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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1364, 15 February 1912, Page 2

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♦ AN AMAZING STORY. London, January 5. An amazing, .'lory of a mililary riiil at l.ongmorjr Camp, near Pelcr.-lield, on New .'Year's Eve, has just leaked out. From '(his if ajipear.s Unit the men of a Scot-ti.-li regiment wen; annoyed by a refusal (« grant a whole holiday mi New Year's J3n.v: They assembled alter lights were out, wrecked their lints, ami lstintbartlr-cl (he cillicers' quarters with brick* and 'stones. The "Assembly" was sounded, and uflicers and noii-commissi-med officers tlimed out at once. 'Dip mun, who formed a square, however, could not lie Hot in hand, and same of the sergeants wlm attempted to rush the position were injured. Kveuhiallv one ot the officers challenged one of the men to single coinbut. A ring was formed, nnd Ihe fight resulted in (he defeat of the men's representative. The men I hen immediately retired sullenly to their huls. £21,000,000 DECREASE. The revenue of the United Kingdom f.ir Ihe <|iia.rler eudeil December :il was .£.l(l,BSB,Sra,-a net increase of ,£1,872.226, as compared with, the last quarter of 1010. Excise, eslate duties, ami income-tax show liii'"e increa-cs, but land vnliip duties were only .£20,000, giving H" , '"ft" decrease of .£1!)0,000. The total revenue for the nine months is £11.1,!H7,58i, a decrease of .£21,023,0-18, a* compaiod with the last three-quarters of 1010, when, however, the total included a large amount of arrears. .Mr. Lloyd-George, s estimated revenue, for the whole of the present financial year is X'l6l,7lfi,oflo, which leaves nearly .£68,000,000 still to be obtained. GAMBLING-HOI'SE MURDERS. The niyslerv of the double murder in the restaurant in Hiiiibury Street, Spitalftelds, has been solved liy a dramatic eonfe.ssioii. After an all-night search through the East End.detectives brought to lonian, (Street Police Station on the momma, of the day after the murder a young Kiissinii .lew,' named Myor Abramovitch. Abraniovitch, whose left hand was tied in a blood-stainod bandage when he arrived is alleged to have confessed In Detective-Inspector Wenslcy that he had murdered Samuel Millstcin and his wife because he had lost all his money gambling at the faro club at their restaurant. Two watches and chains and a sum of gold and..silver missing from the Millsteins' bedroom were given by him to the police, and he was then formally charged with the double crime. At the inquest a verdict of wilful .murder was return*'.! against Abramovitch. A BOOM I.V SfNSHI.XE. The temperature in the United Kingdom during 11)11 was above the average everv month, as much as- Gdeg. in Aiigusl. On the iltli of (he month lOOdeg. in the shade were registered at Greenwich Observatory, (lie higbo<t in readings taken regularly since 1840. There were long droughts during (he summer months one of nearly three months in the south-west midlands. December was very wet, with a record amount of over lfljin. in Devonshire. The great, feature of the year was (he. sunshine, which broke nil previous records in many places. Some places averaged nearly six hours for each of the 3fis days. THE WRONG HAN. ,Mr. John Uavard ford, a director of (he. I,'niced States Rubber furnoralion; niul :i wealthy citizen of New York, ar-rived-in England by the' Lapland on December. 28 -wltli JL'SOOO." in his pocket. Jl.wns his intention lo join his wife in London and spend with her a few weeks' holiday on the Continent'. Owing to a misrako on the part of (he New York police autliirilies, Mr. Ford, however, did not meet his wife. As be landed at Dover he"was arrested on a charge of abduction, and detained at the local police Nation, tie waa then taken to How Street, and remanded to lirixton GaolVfof ,a '.ye'vk. , -Saturday, however,it was found out that, through an error of the No\i : York police. Mr. Ford hnd been arrested in mistake for the "wanted" man, a-J. 11. Ford, who was also supposed to have travelled by the Lapland. Mi-. Ford was' immediately taken, when the news came through,.'to )i(iv Street, and released; '■■'

NEWFOUNDLANDERS' EXPERIENCE. Tlio captain and crew of the Newfoundland schooner Clara, which foundered in the Hay of Biscay, recently landed in Great Hritiiin. Tlio ship was bound from St. Paul's, Spain, fur Newfoundland, .with a cargo of sail. Soon after the commencement of Uic voyage a Rale arose and buffeted, the. ship so severely that she sprang n- leak and her snils and rigging were lorn very:-.badly. The ; "schemer "was driven"but'of licr conr.-e and carried into thii li.i.v of Biscay. For thirty ilny.s the crew battled with the sale, and they were ivorii out iiy constant laljour at the pumps. Finally, when it was seen that tlio schooner must sink in a few hours, it was decided l<> take to Ihe boats. Preparations had' jiist been completed for launchin? the little- craft: when the Clara's signals of distress were seen by fhu Italian steamer Cavi, and the men were ipsctiod,. although, only with great difficulty.

