THE SAFEST PLACE IN THE WORLD

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 920, 13 September 1910, Page 6

THE SAFEST PLACE IN THE WORLD

y: /: >:■:■.>:/!; •.'V;-';>,- ■$ /";.|''f/ ■■• It 'has.;l)Mn!\Bsseriiedrtliat'^!th6';'i'safestplace ■in'-tno./world.-is'-a' seat.in a British: railway carriage.., There:would appear to .be;much:in the boast ; judging By..th'e'offlcial record o£ accidents on. the raihyays of .the-United;.Kingdom .during,. 1909.,'-;pnly : one ; passenger' .was' • killed ■hy ■ an. accident: to"'-'a>traih; in ..■which he/was' 1 travelling.' Further; this-was' thefirst- such death for a • period ■ of- twenty ; months/' There were! 390 non-fatal accidents.; During ■i;2fiiißoo,ooo:', 'passenger /.journeys ..-.;were ima'de, with, but. one fatal 'accident.;iTho proportion-of passengers -injured was, ono .m:;3,20O,O0O.'v;.;;;.l/-;-V'-i;''v'v^.^';;;-^:.; r :i;

: PEOPOSBD; NEW; THAMES'.'BRIDGE., ,:The'London Courtv.pf< Common ;Council are:-considering,-.-. two,,.important.. bridge projects which have hecome.Vurgent.' owing '-to i. the congested" state' of- 1 traffic .on;, the ■bridges'at present'.existing. The s.recent widening of Blackfriars. : Bridge has;spme-' what'improved the situation, but.further, .facilities for..traffic'frdmj-one.side -of|the Thames/to . the' other".-- are required.- 7 :It is : .proposed, to ..widen-/the \Southwark; Bridge, ; 'and.also to .build/a 'new; one tween Soiithwark and- Blackfriars" Bridges? Mr/.Thomas, chairman ''of : the-. -Bridge House Estates r Committee, 'stated/ that, after I .' negotiations: -..-with ••■:'; the- London County'.Council, he:'-anticipated'■ no''difficulty regarding..the ; widening of Southwark ~ Bridge;. but': with/ regard /to : the proposed new bridge his committee: would'report, on 'the whole matter, -after; -the vacation,, and might decide; .'to 'proceed, with' their application to -Barliament without the London! County, Council.-' The Improvements Committee-.of the jf latter body .had. expressed' its; willingness '.'.to recommend' a contribution ;up .to ,£300,000; towards the cost; of the /proposed .widen-' ihg of St. Paul's Churchyard on certain conditions. : .-';.'!//.'"/', ;/■':■'v."".•;■/

CONFERENCE ON /APPRENTICESHip,

■ The Lord Mayor of-Lbndon has the use of, the Guildhall for a';conference on the subject of.. apprenticeship. '.-. ■ The request was made, on 'behalf of organisations and bodies, representing- millions of workers in all kinds of industries. The conference is', to . be;: non-political .and thoroughly national, and will bo presided over by :the : .Lord Mayor, who is a :; warm advocate of apprenticeship and improved training for our;young men. ;. . '. '-"COMPANY-PROMOTING BOOM.; . According to- a\ Board of. more limited companies -were registered at Somerset House, last ~year than ever before, and indications point to 1910 being a'. busier /year than 1909. In England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales last- year G373-companies, with w£141,G30,296,.'.: were registered. This .total:exceeded 'by 1 more than 1000 the number .''registered'.-in' 1907; in which year .the: previous high-water-mark, .of company ..-registration-' was reached. Tho report adds that this-in-crease-still continues, as, during 1 the first six months of-1910 ; there have-bcen registered in' England and Wales alone 374-i companies, with /a -.- total nominal capital .of .£130,292,579. On April- 30 last there were 51,787: companies registered, with a total. paid-up capital of ..£2,178,619,731. , ■',"'

