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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 919, 12 September 1910, Page 5

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A LONDON SUMMARY. IMPERIAL EXHIBITION IN LONDON. London, July 29. The scheme outlined by Sir Pieter Stewart-Bam for a great Imperial Exhibition to bo held in London, has been received with warm approval, not only, in this country but also Oversea. Mr. ; Chamberlain, Hie Ear! of Selborne, Mr. Churchill, Lord Strathcona, High Commissioner .for Canada, Sir George Reid, High Commissioner for Australia; and Colonel Scely arc- amongst tlioso who have already taken ah interest iu it, and wish, it success. As the intention is to make it the greatest exhibition that has ever been held in this or any other country; a' considerable amount of prepara-. lion will be necessary. The idea at present.is tiiat.it should take place in 1914. Its object will.be two-fold—(1) to show exactly, what ion be. and is being produced and manufactured within the Empire, and (2) to prepare the way by conferences for closer unity amongst the commercial, agricultural;'i shipping, - educational, and other interests in all parts'of the King's Dominions.

:'EMPIRE TRIBUNAL. The Judicial Committee of the Privy. Council—the Supreme Tribunal of' Empire—have upheld a judgment of the Supreme Court of Canada awarding 8500 dollars damages', to the widow-.of an em-, ployee.'of tbo.'Qfantl Trunk Railway Company, named'Fralick, under the Workmen's Compensation for Injuries Act-.and at common law.- The appeal was allowed of the Montreal. Light, Heat, and Power Company,in a case in:which they sought, on a, policy 'of insurance, to recover. 2700 dollars damage in respect •'of.: the .-'.total, loss of a. cargo, of cement claimed to be carried by the policy _ from the respondents, H.; B. Sedgwick and-others, who.are marine -underwriters at' Lloyd's. The Juiliujlil - ('uiiiunttei, have, granted the Canadian Pacific Railway special leave to ; appeal..from a. judgment' of the Supreme Court of Canada confirming an order of the: Board of Railway Conimis.sioriers of Canada for the elevation." of all. the railways along:' the'water front, of Toronto Harbour upon -a .'viaduct, with .openings for the streets leading, on to.'.the harbour.. -. The \ estimated',' cost of the., scheme , exceeded. .6,000,000 'dollars. The_ question at . issue, was .whether • a special statute of the Dominion, and provincial Legislatures ratifying an aipte- 1 ment between the. city of Toronto and the Canadian Pacific and .Graud ;Tru'rik' Railways did riot put ".fclie matter beyond the jurisdiction' of the "Railway' Board In this case. The Judicial.Committee aisu granted ,the 'City-.ibf Montreal leave, to. appeal in a case N .iri-which, the question at issue was whether.the Montreal,' Street. Railway Company. (a .'railway) was. subject, in respect of 'its through traffic with the Montreal Park arid. Island Railway Company .(a Federal 'railway),' to-'the,jurisdiction of -the' Board of:'Railway_ Commissioners, of, Canada. , The Judicial. Committee- have'; decided that it'isi : '; ';-;,:■'.;-; ,; :':•';;.'-:. -.- V; NATIONAL 1 AVIATION' SCHOOL. : :• The ■ Aerial League ' of the -British Empire .proposes, to establish'', a National ■Institute. of Aeronautics . for: theoretical' and practical stud'y.Mn aerial- science and* the fostering <if invention,. as: a memorial to the Hon.fC. S. - Rolls.- , In. order thai ari' early start may ibo. made, it is hoped to buy, two .riiachines. at.orice. ■ The.stu-' dents will, build all' further machines;: and also those of,-selected inventor? .whoso ideas are judged "t0,. ; bo ; worthy of construction and practical' trial; ; l't is estimated '.that 'the' cost. ■: -of •. running the school during the first year will Of •• this amount v£l2oo . will; be. spent, in the purchase ,of two .aeroplanes.', ,;;Mr. .:.['. Y.', Alexander! has promised , to .equip a laboratory with:'the necessary apparatus.

