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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 745, 18 February 1910, Page 8

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INTERESTING.NEWS BY-MAIL : 'London/ January r7. , Jfr.. and ; Mrs. James: H.,Eetallick, -■, of '. Wbodsido, Bodmin,: :liayo just celebrated their diamond wedding, ,:raany telegrams of congratulatioris included the following;one from tte^lOr^s^'Sandnng..'' , ham, .December '' 31,", .-■' am ! .''com.. . manded by :the.King to' congratulate > Eetallick and yourself-on tlis occasion''of your ' diamontt' wedding anniversary.—. Knollj-s." -Mr. Eetallick sent > a'reply, in' whichh'e stated that'.he and bis wife-ten-■': flered :his Majesty:;their;;most.l'gfateful ' thanks: for' 'his congratulation's: .Both Mr. ■ and Mrs. Ketallick'!-are : descendants, of--a:, long lino of yeoman farmers,'ahd.for.over--50 .years ;Mr. Eetallick .farmed ;Woodleigh; • :Laniv*t.-;:; : ■'''. : -. :■• '"'■':"::--'::'.'

HUtortc. Relic: of'Guildford.' i J. : r ,;; '~';• ,;...'.,.' { '•'An interestm , g.gift:of!a;bader , s : ioiaa : has been niado. to, the-Guildford;lnsti- i ■ tuteijMt one Johaißrowne, who •'.- was:elected a bailiff of the historic town- ! : in 1662, with three others, .in:'the place ••"' of-those who refused to': take-the "oiheol ' i tho;bayleif.'' Joha : SmaUpeice,'.ari:ances- : 'l tor.of an alderniaa-ofthe present'borough'' I 1 '■" council,,was mayor in the year that JoS' ' ' Browne,was.elected.'.';., ; 'P .';.,, ',/ Buildingin Glasgow..;? •; v , : The:,following.''particolaMi. 1 ' conoenuiig' ..'■' building in. Glasgow last. year; are,rather striking.- 1 During'.the' year ending'■Ang..: ust' : 3r;tho'. valuation-of : wWch plar^-were.passed by tbi-Deai of ■ Guild Court-was: with J89i,716 the.previous.year.VSlsln--, :teresting .to,' note that .eleven' Vchnrchea- '-■ and. Halls wereerected,-, and: 6ix .- added" to or.; altered,: at ■ a. : cost-e£,'jE6l^o51 and • J?B6S.. respeptivelyi:.while : ,five;'-chur6hes''.Vßeiß V. - erected and eight added to or altered dn> ' ing the previous-year.'.'at'a and; ,£2l)7s..respectively. Twelve;'is" pat ■' down, as; the 'number' of •public" '-'■' ■!'■ and; twe'nty-f#aj\.as;ta'e;number'added' to ■ . or. altered,' the/valuation, respectively: le- " ingi .£157,522 .-arid : '-'■■ public-buildings and nineteen" added toor "V altered ii the'preceding, twelve"monthv- • at- a cost of and "ißS,9So.:iespe> tiyely.. '■.)■'■ ' ■ :/;■!'.' .^-\'•-■-.'■'■ ■'■:..-:-'.:': ;: ■'■•'■;[ ".'-,..■;;. ;NewjYoaySjEve,;v~:v^r.-'i.K ! :? - .-'•" ■'■'The''New ! ;Year'-waß(.iisiiMrf\ia : !M-w|uJ;-.<'.-'':''. with:.-religious :' at"rfmany,'•'-"." London churches and chapels,', and on' the v .. •«. stroke' of:niidnight. the: change: from 1309 ■'■'" to '1910: was heralded.'-'by 'the. ringing.''of • bells,- and"on-the.river of. sirens. .The streets'were/less, full:, thai''- :"" usual,:, and -the: customary ''.'gathering'at '- St. Paul's showed a-perceptitle.dwintUing ■ ■';' '"■: in numbersi as well: as■■ enthusiasm/v'-Ai' ■• most-of'the leading hotabrand -restaurants ■ . : . I in, London, Newy Yearns '.■Eve'was^agaili' made the,, o'ccasidn-.of 'entertainments'for'■'"■' the' guests;:::.This;,:year:!.the:; demand * for; ■ tables .'.was'-larger than-on-.previous; occa- •; siohs,.and- lounges,, sm'oking-roonis,'-:halls J ' ■;'. cafes;'and-annexes at- '.the. .■ fashionable" hptekV were transformed,:and,beautifully,:'.