GENERAL NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10277, 3 July 1911, Page 5

GENERAL NEWS.

GIRL IN A BOYS' SCHOOL. Mme. Curie, whose fight • against tradition in regard to the admission of women to the Institute of France wall be remembered, is now fighting another battle on behalf of her sex. Mme. Curie Jives a few miles out of Paris at Sceau, nearly next door to the local- 'Lycee, a secondary school reserved for boys. Mme. Curie washes' her daughter to attend this school, and, though her first application has been met with a refusal, tshe does not regard the decision as final. The principal of the Lycee is said to he weakening before the force of Mme. Curie's arguments, but l the professor® view the proposed invasion with dasfavour. • ",' -..v v- •' WORLD'S FASTEST SHIP. The British Navy now possesses the fastest ship in the world. This is the new Dreadnought cruiser Indefatigable, which has returned to Plymouth after carrying out steam and gunnery trials. The new vessel can travel through the water at the rate of 29 knots (33£ miles) per hour. She is, therefore, considerably faster than the recordsbolding Atlantic liner Mauretania, which has never reached a speed of 27 knot®, it was. during her acceptance trial of 24 hours duration t~taifc the Indefatigable attained her emarkaible speed. She did not re„.jh within two or three knots- of it during the con/tractors' tests, but has since bean fitted with a new main steam pipe, for which the aciceptanc© trial was delayed. 3,000,000 MILES OF SEA. Mr J. W. Alexander, chief engineer jof the. Oceanic, .- and senior i ; chief engineer in the White Star Company's service, wiho/has just tired, has what must be nearly am .unique record-. .The whole of his sear ~ faring career of 38£ years has been .1 spent in .the White Star service. During that time he has crossed the > Atlantic 912 times, travelling about 3,000,000 miles, and has never missed a voyage. By a curious coincidence Mr Alexander began and finished his career in vessels named Oceanic. He was chief engineer of the 'Britannic when that vessel took out the Imperial contingent of- • troops to Australia, when the present Kong opened the Commonwealth Parliament. Mr Alexander, who is a native of Dundee, had just completed his 59th year.