The Rhos Herald

EPITOME OF NEWS. At Sot.]ieby*s a fadLing of Oliver Crrsnweii sold vor £10. At the Southwark County-court judge Willis granted a debtor twelve vears in which to pay a debt. Tlie Willesdeu District Council have decided to erect iifiy shower baths, mainly lor the use of school children. Two tobacconists and two photographers were fined 5s. each at Yarmouth for Sunday trading. "If a painter works eight months in the year he is fortunate," said a witness at the Lambeth County- Court. Professor Sir Hubert von Ilexkomer has been nominated an associate of the fine arts section of the Belgian Academy. A nine-months-old baby isaxned Henry Withain was strangled at Portsmouth by putting its head between the back rails of a chair. The Rev. Andrew Wood, rector ef Great Ponton, Grantham, has been nominated by the Crown to the Prebend of Bedford Major in Lincoln Cathedral. A new turbine steamer, the St. Ptu reburg, has just been placed on the Harwich-Rook of Holland service by the Great Eastern Railway Company. A stevedore named Jack Harris was killed at Fresh W iarf, London Bridge, by marble slabs weighing 55 tons falling on him from a I crane. Two other men were injured. John C&swill. stationnraster at Uphill, near Weston-super-Mare, was killed by a goods train I while crossing the line. According to present arrangements, Queen ■ Alexandra and her sistr, th" E:npress Marie of Russia., with the Princes Victoria, will leave London for Capenhi-gcn on Monday, July IS. Ueorge was the mane of a dtfendariit at Tot- tenham Police-court, at id Asquith the name of a constable who gave against him. I "My husband has gone away to rh-s gold mines," a woman told the Hi git gate m-gktiaUs when she asked for a desertion siim ^Ub. Dr. William Stuart, Professor of Divinity at Glasgow University for the last 37 years. rid Dr. Agnoletti, Italian lecturer, has resigned. In consequence of the extended operations of the Rural Labourers' League, it was decided at a meeting of the committee to adopt the more inclusive title of "Rural League." Polling for the electron of four Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons as members of the council resulted in Mr. C. B. Lockwood being re-elected, and Messrs. B. Pollard, J. Bland-Sutton, and C. A. Ballanee being elected. Prince Alexander of Tech paid a private visit to Margate to inspect the Royal Sea Bathing Hospital, of which he is the president. A young girl asked the Acton Bench for a summons against, "a for detaining her clothes. The Chairman: Who is it? Appli- cant: Oh, it's my stepfather's wife. A white sparrow has made its home at Alkhaiii, near Dover, and is frequently ccn flying about in the village. The winner of the first prize in a BethnaJ Green pipe-colouring competition was an inmate of the local workhouse. He received a marble clock. During the hearing of a ease in rhe Divorce Court impressions of writing on a piece of -blot- ting paper were read with the aid of a look- ing-glass. In consequence of a recent decision of the High Courts the authorities of the elementary schools at Ramsgate have resolved to insure all the children against accident. According to a report issued by the Highways Committee of the London County Council, thirty new tramways were opened by the Council last year. A tablet in memory of Benjamin Franklin, whose ancestors lived in the village, was un- veiled by the American Consul-General in London at Ecton Church. Northamptonshire. To the memory of Richard Hakluyt, the eminent sixteenth century geographer, a tablet was unveiled at Bristol Cathedral. Some 40 yards of the Hoylake (Cheshire) promenade have been washed away by high tides and boisterous weather. The Rev. Canon Puckett, D.D., has died at the rectory of the Roman Catholic Church of St. John the Baptist, Norwich. Dr. Duckett, who was 77, celebrated his saceiidotal jubilee four years ago. At Birmingham two men, convicted of steal- ing bicycles, were said to have come from a thieves' den stored with stolen machines, At the Sligo Assizes the Lord Chief Baron said there had been four or fire more cases of cattle-driving in the county than in the corre- eponding period of last year. It is announced that the Earl of Granaid will be at the head of the sjieeial mission which Will notify the accession of King George to the Court of the Netherlands. Frank Todd, a Corporation workman, was fixing a wheel to a steam roller at Worthing, when it slipped off and completely smashed his skull. The wheel weighed 90cwt. j The gold yield of New South Wales for June amounted to 12,147 ounces, valued at £ 43,588. The yield for the six months ending June 30 was 100,13 ounces, valued at > £ 360.tf38. Harry Simpkins, unemployed painter, was remanded at King's Heath charged with throw- ing a woman into a canal. As she fell she dragged him in also. The two assisted each other out. The residence of Mr. Oliver s Holty secre- tary of the Great Central Railway, Greengate House, Northwood, Middlesex, has been entered by burglars and a quantity of valuable plate was stolen. Mr. J. J. Redding, Chairman of the City of London Schools Committee, announced at a meeting of the Common Council that the list of honours and distinctions gained by City of London School bovs contained eight first class, four second class, and two third claes honours in the Cambridge Trilx)s--a record. Carnarvonshire County Council decided to purchase the famous Madrvn Estate for the pitrix)se,s of small holdings, the price being £ 4,">,200. The estate includes a tine castle, and it is understood that this will be converted into an agricultural experimental farm. When Mr. Harrv Tate, the music-hall-artiste, was charged at South-We^ern Police-court with motoring at an excessive speed and refusing to produce his license, he said that he changed his coat seven times a night and so had not the license with him. He was fined HOs. and costs. The new Cunard liner, the sister ship of the Franeonia, which is to be launched on July 23, is to be called the Laconia, a name siiggeatiye of Lucania, another liner of the same firm. The Lacortia will be primarily employed in the Boston service.

