 'gelig;"ite.:cpdtaincd m- the; powder.-house',blow-ing-ilp,with-a 'roar ::thatCwas'. heaTd for ■imles 'rpund.'.-'.Tho' powder-lionSe,;'which' wnS.isolated, ;wns, scattered iinfragihents, •and -the; concussionv-,wasi Tso-great"-that manyjof ;; tho,.dwellui6s :iu-/the : two ad'•jacenty- villages.'; 'and.dTi-elling-houses':pollaDsed. : ;doofswere . wrenched. irom;„; their ~hinßes, -'windows ,wre ..smashed;:, .and ■; ychininoys■' toppled over.; ,•_:-lerriiied- ; people-rushed -out 'of ' doors-.jin-:!'their;; night- attiredAThough some few;;werQ struct : by; falling-ceilings and, .no, lives were. lost.l ;nor,.-,woa,'any-one Seriously -injured: i The .^np ;/ was^one-of Vrnin-ahd:, desolation: ,?*.'.:the;.district looked as 'if'-it> hadvcxi .:perienced,,a;-hombardment. ~',.a'here'- l wns not: arwhole ,pane ;pf. : -glass -within.sulorablo -radius,-, and .walls. everywhere ;we:.cracked.; -;The/ damage' to ; ed 3;^f^ccked '-y'o tW : i -response.,;to,r 'The .Standard":• appeal for ig, ??^:the : .eleetien^nse 6 je l : : n,en;:;cnndidates;.:: has <-R- i Wfe llr - tha * ■ P a Pcr. ;-■: The - fund Withe h ln '?? V'for, some -time;- negotia-|oing-;on: as;< to.xtha "seW: contested., andUhtoe:Siine' : rf& ;:^i Un J :I ' a^e - b Sn tn"?n- L IH' ch !°. f :jC; onservat vo .agent; :to - whoni ? t • of -'thV'Mtf' The:Stan<!ard":,hks■ &s :i -fPCawlfsa.' a fowth vcanddale of :;.Lanoashire) ;-sWMr-.-Robert :£ampbell,. Jt ? r,".of,Plumstea'd; ; (s?s£ mor,;, Jcnesv and JiMr; *T;;- -Griffiths ' tWls»*ffl candidate);, Mr. ■• E/: Asl tof' Bn K ° , femoulder,; fignV M? 'iMme^Siolnteit':^

■ii? I ™^'?^n^^ho^recMit.''trial' ohd ,acqm«al ; witnout. attracting, notice. - She 'motored London-but: it ;IK«^ble.fpr;vthe'faot';of ; ,h«:.ar I \Tll-?o ; remahi :; ;long-a; S eeret;;andMt ? w^eb" ; railwayjtermihus -hotel,-'nbt ,far ■■. from.Euston- Roadl- .-No-inforriiatioii' itas,; however,; vouchsafed ,to nU merbusLin-' .3U!rcrs i -,but;nresently:.trunlts:.andi J boxes 5 ,weroi?mu3gl«l with air ■air of. mysteryv:Tromptljv they-were ' re-' comised: as.-the.. elusive"•. widow's'' bama»o'" Madame.'herse'jf:. .' i.".* 11 -;™' Eolution-.camc;- and'.it .appeared .. that-Mmec Steiuheili had '-■ let t -'-br thVeYr. .yants-entrance.-./rhp.lady.lhas conie over ta;:.ingand;fp; escape the .perseoution'bv .lnquisitiye:;K!ople;Vh;e.h;shd';haS'€ncoUntcrcd:;n.j]?Mnce^aßd J ,wiU:probably, S o' ; on ;?;; Visit-to;the;;provjnces.ii-;-: ;^:-'v? ; ;, :■;■:■ ;Sir^Theodor^Martin;s(Wiil|s. : X :^:o^ .tinj wniofr-hastjust'been'proved, "contains ■bequests of.portraits'of.his wife and him-' -seifrto- national^cdllections.: ; ,The ; gross ..*sta'te;.is:yalMdat.vClß7,7oo,\with iiet per': fW'ft:-#M5.065.;• :After vyarioiis -bequests .to;.relaiiyes,'-hb:aiithorisea;iis-itrustees to' .H'T^V? n .the. security .of.;real.andrlease-ho-d estate in.^iigiand'or^Valcs.-'and; to ■?