SUPPLY OF BRITISH SAILORS.,: An appeal has been- made.:for' .£50,000 by tho National "Naval-Cadets"'organisa-tion, which exists for ' tho. purpose of training lads for the Royal Navy and the. merohant , service.- Attention is drawn to tho enormous amount, of promising material; for'.manning our, warships and merchnntment, which at present is lost to tho nation.. The objects of the appeal are: (1) To build and establish headquarters. (2) ; To purchase training, ships. (3) To provide equipment for. the lads. (4) To inculcate a spirit and efficiency among the

lads, many of whom are now spending most of their spare time, roaming about the streets. The King, as Prince of Wales, expressed his hearty sympathy with the movement, and.'wished it every success. Further information may. be obtained from the secretary, National Naval Cadets, 248-9, ■• Finsbury-pavement House, .8.C.-, or from Lieutenant-Com-mander E.' Moffat Soanies. .' .~: '

FIVE LIVES LOST IN FIRE. / Five lives were lost in a terrible fire which took place in the drapery;. establishment of Messrs... Williams (Limited), at Accrington. The .outbreak; resembled that at Clapham: Junction last Christinas,' in the. fact that the fire'originated in a window among inflammable, .'drapery goods. On the cry of "Fire".being raised customers aud-employees' rushed for the doors,'., and, it" was. thought all;had es: caped. On inquiry,. '.however,' three women assistants were found; to be .missing; "When'-, it became possible ;for the firemen to enter the' -burning' building the charred remains of five women were discovered, two. customers " having _aoparently. been caught with :three'.'employees on. one of the. upper floors .and;, suffo-Damage-was'.done to the'./amount of:between- .£15,000 and'.';^2O;ooO.:.'■';;,; M ; .INTEENATIONAL LAW CONFERENCE Delegates from Great' Britain, .Austria,. Belgium,' Bohemia,'; Canada;'; ■ Denmark; Egypt,- .France,■ Germany,--, Hungary, Hoi-, land, India,'ltaly, New-Zealand,: Norway; Eussia, Turkey, : ;ajid'the'.United.States attended, the twenty-sixth conference .of the: international' Law Association, at;, ,tke' Guildhall, L0nd0n....; The conference was opened- by- the.ipresident, .Lord, .Justice Kennedy,,.;with an. address, in-which■• ho; urged that' the. aim - of; , the •. association should :be.t.ho .universalising';of, the.iuoti;; tn-tions;-which most. closely .vaffect. htunaii' life everywhere, andpointedbut the enormous practical; advantages which; would. Tesult from;the,unificationoflaw,; especir ally ii,.promoting -the great; ideal of tie iAvorld's. peace V,/;.'. ..•.•.;,/■:..■';.,•. "'-,';;>, ;;.-,';;:- : '.'

■; ,PEEK,|S: TEAGIC;DEATH : ; W'w VXord'-Deoies, ; -'tho peer, was seized, witli a ipkralytic stroke to 'theSHornsey .■ Gotta.go :Hospital, .> lieie Ke^ , aied:'-itt-' : a^few;'-hpiire^vlx>rd--:Deoies > ; ; who was forty-five, leaves?no■.heir...->His title reverts: to"-=h-is- brother,'.'iMajor, J;. Gv Horsley-Beresford,■; : of the ; , 7th ■. : Hussars.; Lord Deoies's'family was'a branch/of the Beresfbrds-of ;Curraghihbro,t the/head of 'which- is 'the Marquess' of '.Waterford.'?"A, kinsman- of. Lord:. Deeies; iCaptaia Beres- ; ford,-of the. Eoyal'■Engineers,,.was killed; in trying .'to-Btop'-'a.'runaway .'.horse :at ■-Aldershotva ; :'few ,months?ago. - The .last Marquess': of .Waterford■■ was • killed '-.;in. a" hunting accident :•-'His', brother,;,/Lord.: Del'a>di , way. ".'accident :in.'. America. -', Lord • William Beresford, the popular.- soldier ;and. spottsina;n,: also/died: as the result."of; "an: accl : dent;';';-; .? ? ?,''???;/??■;/•"?'■-?'?'!??