CUR LONDON LETTER. [From Our Special Corves pendent.] The Order of the Garter, a. famous States- rlûjl said, has no blooming merit about ii-r-or words to thai effect. Most of the oi her orders of kuighi hood are like that, to of peerages and baroncteies. 'Lucre ara. outstanding exceptions, of course, lust a r iie honours are conferred upon i'vealth and position vh.o have ren- wrv'-cc to i iv parly rather than to h'tave. But there is or;e at which L reproach carsuot be leveled. i the Order of Merit, in which nothing but merit :.es ^varies h-jvc l>eei: j added to the ?.hor'" and d!i.i;uu-ed list of j nip a and w-omen who are entitl'd to use the j letters O. i. f their names. They are "r. ri'h. JI a and i r i y i. Cr ,:c forn.er, representing Literji- | (irre. wuccecaK to the r];icc for nerly held t>y j C'.cor^e Mcre'Ilth, while the latter, in whom i Stur-r.-e is liorarared, i.lls tlie vacancy caused j by the ("cath of Sir William Higgius. The Order of Merit has orl-y twenty members. I Thr-c arc to be tv/o new judges s avpolated, and all the leading barristers i \v hfc.pen also to be; of the 1.J ;(:LJ\r:8 a^e wondering who are f" he V;o two lucky men. Of ciu- ev. the liencli arc not invariably filled l' \1 '°", LJ 'J. i. ,IU I by pr-liiicians, but very often they are, and I are F lawverfi sitting on the ernment >.ide v/uo' vvould not object to c,\ch.^roroif- th( J)rd v(-orl: of the Courts av-d the irt hard work of party polilics for snag little judgeship-; viiii salaries of five a 'J he increase in the na-;iil of judges is necessitated by the nri"rs of work in the Courts. The Premier made a statement in the House of Commons the other day, in the course of which he re- ferred to "the really scandalous state of (" ng-estion which exists in the King's Bench Division, which iE: nderJial of justice to not a few of his Majesty's subjects." The two extra judges /-will help to reduce the arrears, but those already on the Bench are now expected to give more time to their duties. Hitherto Saturday has been largely a holiday with them, but in future they are to sit on that day, unless they have worked .overtime during the week, which is equiva- lent to a Saturday sitting. One hears some- times about judges being overworked, but it will be remembered that when the Lord Chancellor gave evidence before the Com- mittee on whose report the new Bill is based, he said they worked as a rule only five da's a week, and iJot many hours a day, while for at least sixteen weeks of the fifty-two they were making holiday. Cer- tainly this does not appear to be a particu- larly strenuous sort of life; but the fact must not be overlooked that a good deal of the reading of depositions and other pre- liminary wonk is done away from the Courts." Still, they are by no means the hardest worked section of his Majesty's sub- jects. There is a growing spirit of protest against pictures of -the Johnson Jeffries prize fight being exhibited by cinemato- graph. The pictures are on the way to tks country now, and there ifs little doubt that they will be shown, in spite of the protest. Also there is little doubt that thousands will rush to see them, and will follow each move as eagerly as did the people who actually saw the brutal, degrading affair in Nevada, An instance of the interest which the con- test aroused on this side of the Atlantic was seen in Farringdon-street the other day, when crowds of people gathered at a shop- window in which appeared a picture of the fight two days after it had been fought! I y The prize fight itself was bad enough, but the sordid commercialism associated with it is even worse. Indeed, it is quite probable that but for that the fight would never have taken place. How great was the part commercialism played may be judged from the fact that £ 40,000 'VI1,g paid for the cine- matograph rights, and, in additiosi to this, Jefferies and Johnson will receive royalties for permitting themselves fo be put on ex- hibition while engaged in the elevating occupation* of bashing one another. An American impresario has announced his intention of showing this effete old capital what's what in the way of grand opera. Mr. Oscar Hammerstein, who awakes things hum over in the States, has acquired a site in the West-end, and is going to start im the autumn to build such an' opera house as the world has never seen. Next year he reckons he's going to give us some very grand opera. Mr. Hammerstein has contracted the habit of success on the other side, and he is said to possess the power of making millionaires and their wives go to his theatres almost whether they wish to or no. It may be, however, that when y he makes the attempt in England h. will find that, in the elegant language of his country, he has bitten off more tham he can chew. Grand opera is nqt a particularly well-paying concern in this country, outside Covent Garden, which is supported by the Court and society, and is at least as much a society as a musical affair. Mr. Hammer- stein will be taking a big risk in spending a fortune in building an opera house to hold four1 thousand people. As a social function the Eton and Harrow cricket match at Lords excels even the 'Varsity game. The boys are there in thou- sandg with mater, pater, sister, uncle and aunt, and relations more distantly removed. Even the absence of sun failed to quell the enthusiasm, and when there is something to g-t excited about, air tkero was on Saturday afternoon, the boys may be depended upon to do justice to the occasion. Even the most optimistic of the Etonians abandoned all. hope an hour before the end of the game, but when the game was snatched out of the ire fckere woo secene without parallel in the history of these games. III the wild rslt tlD carry Mr. St. L. Fowler shouM« bigk. the choice dresses and hats of the ladies suffered much damage, and they caved not. Silk hats were thrown into the air and joy- ously kicked into concertinas. The boys I were delirious, the delirium was infectious., and boys and men joined ha; ids with austere police inspectors in a merry dance-. Music-lovers are looking forward toO the I opening of the sixteenir-h season of Prome- nade Concerts at Queen's Hall on Saturday, August 13. The season will last, as usual, for ton weeks, and vnder the eon-- i ducroi'ship of Mr. II- f-y J. Wood and .the | management of Mr. Itnbe-t Newman, who- est;boshed the concerts in 18S5. Few I p-o.pl-r at that time' foresaw that. the j Proms would be anything Mice the s;.eec.s they h.e. becoat^. They were k/itg j finer established "s one of most popular i feature* of the !• musieal year. Prom .i | the prei'minary i\vmn^ernent the 'concert* j tin?, year shou-d bo attractive thaw | ever. The very strong list of the solo artists err-eg. d. run. to a total of eighty-seven i; o.'ies, of which fortv-four arc tAose oi voca'ists. A- E. M.

