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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1350, 30 January 1912, Page 6

_ The Englisli-'Co'nxt 'of Appeal has rendered a decision in a - somewhat' curious case.: An-American - who ' had lited for ninny yoars on a handsome yacht anchor- ' ed off Colchester...refused-to' pay -taxes, oil .the . ground. that-- he was v a 'non-rejd-dent, a.,ship, not being a place of resi-i-nje' .The. Court ruled that* this i applied only , to a, K ship at sea,' not to one constantly anchored,near tho-.shore,;aid ■ assessed a, heavy. tax. on the yachtsman. _ A campaign for the young, men of Lon°?n, w as-outlined 1 , at the, annual inoctings ot tjie- Metropolitan' Federation of Free Church- Councils, held at the Crouch Hill Presbyterian Church ; on. -December ,5. This for.wa-rd ! ;movoment-.will 'form a feature of Itev,.Richard .Roberts'fj of officers., president of.tho federation.- It .has been, arranged, that he shall 'visit a number ,of centros in London, and conduct; confercr.ces.- at which he hopes to • dome, into contact with tho'young-people •' of tho Free Churches. Associated;.with Mr. Roberts,in. this effort will be»eevcml young ministers,., amongst, whom may bo ' -mentioned, lievs., Thomas Phillips,' G. B. Darlaston, „ Stephens. Roose, and. W. • Futon. . ;■>, , - . , • . There is- some work-<-left for. the. explorer lo do,- even though.tho ■ sources . of the-Nile havo beomdiscovered'arid tho North .Vole's, secret is-.outi'.NA-'writer-in . the ■ "National Geographic' • Magazine" s;iys, of. .western - China: "It : - is-, my firm conviction that-when this terra; incognita is properly .surveyed, pinks will -he found there rivaling' even Mouiit .Everest itself." ... ■ " - ./ • The versatile U. G,. Wells has; a- new gospel—one for children this time. Under tho head ''Citizens of Tqvla'ild" in "Everybody's Magazine" he tells of games ■with'toys not usualjy found-in toy-show. : Ho prelates iiis article with the remark: "The-iolliost -iudoor games- f<Jr boys -and i girls demand a floor, and - the- home that .hns no, floor upon which, games, may,"be ulayied falls so "far short of'happiness."