^ r ?yvall'l«tters;ofyevery..;description 'Jeit:: "Xa iam; -. and ■ esnecially '■'-'c letters -or memoranda. - f l'om itHejla te 'Queen' Victoria. He left;, the ;.residua of' hisv'estate to his .nephew,^James'>MartihiMao'adani,' ; inan-..of-;tiie-;Atl(is;;Asterancoi'.Company.' ■Sydney^^e\y-South:;Wales,'-;ori;-in'tlM5 ;OWM.of ;his his^dest^so -Mansion il-iouse ■ Wprkjeis;:Fundl :%$;- -~\ ;,™« n * ? , 9?»; tly; (and •' bU ■ werit convinced .that Something mnst be done- tor-the -v:orkk'ss ; ' and:' homeless''■•: of Sp taiy -XraWv with" the'assistanco: of.-thej.Lord Mayor;';the. Archbishop of *Wcstminster,-Jthe- Bishop' of -London; and Jfrebtndary.-iCarlile, .hasv opened v afund at the ;Mansi6n" House;. It will not be will go.to strengthen the-hands ;of existing/societies -which- ire i doing; theirl utmost' to ;■ coiiibat distress in 'London. .'-The '.work; will bo 'divided 1 into three,; distinct ■ of :'■'' poor' ■families-in .their .homesj finding of ■ employment" for those' out .of-'work j relief .of .the*'homeless ; po6r.\.K.;-\ •■■-,■'"•'(-■■ ■■';'■'; '■'■'"■'■'■

'.-New.;.' Government '■■ Buildings/!? 'E '■;- v) ' C-y : : ;l'ho ; Officq'of f.Worksikre; completing, the IBcheihp .for ..the. erection of -'Government 'buildings-at.Wcs'tmiartcr^of v'whioh the present: :XbcaKlGbvernment: vßoard and Education, Offices :form-.part.v.. This will involve the absorption'of Delaliay Street, whichtwill-:cease.,td exist next; year, ttto -north -siuVjjf.:Great George Street, and part.;of,Charles: Street, as tho buildings iwill.be.'extehded to. have: a frontage to St..: JameVs, Park. : The - Office of '.Works assumed chargo of !tho scheme i-under the direction of ,Sir'.-.Henry .Tannery on the death of the 'architect, • Mr: Brydon, and it is from thb Matter's drawings that tho .promises will .be built. The Local Goveminent Board and the Education Office form three-fifths of the: buildings, and .with .the.;, erection'".of the contemplated offices' the governmental block of offices .will-be complete-.'.■•;lt-will■'enclose courtyards entered by vaulted archways from (/harles Street .and .Great: George..Street," 'and will boof'hahdsomb appearance. The % cost "of completing, the -schome is estimated ,at .€500,000,-: and it will take.'at least five.years ;to -finish; .. , . : - : A' Western Australian Bouquet/. V '■'■ An ■-.; interesting - presentation-."'., has . just been. madq.,:,tb Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, .in the.,shape of a bouquet of beautiful flowers,..sent to him in ice' from Western Australia. .In .the ordinary ' way;- of course,... it would have been. impossible for' tho.'blooms to' have..preserved their freshness;"and 'brilliance. after:-a journey of; soitio 11,000 miles,-. but . Sir' Gerald Strickland, . Governor! of the State', at whose suggestion thn gift was made; had .the bouquet frozen into a block-of ice. The'flowers were sent to. England by tho Ophir. -,';•.;-...-'■, '•'■"'.-.■ Dark-Ro'onV Tragedy. "".;■ ... | At Portsmouth a .coroner's-jury., returned a'-verdict of death from' misad-: venture, at an- inquest ."on, Mr. .'Edwin Webb, a solicitor, who was found dead in ; tho collar of bis/house, where ha) had