MARVEL OF TATTOOING. At the inquest on the botly of William Mendo, a cellarmau, who was killed in a lift ;24ftidenit at the Carlton Hotel, some remarkable photo- graphs of tattooing were produced. On the top of Mendo's head was tattooed an excellent HSas- ness of King Edward on a Union Jack, and the coroner remar ked that he had never seen aneB a thing ill; his life. The photographs were produced by George Burchett, a tattooist. with. whom Meitdo had been lodging, He had, he .,¡Said, tattooed the man all over. Men do had never paid him for the tattooing; they contemplated going. en t-our together, Mendo showing himself 3f, exhibi- tions. On Mendo's back was tattooed the "Iform- of the Gods," in various colours, the tattooing' having occupied 140 hours. On bis chest were a large eagle and a snake fighting, surrouwl«f by scrolls and flowers; and there was a neck- lace of birds in various colours, and a waist-belt; with Mendo's name worked in Old English, ami a buckle composed of the Star of India. In the centre of his forehead there was a crown bev tween the letters "E.R." His arms were orna- mented with snakes and dragons, and oat hie legs were pictures of Japanese ladies In five colours. On his shins were the portraits of two ladies surrounded by fancy framework, tlre scrolls of flowers extending np to the knees, ok Ic which were horses' heads, surrounded bv llOrse- ehoes, while on his thighs were depicted st=kea and dragons. Having heard further evidence, the jnjrj m- turned a verdict of "Accidental deafis/'