EMIGRATION AGENT CHARGED. '.At Nel.~on, George Henry Drown, an emigration agent, whs remanded on bail cm a charge of having obtained .£_ by fraud, and of having attempted to obtain by fraud jC.I from the Hon. Sir Newton J. Moore, Agent-General for Western Australia. It was stored oil behalf of the prosecution-that there would probably I)? a number of oilier charges broii"h't ajiunst Brown. The Government of Westem Australia assisted approved emigrants ..to that Mate to the exlent of .£lO. This amount was paid:to the agent through the AgenNG.eueral... The defendant, who was ■an agent, for Sir Newton Moore, was stated to have sent in forms of application hi. the names of certain persons verified liv testimonials, (hen, it was alleged, after llio emigrant had befn approved. Brown silbsMluted somebody else, and (hi? other person proceeded to Perth, assisted by the Western . Australian Government.

800,000 TONS OF CLIFF FALL. Betwen 800,000 and 1,000,000 tons of iho coast of Kent, consisting of a mass of chalk cfifr on (he wesleni side of Dover liiive been swept inlo Hie sea bv a landslip. Ihe "slip" occurred on' Kundav night, and the first Dial was known of i> was the occurrence of a startling phenomenon at Folkestone, a few miles fnrttwr to Ihe westward, which was at first attributed to a so-called "tidal wave." hiKldenl.v Ilin water in (lie harbour rose two or thrco fe?t, tosMng the fishing vessels and colliers anchored there about likc corks. J'he chalk nr. the present extends hko a causeway some 10(1 vards to wi. It is about 200 yards wide," and at some places 00ft. deep. The displacement ot water caused by this immense mass oiitonn? .the sen set up conditions similar to those of a tidal wave at Folkestone. Ihe cause of the landslip is stated Inlocal, geologists to b? the abnormal rain's iiiaf have been experienced ' for two or rJii'PC-moiiHi-!.

EX-LIEUTENANT SUTOR IN COURT. Allan Sutor was charted at Marvicljoiitf Police Court recently with disorderly behaviour oi-.tside Regent's I ark (.lui])«l. A dearan stated that durjii? tlie service mi Smidiiy the aocu-ed threw some papers in the direction of tie Rov. 1. IS. Meyer. He conducted the detendant out of the building. He was arrested when he attempted to force his way back. Mr. Sutor said he protested against Mr. Meyer propagating the idea thai at \:\A (he peace of God had descended upon Ibe hearts of (lie natives of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and (hat the days of difficulties, danger.*, trials, and temptations were over. He w-is bound cvor yi .O'jO and two sureties of .£2.5 each lo krep (he peaeo for 12 months. Mr. Sutor said he would do the alternative of six week's imprisonment.

SUPETMHIF.AIIXmTSITT COMMISSIONED. ■ The third supor-Dreidiiought bjiftlcsJn'p was iliis week nddrd to the Srroud Battle Sriuoilron by tlu , commissioning ul I'nrtsii!oi(t)i liv Captain .\. W. Cr.iiß, if Ilio Orion, which was laid down at thai part on NovomliPi , 2!). 10(10. The Orion is tho of n f|iinilct of biitih.vliips nf a "liicli t.'ilio.- her name, 'hnr sister ship* bciiiß tlm C'oiiqttoror, Monarch, nufl Thunderer, all of which arc coinplctins

for <-oiniui>sioii. The Orii'ii is tlio firsl haltlesliip to jn iiilu commission armed with the new l.i.fiin. guns, mid is Hi? most powerful warship afloat. She is Dip eleventh DraidiimiKlit battleship to lio completed lor service in tlio Royal Navy, siiid the estimated expenditure provided for hoi- up hi March 31 next is Jil,7fi9,BM.

