NEWS ITEMS.

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 694, 13 December 1902, Page 4

NEWS ITEMS.

e 111 Franco, a limn on entering the bonds of matrimony, renders himself legally responsible not only for the support of his , wife, but for that of her parents in case !■ they should become destitute, and the s amo obligation is incurred by the wife in regard to the father and mother of her C husband, An English company has offered to i. establish in Iloumania meat preserving t works on a large scale. Should the Rouie manian Government accept the offer, the u company proposes to export within a few 5 years 20,000 oxen, 40,000 pigs, and 200,000 sheep annually. e London society has not yet recovered e from the shock of the disclosures made at the trial in tho sensational suit for libel , M brought by Mrs Hugh Watt against Lady Violet Beauchamp, the divorced wifo of L Sir Reginald Beauchamp. Sir R. Beauchamp’s brother and heir presumptive to , tho title married a daughter of Mr H. M. . Leavitt, of New York. Lady Beauchamp intends appealing from the verdict of . 25,000d01. awarded Mrs Watt, so that society expects to see more dirty linen washed in public. The picturesque Lord Anglesey has become an enthusiastic motorist, a London paper declares. 110 drives a motor in the vicinity of his Welsh castle, which, when it passes, instead of leaving an evil smell of petroleum in its wake, distributes a • delicious odour of violets. This is because the noble Lord uses scouted petrol, drives 1 a scented machine, with his-hair tied up ’ with ribbon to match, Angldaey intends r resuming bis performances in burlesque at j the castle this winter, and then starring with a company oi professionals. “ Tall talk ” is, rightly or wrongly, popularly regarded as tho natural attribute of the Americans. It would seem, bow--3 over, that the average citizen of the j Unitod States is prepared once he puts “ foot on foreign territory to live up to the reputation, and to boom his “ blessed country ” for all it is worth. It matters not whether this national proclivity to advertise is attributable to vulgar egotism or to a "delightful and cheery optimism.— Wanganui Chronicle. Tire King, for the iirst time in years, delivered an extempore speech when reviewing the Brigade of Guards the other day. Before he began, be noticed that there were no reporters near by to take bis speech, so lie despatched General Kelly-Kenny, who brought up two reporters. who stood, one on each side of I the Kings; horse, notebook in hand. Major-General Trotter, the officer commauding, and Inspector Melville, of Scotland Yard, discovered two men iu civilian attire near the King, and dashed madly across the parade-ground, and started to seize the reporters. General Trotter demanded : “ What are you doing here ?” The King overheard the demand, turned around, and said: “ it's ah right, Trotter ; ; they're reporters. I asked them to come, as I want them to take my speech." . General Trotter retired crestfallen. Inspector Melville fancied the reporters had designs on the King's person. The King usually reads his speeches from manuscript, and this one was the lougest extempore speech he ever delivered, hence his solicitude to have the reporters close at hand to preserve his eloquence. It wtia the first time, however, that he commanded reporters to stand beside him at a public ceremony. Mrs Sarvis, a New Yoik lady, caught a burglar in her drawing-room and gave him the option of receiving a thrashing or i being handed over to the police. The man chose tho thrashing, but so vigorous was the lady that he yelled to be banded / over to the police. Mrs oarvis, however, refused, and continued her labors until tired, when it was an easy matter to throw the man out of the house. j