gone •'to''.do','.,soma- .photographic work. Death .was stated to be;duo to a.dose,of ayauido. of potassium. On the.back of a piece of photographic, paper, found near tho-.'body, was a noto.in his fiandivriting, addressed to his wife, which road as i'ul-> lows:—"In scini-darkness liavemade awful mistake Must have poured, cyanide into ale. .Only few seconds to. live'. Cannot Call. 'God help my pet! Bi'aiu:reels. I'ell ...".. Here tho writing '-"elided abruptly. The ovidenco,showed that Mr. Webb had ii bottle of beer" with :■ him, ■siid tho medical opinion was that after .-taiUiiK the poison' < ho would , lose tho power, of .locomotion, and would hot be able to.call'put,.though ho would bo able to writoa note.; ■ , : , .'.-■. _:, : ,;, nanoors of Jho Streets. / V ■ ■'■;' ' Tho': niiieh-needed' subway'' at .the north cm! of Ulockfriars Bridgo ■. hasj just been ;ipenpd.:by, tho Lord Mayor. The. spot ■has./long been nbted os one of the danger' ireas; of London .traffic. Hero- all- tho traffic,rover: Blackiriars Bridge' pours .across.,6r-divides.itself with tho inter--.mingling streams, from .Queen ■.■■Victoria 'Jtreet,:,New, Bridge Street, and: tho. Embankment. . If. was. stated before tho ..Uoyal Commission on London Traffic that .',8,000 rehicles : passed over tho. bridge daily, from : 8 a.m.,-. to,B, v.ta., .and-not •>my has,this,become greater sinco: then, but, owing to ,tho: increase of. motor rehiclos,. tho:averago. speed has also' in-Bi'oased.-''--Tho:London County Council is contributing '.-£30,000- but. of. tho, general rates of London towards the. construction of !.thcse Subways I .',', The' subways ■ alone cost £10,000 to construct, and tho balance will be swallowed up in the enormous sum which "will have to bo paid to the 'Post Oißco and various companies for,the -roiuovaliond readjustinent of the cables.. World .Tour in a Tub. ■

was'caused in .'Piccadilly, recently -by two men' clad in phauffeur's coats■':and Khaki: puttees, one :of .whom -was sitting inside a huge' tub' ,ivliil6';tlie>other rolled Mm;alone, ■'. The men; are Italians, Vand are making'- a tour round tho .world; in their tub. 'Tlie' expedition'-was .naturally ,a great, source. ..of; perplexity :■■ to . omnibus, drivers and ;cabmen,';.who...were .puzzled whether. to jtafco-the,enormous tub seriously and -pull aside,for it,:br-to drive straight on'and.trast'to ; it.getting out of: the way/When the dip 'invPiccadilly was Reachedi ih'e' tub :broke'awtijy and' Tefiised to be held;iu>: but when "tho road began to. "ascend : the';;nian-;;inside'.- was-• compelled, to . get", out;.and; help i to :push. Tho .first ,'cbnfliot ;with(the ;.p6lico : 'occnrrod ' wh'eii '.the.v tub-pushers : tried ' to.. enter , Hyde ; •Park.;.'lt 'Was.av novel .'point 1 for',; tho aL>olicbmaiV,-oti..duty.»:tb-decide, .but'V-'ho: jSolved'vtho'-.- difficulty : . by', stopping : tho tub' and'buying .a -picture' postcard "from: jth6''j.owners, f who; continued their/ .way idotyn-Knightsbridge;•.;;/. /v...;;;•"-■';/■ ; ! ; j'; Playirinnts.atiditho:Censor.;... .:-■';/?'/ Committee of'the Society !of/Authors (among, whom are Sir' Arthur' iPmero,'! Mr.vßernard Shaw, 'Idr..'W; J.-. !Looke,:-:jrr.