-. ' ■- ■decorated-in-.order. to-keep: • .pace;'-'-.' With.v . *'■■ the Requisitions.- i At- the Savoy, the. Carl-,'' ' ton.'.'.the Eitz, /Maxims; ; the >waldorf; ! ■' and''. the Hotel Great Central-it was computed,:* that over-4000 persons had been for;-;'. -.;.-". - ■•'-''i;':";.' ;:■;:-■;.■-.v'n Canadian* Pawenfler'Tranla.' ''' "\?!i ;:'■ The-.Allan..,LiM,-,in.\theirVaniual, ; :oirott-.. ':, lar./state.thatv the. number of passengers.; ' canied;..by.;'their steamers last,year., waa ■;,-!.". considerably,:in excess.. of "the.■■previous,''•',. year's, total. ' '■'■ the .'results.. .were gratifying, :and:,the.returns for..the,first.aid, second ..:, classes - indicate,, that, .their: steamers < con-"'.".'";■ tinue,-.to:ehjoy.the'patronage;of '■■ tourists.- ,:' .•The!vo^floofc..-.f6r;.'-.'m6>' , vary : bright,.and::.th6,iauthorities,look,;for, a.'substantial increase ,in .business'in the i ;•'.■ early/sprihg.-.. Canada's., plentiful, .harvest, :,'.. and',the-,improveihent..in..trade , are ; calcu-,,.,; lated;, to : encourage, tho»;,whp 'have':a6si-"y tated'' because -of >. adverse:{ reports, \ to !; seek-..: ■'. ■ Canada .asj'.ali'/ ouUetl.for.-theirVenergies.:' ; ■■'■■ :and.:a'.field'.fdr:theJinvestm'eht ; of:.capitaL. ■-~,

.Cape-tbVCairo!;Raiiway.W';! "j~ ",; v On January ' 1-"-'another of' ths '' '- railway on the..Cape.: to-Cairo/route was; /bpenedfor publio' traffic. : The line.from :-, '.Martiun ~south wards,-; .which .follows the: west- bank' of the' Blue Nile,' has' already .reached '.WadJledani,. 120.'.miles'south of ■■'■ /Khartum, and this'section is;to be used v.. immediately.!, Thiw.'"'traiiis'"aVweek will ; be.run each way, on alternate^days,start- V. .ing. from a ' temporary ."'station'; on;.the., south": side'; of the, news bridge: aoross" thai' Nile; at- Khartum'. -The-'constructioh. : . of'.' the' line .beyond-Wad'Medani?is proceed-... : ing.'.rapid7yi'4about'a,'mil6..a: | day :l being- ; ■ laid; Its- course:i'oontinu6s : ;somei fifty.: - miles further south' along the '■ Bine. Nile, : and - then ..turns '.westward ~ aoross' ; th«' ;. Ghezireh'-to.-the'VlPhite :Nile.:'at"Kosti," wherea new bridge is'alieady'bilf com- : pleted' to., take it up; to ■El Obeid- in K6r» '■' > dbfan.; ''•'■ •:;;:■-'''';: : -;.-.''i"' ; '.'" Salaries.' M- s>• f '"', : ?' ;•• The i decision': of'. the House'of 'Lords-ia.'' the'.Osborne'case.that;trade .niion. levies for.; the payment' .of, members •of .Parlia- . .meht are. illegaLis. likely, to have";a.much '• wider>ffect, : than ..was[at first .anticipated., ;; In.pursuance;of a:resolution.passed at -a:,conference !of ; delegates • pf.' the;' Socialist-.''. Labour'.'party; the,,Gciieral Federationi of ~ Trade, Unions, and .the. Parliamentary.': Committee- of.'the..Trade Union Congress, . ; the ; ■ organisations ,'has; issued '-*', manifesto..re-'•■■ questing>the:secretaries of-kindred eocie-<'.-ties' through jtho'-irnited -Kingdom... to. sea • .• that .the following .question., is iput', to? all ; candidates .at'-tie-coming -'•-• you. support f . an. amendment .to the; Trade' - . CThibn": Acts,;^'lß7l-6,/which:'., wjll-,enabla-.. : lunions ",to": continue-the ..political activities .■'.',';' > in l 'which tliey .have.been'.engaged' since - .1868?\"It:,iaflT , . : -b6f'asvwell : .to ( ;explai» to you,". the manifesto adds, "ihat .the -deci- • sion.'of..the; law'"'lords swill; probably ;,bo;-: helil' : ih ; other Courts'.'.to mean:'that:trade";-. councils cannot I ;be. supported," and;-it -ia-, ■ doubtful iftVan^.expehditure;in: oonheo- : .Hon"-With':, political,'deputations Vand- thai..: Trade -Unipn.iCongress (so,far yas. it'dealf .. .with.:politics)/is'no'w;'quito, legal." ;:.. r ;.v