\,-. IRISH; FIRE: TRAGEDY.. ,'■ :/< vMiss Blake,' the invalid daughter of Sir Valentine Blake, /tlie of ono of th.3 'oldest' baronofcie'f'in ' the /United Kingdom, arid : two. maid-'scrvarits / were burned, to 'death in a. fire' .which' has destroyed,' Menlough Castle, 1 ' near Ballihas-, loe.'Couiity. Galway.. "Notbing ,liins 'been U>ft. standing of .'the : castle', 'which /was built.7oo years ago, except;the bare walls, which, being . Bft. "" thick, -resisted . .the ■ flames.'../' It;is believed.-.that' the .fire/originated in Miss' Blake's room, but'■ by/ tire time/it was noticed the outbreak'bad'begun :to .spread; and ■ whim Kelp /arrived; from Gahvavythree miles i distant, the interior, of the. castle was ; completely gutted. ; : .Many -;.valuable Vold . paintings; pieces of and some "rare, tapestry were. destroyed, as well as other treasured . heirlooms. '"'■ /',,-;' '.;./. .; ■ , ■-';

v' : '. [ :;. ■: (. .-One oi the rarest •;occurrences, in"/the ■history :of Parliament took, place', when Mr. Lqwther,- the ■ Speaker, gayo -h'is casting vote in the House/of. Commons.'i.Thb debate was,'on the ,'Eegency. Bill, in which, there was originally a clause prohibiting the. Ecgent from giving the; Royal Assent to'.a, Bill altering the' Act to secure the, Protestant, religion 1 and' Presbyterian government.' in Scotland.. In committee the clause' was. struck' out, and the Scottishniemhers .insisted;on its,' ■ reinstatement. .. A .division took place, 'and ■'--;revealed the fact that' the "Ayes" : and "Noes", tied at- 61. The Speaker, then gaye his casting .-oto for /the Bill as..it originally stood.' ;.The 'most, important occasion within, recent - years, on, which', .the .Speaker gave .-.Us .casting rote was in 1805, when, by the:majority. -'pi : .that oho vote, Lord' Melville was found guilty, of misconduct.: ■■//■ :...;> .C '.: ■ ■'■-. "■.'. ..:,7 : .

/-./;. ' THE.ALIENS 1 ACT,.. ; vV;: The'value of tho Aliens Act .in keeping diseased and other undesirable aliens out of the British. Isles is' shown'by the annual report- on -,-tlie working of the? Act, which has just.been' issued; as-.'a ,Blue>book.,- At-the saine; time, -the Teport' gives' figures' which make! it clear that thousands of aliens are.able.to enter the country, absolutely unchallenged; owing to the rule that a ship bringing fewer than twenty 1 immigrants ; , shall', not- be deemed ah "immigrant- ship," and the passengers iii.it shall, not be inspected.; During last,year the immigration officers refused leavo, to:land to 1456 .persons, of whom' they injected 991 on. the ground' of want of means, 'and 465. on medical grounds. . The total number inspected was 35,251. . -..'■' ■;''/--

''~ THE. TRAIN'MURDER, f : ■; .In the : Court : of.Criminal Appeal tho appeal has been heard in the oase of John who was sentenced .to death 'at the. Newcastle" Assizes for 'tho.'murder of John Innes Nisbet, • a'colliery cashier. Nisbet was murdered on March 18 while, carrying .£370 for miners' wages, in, a bag from Newcastle to Widdrington, his body with five bullet wounds in it being found under a seat of a compartment of a train.on the :North-Eastern Railway. The.ca.so had been referred to the Court by the Homo ■ Secretary. : The appeal was dismissed, and,the. .verdict upheld. In this connection it is interesting. to note that'the-Court of Appeal 1 has affirmed tho decision of .the Newcastle-on-Tyne judge awarding .£3oo:under,tho .Workmen's Compensation Act to tho widow and children of the murdered man. This decision upholds the. view that the murder was a risk incidental to : Nisbet's '■ employment, , arid. as such . an "accident" within tho.meaning of the Act.,

■ SUFFRAGIST PROCESSION. ;' ' : Representatives of Australia, New, Zealand, and South Africa took part in a procession of '20,000 women, who, with music playing and banners flying, marched in; two great .processions, converging from east to west,-to Hyde Park on Saturday. It was the third. and largest of tho new, order of "peaceful" demonstrations organised by suffragists, and its purpose-was to ask for. facilities for the .passage, of the Conciliation Bill during tho present session. Mrs. Drunimoud, riding astride a.big charger, was "genr oral of the forces. • ;:'•.,.' ■ :, THE MURDER .OF AN ACTOR, , The mystery of .the '. murder of , Mr. Wcldon Anderson, tho actor, is still unsolved, nor' have the police been able, to secure, any, clue to- tho identity of the murderer. The only fresh facts' broughtto light at the adjourned inquest' are that Anderson'ani'MiflS Earle, neai-Mvliose

flat the tragedy, occurred, had for some years lived together, and that Mr. Anderson was so morbidly jealous of Miss Earle's visitors that she had to give up teaching elocution to. young ' men. The medical evidence showed that there had been a terrific struggle between. Anderson and his assailant. • ■

VON VELTHEIM'S ; SENTENCE. ' Tho Homo Secretary lias reduced to 15 years the sentence of 20 years' penal ser-, vitude. passed upon Franz von Veltheim at thoOld Bailey in 1908. It will.be remembered that von Veltheim was found guilty- of demanding iBIG.OOO with menaces from Mr. Solomon Barnato Joel, the South African financier. . While in Johannesburg von Veltheim shot dead Mr. Woolf Joel, -brother of Mr. S. B. Joel, but.-was-acquitted of tbe murder charge, as he succVeded ■ in, proving to the satisfaction of the jury that he was shot at first.