Ml?. BOTTOM T.EY'S AFFAIRS. The statutory (ir~l meeting of creditors has broil held under the reeeiviing order inndt against Mr. Horatio Botioiiiky, M.l'.. wli:i recently filed hi.-, own petition. The Senior Oilici'ul Receiver stated thai tliß (lcl)tor had infornicd him th.it the totjil assets sliould come out nt. between .WB.0III) and 0:47,000. Mr. BoUomley's income from the paper "John Bull" was stated to be .tUfflld, while, accord ins t'-> » contract ln'hveen him and (lie company miming "Mrs. Bull" |h ( , debtor's reniniteration from that joiirnnl was fixfd at 2~> per cent, of the net profits. He held a number of shares in lwth the "John Hull" Company, Limited, and the "Mrc Bull" Company, Limited. As regarded his liabilities, Mr. Unltomlcy estimated liis total unsecured indeblcdiiess at nbout .1170,000, of which .iiM.flflO was wholly unsecured, and about ,C37,0G0 was in respect of claims of creditor* whoso .securities were deficient to that'extent. The proof.-- of debt, stated (lie Oilicial l!e.-c-eiver, already lodged amounted to JU220,700, although it was possible that some might be reduced.

NORTH LONDON MYSTEKY. Frederick Henry Seililoii, the insurance superintendent, who is ehai'Red with havinc; poisoned Jliss Kliza Mary Barrow, a middle-aged, well-to-do lady, who dnd suddenly in his house in North London last Septemljer, has been renianded until next. Tuesday. At the previous hearings evidence had been given that Miss Barrow made over all her property and India stock to Seddori shortly before her death—which was certified at the time as lxviifc due to acute, enteritis-in return for an annuity, and that just before .«he removed to his house her cash-box contained .£420 in gold and bank-notes, which has not since been (raced. A Home Office expert gave evidence to. the efl'ocfc that a fatal dose of arsenic was taken two or three days bcfoiu death. Arsenic was practically tasteless-, colourless, and without smell, and could be put in milk or beef tra without being dettcted. , The symptoms of arsenical poisoning were exactly tlio same as those of epidemic enteritis.

BY EXPRESS TO INDIA. The financial arrangements to carry out the preliminary work lo build a railway !,cro?s Persia, joining Europe with India, are on the point of coiiiplcfciun. By means nt the new line 250,000,000 psoplc in Europe will bt: linked up with the ■ratWlDO people of India ami Im!o ; C'hina. and eommumcatii'ii with Australia and New Zealand will be considerably shortened. The Kussinn banks were prepared to find not only-the money for the preliminary stages, but also, if required, the bulk of' tho entire capital. For political reasons, however, it was thought. w?il that the project should be internationally financed. Great Britain and Iluisin are supporting the scheme.

THAMES SHIPBUILDING The position of the Thames ironworks Company is still occupying public attention. Efforts have been lunc'.c to save the situation, as the closing down of Hi" works would mean the loss of livelihood to a large number of men. Following an offer of the Admiralty to give orders for two cruisers to be built at the Thames Ironworks, through the agency of a big .Xorthi'i-n firm, Mr. V. B. Smart, (he receiver and manager'of the Thames Company, replied with a proposal lo build Hie cruisers himself, and without the intervention of a Northern firm.. The Admiralty have replied to the effect that they cnulil only adhere to their original ofl'e'r, as a loss to the public iSf over .I'SO.OOO would be entailed by the acceptance of the Thames tender direct.

THAT VEILED LADY. For some years there lived in the village of BroiiL'h Soworby an elderly spinster, named JJobinsoii, who owned a little cottage, where she lived in complete seclusion. She was understood to possess ■private means, and always wore indriorn and out a thick black veil. A high wooden palisading was erected on the stone wall which runs between the highway and the cottage. A year and a half ago Miss Robinson left her., home, ostensibly on a visit, to relatives. For a considerable while her long absence wns not commented on, but as 1911 drew to its close, and nothing was hoard from her, the relatives began to got alarmed. In the early days of the New Year the police broke into the cottage, but everything was found just as it was left eighteen, months ago. No trace whatever of*human .remains was found, mid there was no clue to an elucidation of the mystery whatever.

THE GREAT LOCK-OUT. The Lancashire cotton loclc-ont still continues. Little room indeed has been 'left tor negotiation; the employers hnvc agreed that they will accent no settlement which does not embody a distinct undertaking by the trade union operatives that they'will work with non-union-ists. The weavers announce themselves as equally determined. These firm ottittides do not- encourage the hope of an immediate settlement on the main issue. It is thought, however, that (he eiiKon master? will not object to raise the wages of the operatives 2J per cent, for the present, and a further 21 per cent, in some months' time if (ho operati/cs will undertake to work with non-union-ists and agree not to reopen the wages question for five years. In- some such solution as this a way of escape may be found lor both parties from a difficult and unpromising situation.