THE JAM OF NAWANAGAR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 312, 10 January 1908, Page 4

THE JAM OF NAWANAGAR.

The Jam of Nawanagar, who will always be popularly known as "Ranji," Jia* given the strongest possible proof of his frequently declared affection for Midland by coming in the middle of ilkfog season to settle down in it to sean n for health (says the London correspondent of the "London Daily Mail"). "He has," the correspondent writes, " had trouble in various forms lately—n broken shoulder bone, brain-fag from overwork as a reformer in His neglected State, and an attack of enteric, .which very nearly finished him. In thin Inter illne»« he was unconscious al one Mage for four days. For the present lie ballad enough of Xawanagar, and so ha> eonie to England for twelve months, accompanied by sirdar*, aides-de-camp. and ten personal attendants. The natives, however, are mainly ornamental. JtU commander-in-chief appears to be Mr. A. C. Maclaren, the Lancafliire <riekfier. who deals with correspondence, issues commands, and doe* of (he talking for his friend. "When I was -taying with him last winter," >avs Mr. Matla ren, in a description of the .lain's strenuous life, "he rose at fi.3o and did an immense amount of correspondeinesometimes in his pjams—until abotu Ift. when he had tiffin. From ) > to'-1.3(1 hj" worked steadily, reviving a stream of people with various grievances. I have seen as many as GO people wailing in a line for interviews. Cricket was nothing to it. Using English idea* and employing English assistants '• Ranji " has filmed a city improvement trust, started a housing scheme for the poor, ordered the construction of a grain mraket. and initiated other reform*.''