Thames : Built .Dreadnought. vAV, ;:;K:.';- •■■■ Work-in connection^mth'.the'Constriay." l :ti6n ; ; of .'"the.' new ;.be be- >. gun'.'a't the VThames' 'Ironworks)-- Com-, pany's.shipbuilding Z yard ~;at'. Canning .•••' ■Town- n«t ; iAfeek:.'.'The : bliildirig-o£:.tha'i' battleship wiU.do"much.to alleviate .uri-';. East. End;.. 2000/eitra-. hands will. bo acquired .while, the owork.is' in progress.' ■ ■"•.A-.considerable;'proportion, of : these >tvxll.,be;,unski lied, labourers .and.-, boys, :;whose'-wages7*ill". range; up'it'o■ jei l ■'. a week;'.but: several- hundreds! of skilled' -\ workersrwill-be ;taken on.at wages vary-::' ing: from ;£2-.to■';j6S. ; a> week..;'.. The: total' amount paid.-weekly • in .:wages .'win.'-api:. proximate: .£3ooo. '•■■■ ■:. ■>; !;■■"■'::;.. : : jW'v. : ;;>- :;;; Chilßreri's : Courts. ;- J ; : V : .>.v>'tv ; ■■ :With;tho New 'Year two.; interesting;in- . novations have;'tak'eh place'; in the/ton-, don .'police \ courts;:' - The; most .'; important >■' of: these- is, : undoubtedly, the' establish-.!., nient -of special Courts for' juvenilo'.; ;ooJenders, to bo held'twice a week. .-The-, ..Court is-held in a''special room, no mem--ber.of the' public,' with; the'exception ; . of the'press,", is admitted,''and';the' .dock' i 5...: dispensed, with -altogether:;-."The vScheme.;, is; .of course, to" preserve: children; from' ■the .shame .and- contamination, .off'.' the . ordinary police Court. The second in.novationiis the abolition of! ■'kissing ths book" and: the substitution-, of a :form;of 'taking the' oath by.- hplaing,; up -a. Testa-.: nient in- the : right, hand. ...:;,/.:' .:'.•;' I'Tha?'FarNorth;; ;;-;:;; ; ;;';\. "'f^';':';^:;.' 1 . "; : '■ : Miss 'Agnes Deans'": Cameron,- the', welt ~' ■known' Canadian explorer, ba», -just arrived.'in-.Xondon...A', few-.-monthav. ;a»'o shoxoninleted.'a record joilrney-aorosa 'Canada.from. ; :Winnpeg, ,to -,'where.;»the . Mackenzie River flows ; into 'the-.., Arctic :■> Ocean:"•■', She was;. ; accompanied.: by„',;her \ .'n'ece, 'Miss ". Jessie' Cameron '-.Brown," otl . ,tho" 'journey, which, occupied.'some six':' 'months, and ■ covered' a '-distance- of 10,00.0 miles...Th-line'of;traVel-.take^waa-:, a north-westerly:one, the oxplprers^tray.el-;;; 'ling-frbai.EdhioridtonUb Xake'Athabasca, ■■ : thence to 'the Great-Slavo .lake,and: then along the Mackenzie River .to its hundred-' • mile:.'delta : on;the shoTos- of ; the- Arctic Ocean'.' ■ 'VThe' party'; had- many ..adventures. • most, serious jerhaps..,-was','whenX-a ..' ■boat.camd: to; grief,.lir'the• famous;rapids■ on';the;Athabasca.'Kiv'er.'■''. Miss] Cam.erpn. records: the.'-discovery, of--tribes of .Esquimanx-:on.the Arctio coast. : These: peoples',', the- 'Kogmollyes.; and -.the Nuh'atalmutis; ■ are ■ of:'spelehdid-physique and : :6f-cleanly habits;':- When-the -travel-.,; lers.';crossed.'the;,Arctic"-circlo^at ;;Fprt:, ; Good,Hope-T-they,',found;, wild.flaxj'v'roses; . arid 'eglantine'.'in-.bloom, .'and-.':were; able to',tako;ekcelloiit...photographs-at:', night-..' time-as -well -as by the: day, - owing to; the midnight sun! "Miss Cameron .'related;.her .adventures in. l thai.Christmas■ number'.': o f Westward -Ho!V' f SEßMd.ol;Empk6. 1 •.