THE WORLD'S NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1644, 10 January 1913, Page 3

THE WORLD'S NEWS.

■ ■■ MIDSHIPMAN KILLED. London, January 1. ■ A French midshipman-serving with the submarine flotilla at' Brest was travelling as a passenger to-day on an aeroplane which was piloted by a brother officer. : The machino was brought to earth, and when being started again the midshipman came too close, and was struck on the head by tho propeller.! The blade cut through his safety helmet and fractured the base of the skull. The wound was fatal. ■ PRESIDENT FALLIERES. London, January 1. President Fallieres gave his final reception at the Elyseo in Paris to-night., It was a brilliant function. Making his' farewell speech, tho President said that Franco would never cease to take a preeminent part in. the developmental work of civilisation, and would always labour for tho maintenance and consolidation of uie good relations between the nations. Farewell telegrams from tho Sovereigns of Europe were sent to the retiring President. . ■ FRANCO-GERMAN. FRONTIER. ' • - London, January 4. The ' German military authorities are constructing a fort on the heights of Horimont. It will bo one of tho most powerful defensive works round the town of Metz. The French 1 frontier is only six muqs distant, and the French industrial centres of Jouef, Aubone, and Ilomecourt will be easily within tho range of the big guns of the fort. ALUMINIUM FACE' MASK. ■ London, January 4. A man in Paris, who had part of his faoe blown away by the : explosion of a shell, has been supplied, with an aluminium mask, which is held in position by an invisible piece of mechanism'. The mask has been. moulded into tho exact shape of a face, even to the wrinkles, and/has been painted flesh colour by a special prooess. It extends from the eyebrows almost to the chin. SPRINTING IN ENGLAND. -'y'V London, January 2. Jack Donaldson, the Victorian sprinter, did 4 yards inside even, off 6cratcli, in a 120 yards aash at the ' Powder Hall Grounds, Sheffield, but.was.beaten in his .heat. Bombardier Wells, who is a runner as well as a fighter, won his heat off tho ten yards mark in 13 1-s.sec. ' . SIBERIAN WOMEN DOCTORS. London, January 1. The Russian Curator of Universities has petitioned for' the admission of women to the medical course at the : Tomsk' University, owing to the scarcity of male students. 1 The privilege has been granted, provided that it will be restricted temporarily to girls born in Siberia. - , / BOGUS WEDDING PRESENT. London, January 4. A young couple at Liverpool, who had just been married, received a'letter which contained two tickets for the theatre, but unaccompanied by the namo of the donor. Thinking the tickets wore an anonymous wedding present, they went to .the theatre. When they came home they found that their house had been burgled. NOVEL QUALIFICATIONS. . London, January 4. An application for the position of nurse in Cork was read before the Committee of Guardians. The applicant declared: "I am fully qualified, having two uncles and one cousin on the board. , One uncle is an'AU-for-Irelander' and the other is a 'Molly Maguire.'"- The' application was regretfully rejected. SPURIOUS TITLES. . ! London, January 1, Many persons throughout the world pose as'holders of British titles when they have no right at all to such titles., The College's of HcraldsMs: nb,\ft'preparlpg an.official list of tho nobility to prevent : any"imposition.' " /'. , ." -AUTONOMOUS EGYPT.' .'. '.\ ; V' - ! " . ' London, January 1, , ' The Italian papers asiert ' that as a result of interviews between' Lord . Kit-chener-and,tho Khedive a scheme has been formulatcid, and will bo brought into force as soon as peace in the Balkans is ' concluded, granting, autonomyto Egypt. England will communicate with the other European Powers,; reaffirming hey military occupation of the country. , diuftTce. , London, January 4. • Negotiations aro proceeding between British and Continental- shipping ' companies with tho idea of making rules that; shall change the track of vessels, crossing the Atlantic Ocean, : so as to .avoid the region of drift-ice. - ' ' PROGRESSIVE CHILDREN. , , ... London, January 4. M. Anatole France, the well-known author, says that children dislike books written about children. A writer who keep? them contemplating- their own childishness cruelly, bores them. They want to have'the universe revealed to their minds. ; IGNORANT SCjHOOL .CHILDREN. London, January 4. An official speaking' to-day before the Schools' Conference, said that 5 per cent. , of the children admitted to the' hospitals of Great Britain had never learned to read and write, and another 5 per , cent, had forgotten s'ooji /after leaving, what they had learned at school. • INTELLECTUAL ARISTOCRACY. London, January 4. Speaking at an education conference at ' Nottingham yesterday, the Bishop of Lincoln (Dr. Leo Hicks) observed that tho intellectual aristocracy of the university towns was a healthy; corrective to the vulgar aristocracy of wealth which had superseded the old aristocracy of birth. PRINCE IN, THE AIR. London, January 4. Prince Henry of Prussia made an hour's, flight in a naval airship yesterday., The craft was, steered by a naval ; officer, and flew' over the royal castle in . Berlin. v ' . ■ ; PRINCE ALBERT GOES TO SEA. -London, January 1. ■ . The cruiser Cumberland, with Prince , "Albert, the King's second son, on board, will leave Plymouth on January 18 for the West Indies. NEW YORK STREET ACCIDENTS. New York, January 3 Street accidents in New York in 1912 1 caused tlie death of 532 persons, of whom i 230 were children. In tho 6ame period - 2363 were injured. • : CLASSICAL KNOWLEDGE. London, January 4. ' Dr. H. M. Butler, the Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, urges that the !• teaching ,of the classics should be limited to those'who are able to profit from , them. ; , • ONE-HANDED PIANIST. C London, January 4. • Evelyn Webb, a one-handed: pianist, has won silver and bronze medals at the London College of .Music examination.[Tho above .items aro taken from, the L Sydney' "Sun's" special cable service.]