-,Gra'nville./Barkcr, 'andK-MrV iJerdmpvK. ■ Jerome)'.have:issued ,a letter iin'.whioh'tliey 'state .that-while'they','ajj-.the;report- of: the-committee.on ;tho, : a '.virtual admissibu : jof;.tlwir;caso,v,they'cond(!mn> the 'feebm-;mendatibn-that-compels - the ■ of. a: thcatro;>to ''compel/Ms^lDssee.to :produce ~'ohly.-siicli'.-'plays as 'have been passed by : the j. Censor; ■'.... ''If.; the 'proposals ■'. of:- the committee.-Vas. ; -.tb'..a. ; new .judicial "Committee, ''of/.the; Privy; Council: aro-'pro'-ceedfcd';with; wo suggest that' the -list of ofFeucesu'bb? cutv-dotfn ;'D.y.'; tho; omission tf'allj-the' items 1 which', are /clearly abrog'niiohsy.9?...; 'tho ".'.-religious and /.political iHbi'.ty.bf the.stage, and.that,tho'author :hall\have;.the'option Of: trial by jury' iV'evory'fcase'if^e:prefers it'to trial'by her propojsd "i '■ ',:!,' i.-.-

jFartiiingiTratrip Fares, :;'xA ( ■iiiiioyation is shortly .to' ;be ; n)ade; oh .'the.tramway 'system' 1 of tho'. 'Bhtss|i;l%tncal;'Federation-. (Limited), zwhibk; operates, about' 450 miles- of strain' 1 liiids ':m'tue'.Umted; Kingdom'.'' • This - will .be.'tho;introduction:'of farthing: •'f aves .011' jriahy,-parts t.of,'•:the;,.systdini' including .■those;;§ectSon^:; : scrving .yarious:'London . llistr ic t's.;,; „\V hll b .tho minimum fare .'will .remaili'V.'atKbne : -:'penriyi:"'tliev:iare- there-' aftsr : wilt be;; roughlyV: : an additional ffartlnng.for. each Quarter of''a- mile. If the- .'jpasiienßor- /objects.: to /.farthings iii :changd.h i e.;ffill,,rccei'vo;fo'rtliinK discount itickets,,: good-fot'.future,rides. .The fed-; has ; :already 'riiado :aTrangoiiient3 : lnth, ; the- 'Mint;.; and .will' start the iie\v : ■system;-of :fares; ; with '-a'''stock. 'of '"about' ,2,2so,ool)farthings, .or. about one-half the -c,n tire .number. coiuEd-lasl year.,'; ~ ;,

Tlip.A'erial Leaoub.' '.-':'. ';' ,^-:'i-'-V; :'v:«^'6^ f : ■;< ! -WltK , v:a:ytew-'UV-:tho-'d«fPolopin*nt of ; 'aviation: throughout tho -Empire,?; Colonel .'H.: : S ; :-.Massy,;has left,- London'for'lridia r •onvnv.Apecial. mission from :-the {Aerial Longuc. ivrln; In'diii ! he.; will ''visit tho. chief '. 'aviatioii;- at 1 the" same' tujie: assisting-in- the formation •of' -of ;vthe, league.. 'Later on,- ; 'as . the'. opportunities ''rind;;tho : f unds'- ; of ■. the' league.'.iribrOaW./it: is - the intention' of ■tho,corninitt'euyb their 'sphere' of ".lUility.ii.tck':, all Vthb:; oversea :;•' States ■' ; and' ; that, before ■ the close-of);the coming' j-eo.r branches of .„ the - league..will-*- !.'a;' formed.-' in ■' every' important; military -'aiid commercial .centre 'throughout"tne'KlJmph'e.v.linkod. 'up ; ■;and.-: working' haiid'-iii -; hand "with tho ' parent association.': iri';Lou(loh.v' : -In''■'this', connection'-;it- is 'interesting.;to- note* that the r first. aeroplane'.'to bo-landed'in South'; 'Africav:'has.'*justvbQenii.dispatched. ,; iro'ni" Southampton', ii.: the order-of a\ wealthy resident ,iu;the^.Gupe.—"Standard -ef -'Em- ■ :pire. ".''."'-.'.".-'•! :'rs '■<-> ■. \ "i, :' l I'V ■;*' .v.'.'-, .;i .''',;:;.'; 0! \: