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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1398, 26 March 1912, Page 6

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LONDON SUMMARY. SIIA ivEsTI! ENGLA ND. London, February 15. "Shakespeare's Kuglani!," the exhibition which will be held at Earl's Court this slimmer, in aid of the Sluikospeare Memorial I'lind, will, it is stated, be totally unlikn any exhihili'in over held in any part of the world. 'I'll? •.'rounds are being transformed int.) London of the. Elizabethan p-jriod. it is expected that considerably more than 3lWI) por.-nns, all drc.-seil in tlio flalj.-vrats. , and gorgeous costumes (if the sirdfonth century, will take part in the Elizabethan lvvcls. Excerpts from Elizabethan plays will be Riven nt Iho -tiloba Theatre. (Juecii Elizabeth will daily dine in slate in a Renniin; Elizabethan l:ani|uetini; hall. One of the greatest attractions, 'possibly, will be Sir Kichard Grenville's fainniis warship the Revenge. Pitted inside and mil exactly «".s was the original vessel, and maniiod bv a crow in Elizabethan naval uniform,'' tlio Kevengo will ride at anchor on a lake showirig Plymouth froiiiid as it was in Elizabeth's time, and also Plymouth. Hoe. TRAGEDY OF LOST FOBTUNE. Mr. and Krs. Friose, a onco wealthy couple—said to bo titled people living under nil assumed name—were the actors in a poignant drama inquired into at a Hampstead inquest. They had lost, their fortune and were reduced to selling their jewellery, but the husband hoped to retrieve his position by the invention of n. "perpetual motion" machine. Just as his money came to an end he realised that his hopes were vain, and ho smashed his machine. Despair faced him. He could not bear to tell his wife the truth, so he said that he had sold his machine, for j:iq,oft9. But his wife, with a woman's instinct, saw ho was deceiving her. And shortly after he ended tho tragedy by shooting her and himself. A verdict of murder and suicide by tho man while temporarily insane was returned at tho iiif|iiest.

PAGEANT OF NONCONFORMITY. The history cf Nonconformity is being told this week in a pageant that is being given in the Horticultural Hall, Westminster. The episodes show the growth and development of Nonconformity from the haling of Martin Luther before the Diet of Worms to the sailing of the first missionary ship, the Duff, for the South. Sea Islands. One of the prettiest episodes was that showing John, Knox at Holyrood before Mary Queen of Scots. Another scene disclosed the birth of English Nonconformity on a June day in lfiG", when the first Congregational Church took its origin in Bridewell. Tliu visit of Charles I to the House of Commons intent on the- arrest of the Five Members, the arrest of John limiyan, the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers—tlic-o were a few among the historical incidents represented. NEW COUNTY HALL. The. archiip'jt of the now County Hall cm the south side of Westminster 'jJridso is Mr. Ralph Kr.ott, whose designs provide for a large, centre: block with wings, and a colonnade of ten pillars rising from a basement pierced by Jive nrehsd entrances from tho terrace. In tho setni-circle cut of the Belvedere Road front of tho building (hero is to be a circular hull, capable of seating 851) persons. The greater part of the. building is expected to be completed by 1015. Its cost, with the site, will reach about i 51,412,000. The building is to have a river frontage, of sr.m-i Tffiif., and the silo covers b'i acre?. The new building will accommodate .1 stall' of 25.")0, and thii council chamber 200 members, in caso the number should bo increased from the present figure, 137. GAMING HOUSE MUflDElii?. Myer Abramovifch has been sentenced to death at the Central Criminal Court tor tho murder of Solomon MiNiein 11ml his wife, who kept a small restaurant in Hanbury .Street, SpitaHieUi.-. Kvidenca showed thai the. basement of the, building w;is used as a gambling den, ami that Abramovitch was anion;; the frequenters. ihe nmrilem! people wera found dead,in their bedroom, having been killed after what had lirai evidently a severe struggle. The houso hiv.l also been set oh lire. When arrested the prisoner was staled to licve been wearing blood-stained clothes belonging to Milstein, and in reply to the charge was alleged Io have said, '"1 done it because- I lost all my money in gambling." WEST HOSPITAL SHIP. Plans have been drawn up by tho Admiralty for the construction of a special navy hospital ship—the first in the world. Hitherto all hospital ships have been converted merchant vessels, and have consequently had inevitable defects. This new vessel, which will cost .£IOO,OOO, will have accommodation for 330 patients in war and carry a permanent staff of eight medical officers and forty male nurses. Sho will bo fitted up with the most up-to-date hospital arrangements and anti-vibration devices. The new vessel, in case of war, will bo subject to spociil conditions, having an oliicinl commission notified to the Powers. Sl'.a will be painted white, with a green horizontal baud, about sft. wide, ami will fly tho Bed Cross flag, as well as tlio national.

■ AHRE IX MID-OCEAN. News has just boon received in London of a thrilling experience undergone by tl.e_ cre-w of the strainer KanaiVha, oil their Inst voyage from London to Halifax, Nova Sentia. The vessel caught (ire when ton days out. The holds were battened down, but gases generated from burning hemp and sulphur, and caused a violent explosion. The hatches were blown !o pieces. The combustible material in the holds burnt with great ncrccnDss as soen as the air was admitted to the holds, and the crew had to work desperately to save the ship. The Knn.v wha was carrying a (juautity of explosives, and any spread of the flames would have meant nnniliiiaJiou. The crew eventually sot the ihiiies under, but th* enormous rfuanlitv if water which had been played into the In!,!*, will] th-> shiitiuLr of careo. caused the ship {o take a very severe list. They, therefore mad" for the nearest port, Si. John's, X.F. BKQUEST TO HIS MI/RDEREH. The will of Ilia famous showman, "Lord" (ieorge Sanger, lias been proved. His (.Touerty iias ij-y.-n valued for prolip> at ct2D,3JS, of which the net personalty has been sworn at X'MT.I The most noticeable icahiie i? a hecjiiest of ,CSO to Herbert Cooper, by whom lie was murdered. The l'oyal gifts presentfd to him the showman left to his daughter, .Mrs. Keeve. Sir George Lewis, the great solicitor, left estate of the gro.«s valued of ,£237,615, with net personality i:2i:),. r )2l. He left a large number of bequests to various charities. A MUNICIPAL TITEATIiE. An intoreitiiiK was made by Sir Cieorm- Alexundar at a nioi-tiii" of the London County Council Ho s.'iid that In; wished the council could sea" iK way to start a theatre V.ir the jicojile of London. If by any chance llr. Haniinerstein's London Upera T-I:ni>» cam;' into the mark:'!, he hoped lhe"e;,i!ncil would at once acquire it, and start wha! was, he tluuiKht. really the nr-ed of London, iiiiineiy, a I heat re under municipal management. The suggestion met with a sympathetic reception, and lh» iilv. has been discussed thai the Hhakespcaro .Memorial nicvemtni "!i"'it l;p es-aciated '!>. the scheme. "If the Couniy Council or rlie (iovininient, nv l; ;l th authorities in conjuncti'iu. would give the site" said rrni'r-sor (lolbiic;;. the lvm retary of the committee of the memorial fund, "the (Heatre might li s biiii; a'u! partially end.nvrd out of (lie snb-crin-tioiis of lovers of Shakespeare Ihe v.orld over."—"Staiuian! of Empire."