A DOG'S IDENTITY. At Farnham (Surrey) County-court fcfteet* witnesses were called to solve the problem of the identity of a seliipperke dog, which tv", claimed both by Mrs. Sarah Ann Foster, wife of a Farnborough railway servant, and -by Afr,,7 J. Ashley Waller, J.P., of JBeerhast Newbury. Mrs. Fost-er sought to recover the (log fron7 Mr. Waller, who, it was stated, moiored to her house, accompanied by his wife and a police- man, identified a dog he saw there as one he lost in 1908. and took the animal away. Mr. and Mrs. WTaller, their daugther, artti Sj. former servant were emphatic that the dog was the defendant's lost pet, but Mrs. Foster called ten witnesses to prove that she had had the dog long before 1908. The judge, said it seemed to him that tfie defendant and his wife went to the istaii-itifrz house determined to identify the dog as their?*. They had, however, failed to establish identity, and he gave judgment for the return of the dog, and ordered the defendant to pay ec>«<;«- The dog was in court, and was reluctantly handed over to the plaintiff by Mrs. Walfer. It was stated by the plaintiff's solicitor that an action for slander was pending as an out- come of the case.

CYCLIsrS FATAL SKID. t. At an inquest held at Hackney Downs on the body of a labourer, aged forty-six, ifib-ftlea John Joshua Graves, it ww stated that the deceased was cycling with his daughter last Saturday. nd when passing the old Toll Gate at Quarter Mile-lane his wheel skidded. and Iws was precipitated over a railing into the Water- works River, a tributary of the Lea, which ran seven fed below the roadway. Tlie deceasedt was with great difficulty raised up by meant): of a horse's rein and conveyed to Haelbney Ihfirmary. The medical evidence showed that wfreH brought to the infirmary the deceased was found to be suffering frorn a severe scalp r ound. Death ensued irdtfl hemorrhage and shook. The jury, in returning a verdict of "eci, dental death." strongly urged that the llrbtui Council should see to the road and erect a stronger and higher railing, the present one being, according to a witness, only 22 isehe«s high.

POSED AS A BACHELOR. On Wednesday, at Maidstone Asaize*, maD was charged with making a false tteelsrati;),u for the purpose of procuring a marriage. The accused, James Henry Herman, aged thirty-seven, traveller, arrived at Kamsgato in January. He made the acquaintance of young woman, and representing that he was a bachelor, .it was arranged that they should be married on March 24. Prisoner gave none* to the registrar, declaring that he WM eiugle man. Whnhe was taxed with being married he strenuously denied it, and in support of his denial produced a forged telegram purporting to have come from a detective at Jersey, stating that it was a. case of mistaken identity. The young woman, however, declined to marry him. She was about to receive a legacy left her by a relative. His lordship, in passing sentence of tweives months' hard labour, said he had no doubt that the prisoner wanted to get kold øf. tiw young woman's money.

— When, two tramps were accused of begging at Aberystwyth the magistrate said to them. "It is an offence against the law to beg, bnt the local governing body of this town sanction* begging, and you are discharged. Ðeg a* much as jou like."

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