BATTLE FOR" A.' SQUARE. -", The famous fight'for ,Edwardcs Square. Kensington, mentioned. in a recent issue of- the .-'Standard of Empire," came be-, fore the Law Courts', when. Mr. Justice Warrington held that the Garden Committee' were entitled to the ■ exclusive care, management, and regulation of. the square so as to. preservo its. use for the resident householders, from whom tho committee are selected.'-"An; injunction, was granted restraining Mr. J. E. Allen; Mr. C. ~T. Allen, and; the Amalgamated Estates (Limited) from-locking and keeping locked the-gates .or interfering ■ with the committee' in •■ tho exercise of tbeir. powers. It' w'a« intimated that ■:■■. there would be .-an appeal. ■;;■'.:

•.'.' TERRORISM IN .THE j - EAST END.. - 'An astonishing .story of terrorism in the East End was related at the . Old Bailey when Edward-Saubrook was son-, fenced. to six years' penal servitude- for robbery with violence.-: There were" a number of witnesses, ; but they .were so frightened by Satibrcok's.- associates .that only a youth-of 18, named- Bcrryi' dared to- come forward'-"mid-- give -'evidence.' Berry's parents were,terrorised into.turning him but, of" his:homn,.-and tho;lads life, .according to the police,, hag been ili danger.since. Sanb'robks arrest. Tho prisoner was sentenced on a charge of {stealing <£29 -from Fi-ederick Mallett,",whom ,-hV and -.two-. othul.. ;i«vii - drugged -and knocked down. It -was stated that Sanbrook had been seven times:for highway.'robbery. Berry,' who has .an. excellent character,,will:receive a reward of Ji2o, and will emigrate to-escapo-the 'attentions of. the East End terrorists. -;"

,'■ v,:.■'. •/" COLONEL SENTENCED. J///:, ■ At the Centriir: Criminal.;Court."/Fred'erick Piloher, a lieutenant-colonel .in the' : Territorial 'Force, was. sentenced,' to ./three years'' penal/servitude: iorv-uttering, a forged, .will purporting' to be that '.of; his cousin,' Miss Mary Lilian 'Kerferd,■.who. "died'leaving It appeared ithat .after. the lady's) death/Pilcher' obtained; .possession of'; hcf '■; keys, dealt ...with .'her: property -as:,if ■',it .belonged.' to- him, -and', wrote to :• the next-of-kin tellingj;him; that Miss >'Kerferd /had made-Vhinj '[sole heir, and executor. ; Later :he ■ obtained■'.-.pro-bateof a will leaving-all to;him. In the .cdiirsi: of . the- ca>i(i, tho. prisoner,.',pleaded guilty/ to uttering .the forged will, bat denied tho forgery. -ft was-?stated that, he 'had.,'spent '...£sooo Vof;."the l J826.000.! left /by hia .cousin/;/ // ///,' //'/''/-/.'V!

/ -';. ;\-/THE/ MUSEUM.// ;//!/,;. ■;. A'',Blue-book,'• just ..issued, • contains/an. interesting /; report;, on ; the general'.pro-, gross of the British.. Museum in- : 1909. , From;•,..this.. it. appears.: that_ thero:...-has. been an'extraordinary decline' in. the, ■number ot visitors/to. the great, national: collection of .treasures' -in /Bloomsbury, , the ;total',humber of-persons'admitted !to view the general.:collections;'m' : Blooms-' bury, last: year;. being -703,836,\as•:compared: : with 95i,551.: in.-,190-i.-:'..The:.-.additions; to the':.; museum-/included;; the •: elaborately, painted '.'coffin: and ~the', mummy 'I of priestess of Airioh-Ra,-dating' from about 1 859 B.c, a large •collection,, of Wedgwood, .ware; <!G books'.printed before v lsoi; . and: a , manuscript copy' of / Edward 'FitzGeraid's:-. tr4nsla f tioii'^'of, .'-'ithe ; ': "Rubaiyat,''/ written and' decorated by William Morris.—''Standard/ of: Empire."' K::/ r : :; ,/'.■/•■