THE HON. JAS. BRYCE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 233, 20 February 1913, Page 6

THE HON. JAS. BRYCE.

Mr. James Bryce, lately the British Aiitli:- -isador to Washington, and who visit* 1 Australasia shortly before retiring I nm that post, has boon appointed a in iiber of tlie Hague Arbitration Coin..

BETTING TIL'S. The irons,, of Lords lias passed a Bill prohibiting the publication of any advertisements relating to betting or to the bii.-i.'icss carried <<n by tipsters. ]t will b(. impossible for the measure to pass the House of Commons during the present session. POLICE GRAFT. The confession of Police-captain Walsh that lie had received a draft from certain disorderly houses in New York has shaken the police department to its foundations. Walsh was ill, and stricken by the pangs of conscience ho sent for the District Attorney and owned up to the whole »flair.

PAXCAKE TUESDAY. The ancient Shrove Tuesday custom of tossing the pancake was celebrated at Westminster School. A youngster named Ealand, an Australian, won the prize which was given the boy who secures the largest piece. The pancake is carried into the school ball by the chef, and then thrown into the air, and as it falls there is a wild scramble by hundreds of boys to grab as much as they can of the aake.

A QUESTION OF DIET. The Central Chamber of Agriculture has been making enquiries into the values of respective diets to the human system. Investigations were carried out among a number of picked policemen, and it was discovered that the finest specimen of humanity was a constable who eschews beer and drinks mill* instead.

A BURGLING POLICEMAN. A Glasgow policeman who for 30 years enjoyed in a marked degree the confidence of the community has been convicted of si number of burglaries. A FARMING PRINCE. , The Prince of Wales is about to enter into farming pursuits at Wliiteford, in the Duchy of Cornwall. He intends to undertake the breeding of pedigree stock. AVIATION IN WAR.

The British Army is increasing its fleet of biplanes, arid is purchasing Depcrdussin monoplanes. LLOYD GEORGE'S THUMB. Mr. Lloyd George. Chancellor of the Exchequer, met with an accident at his home. He slipped and fell, fracturing his thumb. A COLLIERY DISASTER. A big colliery disaster was reported at Fukuoka'. in Kiushiu, the southernmost of the three principal islands of Japan, in the Pacific Ocean. An explosion occurred in one of the mines there, as a result of which 150 men were entombed. How many were killed is not yet known, but the death roll is believed to have been a heavy one. THE GERMAN NAVY. During the discussion on the Naval Estimates ;in the German Parliament the Centre party demanded to know why the inaccurate comparisons made by Mr. Winston Churchill regarding the respective 1 strengths of the British and German 1 navies have not been contradicted. SYNDICALISM CONDEMNED. Cardinal Bourne, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, has condemned syndicalism as being contrary to every principle of justice and charity/ He said the Church defended private ownership | beeau.-e' it harmonised with the law of God. PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION,, I In the French Chamber of Deputies I the Premier, M. Rriand, announced that the Ministry intended to maintain the | policy (if proportional representation. M. Clemenceau declared that the Senate d'-d not favor any members being elected unless they obtained a majority of the vote= can.

SMUGGLERS' FATE. Pour Italian smugglers who were crossinft the St. Bernard Pass at night with ,i load of tobacco ami watches were overwhelmed by an avalanche., and swept over a precipice. THE COST OF BETTING. Evidence «iveii in a police court at Kewcastle-on-Tyne disclosed that a small bet tins' shop there cleaved a profit of .tilt.OOO in one year. Till' PACIFIC NAVAL BASE. Persistent rumors have been in circu> lation lately that it was intended to substitute Auckland for Sydru-y as the Imperial naval base in the Southern Pacific. The Admiralty has just given an emphatic denial to these reports, and has announced that (lie status of Sydney as a neval station will remain unimpaired.

PICTURES v. BOOKS. Tlw increased popularity of biogra.pl) shows is accompanied l>y ji. decreased deniaiid for. fiction ;it tlio libraries. Tlll'l PANAMA CAXAL. Landslides are occurring daily in the Panama Canal. Serious damage is being done, and the work of construction Is greatly impeded. ITALY'S NAVY. Italy has selected a new type of tor-pedo-boat destroyer of 1000 tons displacement. The Government have given orders for the construction of 12 of these vessels. PATENT MEDICINES. Further evidence was taken before the select committee appointed by the House of Commons to investigate matters concerning the sale and advertisement of patent proprietary medicines. /Mr. Smith, lur I of the. firm by which Steadman's sootlii'.itr powders are manufactured, declared that the formula of this preparation in tliq hook 'Secret Remedies' was wrong. Witness said that his firm had complied reluctantly with the Common wen lth requirements regarding the composition of patent mericines, hut it felt that unless it did so a wrong impression might be conveyed. ]>oth Argentine and "Uruguay required manufacturers to publish their formulae, and for that reason witness' firm did not do any v, U siiiess with those countries.