"BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR."

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 197, 4 August 1916, Page 1 (Supplement)

"BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR."

NEW BARONETCY LINKED WITH SCOTT'S FAMOUS STORY. Reference to the prototype of Scoti". " Bride of Laminermoor" was made during a c'aim before the Baronetage Committee of the Privy Council. Captain Charles Dunbar Hope petit oned for the revival in his favour of tho baronetcy of Dunbar of Baldoon, County of Wigtown. Counsel said the estate was granted by .Tames V. to Archibald Dunbar, son uf Sir John Dunbar, Archbishop of Glasgow and Chancellor of Scotland. The Dunbars were a very ancient race, having descended from the Earls of Northumberland. One of tho Dunbars in 1(369 (five years after the creation of the baronetcy) married -I an r, t Dahynipie, daughter of the first Lord Stair. She was the supposed heroine of Scott's famous novel. Lord Crewe, Lord President oT t'ie Council, s.i\l their Icxrdphips wou'd humbly advise Irs Majesty that Captain Hope's name be entered on the Roll ot Baronets.

130 I' BOATS DOWN. STRIKING AMERICAN TRIIHIh TO THE ALLIES A striking reference to the success of the anti-submarine operations of the British and Allied fleets appears in the latest issue of the Scientific American'' to hand. The passage runs as follows i—"A prominent American business man, who has recently returned from an extended business trip among the boll : gerent nations of Europe, tells us lie was reliably informed that the Al'ies had 'netted' a total of 130 submarine. Not long before this our Navy Department learned, through its own private sources of information, that tho total number of submarines captured or destroyed b'7 this anu other moans was 127." The editor of the •'Scientific American," Mr. •!- Bernard Walker, is liiin self keenly interested in naval affairs, end is known to he in close touch w'th the American naval authorities. The hitter, of course, have their official rep reseiitative-s in all the belligerent capitals.

WARMEST CLOTHES MADE. \ NEW TEXIT'IIE HAS II'ST BEEN FOUND. A new mater al has .iust been dise-ov orod which is likely to produce an absolutely fresh British industry. This material is lighter and warmer than anything else on the market, and is made from the fibres of certain trees which grow in the tropics. It is called " Credem" fleece, and on,thickness is sufficiently warm to lino ordinary e'othes such as overcoats or d;'t -sing-gowns; two thicknesses are sufficient" for such military requnquiets as airmen's su ts or motor-coats. In three or four thicknesses th's '•Credem" fleece is not cuily oxcoodinii- !,• warm for tlie severe-1 of winter weather, hut is sufficiently buoyant to rot as a life preserver ; n case of a disaster at s-a. and the thickness of the fleece ill this case is not so great as to make tho waistcoat or other garment made with it at all unsightly.