Abergavenny Chronicle

-7 I HOMES OF GREAT MEN. I Nelson was born in the JTorfolk village of Burnham Thorpe; and from Norfolk also hailed Sir Cloudesley Shovel" and Sir Chris-' topher Myngs, famous sea-kings of their day. Lincolnshire was the\ county in w bicp. Sir John Franklin, the great Arctic ex- J plerer, was born; and Huntingdon has' gocd reason to be proud of htr most famous son, j Oliver Cromwell; as Cambridgeshire, of Sir J Harry Smith, whose name is imperishable in South. Africa., Gloucestershire contri- butes Admiral Pern, Lord Raglan of Crimea fame, and Admiral Codrington,- hero of Navarino. Sornefset boasts a still more distinguished trio in Blake, Admiral Sir Samuel- Hood, and Sir Edward J?arry, Arctic explorer; and from Dorsetshire come "Nelson's Hardy" and two great members of the" Bfedd'?aniily» Y,ork$h:i?e ooh tributes, four great sailors;—Frobisher, rival of Dräke and Hawkins in th*e. glory of the Armada; Captain Cook, "Sir Hugh Palliser, an,4 Sir John. Lawson..

— < CHURCH Gliosis.. Holy .Trinity Church, Mick:«.gate, York- shire, has long had tiie. reputation for being haunted'. According to trkditioh. a'n 'ahbeea'J belonging' to a cunvent close to the church Y was ,&Tifdered by s'o:-ite marauding soldiere • at the time of the suppression of the monas- teries. She. declared, I. if killed," sha "would" liannt the spot until, the couvent should be rebuilt, and apparently.she E. a6 L' been-as go"od as her word. An apparition in Ihe form of a hooded woman glides pfet one of the win- dows, and shortly returns with the figure of a cliild. Both suddenly vtmishf the wealth 1| 'of the woman reappearing to vanish again J as arbMiptly as before. The same phantasms accompanied by a third, dreeeed like a IJ nurse, appear frequently in or near ? the | churc on Trinity Sunday. In thp Abbey Church, Whitby, the phantom of a nun ?usea at times to be seen hovering, around one of the windows. The Church Porch of Kiliicote .used to be visited on the eye of St. Mark by -all those who had the nerve to watch foo- the procession of the doomed, t it being believed' that the phantasms of .those fated to die those f?ited top dik, within the year would be seen to pass into the church between the hours of eleven p.Bi. and one a.m. on p?rtictilar nic,"ht. The old churchyard of Truagh, Co. Monaghaii, was long. haunted by an evil spirit, in, the form of a beautiful colleen, wh o used to appear to young men and extract from them a promise to meet her there in a month's time. The con;pact was always sealed by a series- of passionate kisses. Within the month the yo-ti n g man invariably, however, died, ana was lnii to rest in the church- yard on the very day of the arranged  meeting.

Thomas Johnson Canham, fifty, of Totten- ham, one of a gang of L:C.C. workmen en- gaged in rc-pairino, the tramway track, was killed by a oar. The Mid-Northants Co-operative Council and the Mid-Northants Labour Party have selected Mr. A-. Waters on, of Derby, as their prospective^ "Parliamentary candidate. "It is the lack of. moral teaching at school that is to blame," said Alderman Sir John Saddeley at the Guildhall Juvenile Court, ,A, n commenting on the increase of larceny and petty theft, among lads from thirteen to ^eevelitean years of age. The death has occurred in action of Cap- tain the Rev. W. H. M^isurcs, of the Royil Fusiliers, who was hniOg the iirst of the Congregational ministers 10 join the Colours. The official "North German Ga-zetto" re- ports that a small balloon drifted over Mal- { kemea, in the Caasel district,, dropping French pamphlets, entitled "Mr. Balfour^ g reply to Count Hertling."

HeME BSESSMAKM6. I —' A SIMPLE DKESSINO JACKET. I I have been asked to give a. picture ] diagram of a very eimple dressing jacket. j preferably one of a kimono or Japanest type, so this week our artist has sketched foi us a particularly charming little model, simple in shape, easy to make, and equallj easy to slip on. The wide sleeves of this model make it particularly. suitable foi winter wear, for it can be slipped over a blouse, a dress, or 'a thick nightdress with the greatest ease. THE MATERIAL.—Just a. word, first of all about the best material to use for this design. If you want a really warm ccsv affair for cold weather wear, I should cer- tainly choose something like Pyrenees, ripple [Refer to 11. D. 251.1 cloth, or blanket cloth, but if you want a CI daintier garment that is not quite so warin; I should advise the choice of cashmere, flannel, Viyella, delaiiie, nun's Veiling, .printed washing silk, Aza, or woollen c,repe. Whatever material you deeide upon, you will need the equivalent of 13. yards of 54in. material. If you use narrower stuff, you will need more, and you will have to join it to cut out the full length of the sleeves. In addition tp the material for the dressing jacket, you wiil need from 2 to 2| yards, of 40in. material for the t-riiiiming banda, according to the width „you make the bands. THE PATTERN.—The pattern, as you will see by the diagram, consists of one piece only. No pattern is given for the trimming bands, as they are simply straight pieces of material cut right across the shIff, and il,?d together to make one long piece. ?O. will remember that no turnings are allowed for in, the pattern. THE CUTTING OUT.-FO)d the material sel- vedges together, and lay the pattern upon it, as shown in the diagram—that is to say, so that the centre back comes to the fold. The facings or trimming bands are generally cut about 4in. wide, but you may make them wider'or narrower if you prefer to do so. The sash bands should be at least Sin. wide. 1 THE MAKING.—Join the under-ann and sleeve seams by French sewing.. Next join up the facing strips to make one band. Now lay the facing strips on at the inside of the garment all along the edge> and stitch the v raw edges together. Next turn in the re- raaining. raw edge on the facing strip—turn- ing it oh to the wrong side, of course, and tack it firmly into place. Now turn the facing ovax -on to" the right side, and stitch or fell it neatly You will have to -make a mitre in the facing- strip at each front egrne-r to make it fit nicely, and these -corners should be very neatly stitched down. The sleeves hsust be trimmed by the facing bauds just like the rest of the garment. New make the safeh by cutting two bands of material Sin. wide. Fold these down the middle, right sides. together, and run along the outer edge. Turn inside out, slope one end, turn in the edges, ancl d-o eeam or slip stitch very neatly. Turn in the edges at the straight end, slip stItch it, pleat it jufct a little, and sew to the under-arm seam at each side. There is no sash at the back. If you prefer it, of course, you may finish the raw edges of the dressing jacket in some other way with a buttonholed" scallop, "with blanket stitch, or with a double fean^i of either the "material or 'some contrasting stuff joined on by veinlng Stitch or beading. AUTUMN COAT. I Those in the know tell us that the long wrap coat will be quite as much in evidence this winter as it was last. As shown at pre- sent, it is generally carried out .in a sort of thick, fluffy serge, in heavy tweed, in thick homeaptm, or in velours. Quite a large number' of these new models are finished by big collars of fur skunk, opossum, fox. wolf, squirrel, or beaver, which add considerably to their warmth. Others are made with a new collar, made of the material, which drapes the coat when closed, and gives a sort of shoulder cape effect when thrown open. Other coats are completed by the warm and very popular muffler ooat. HOW TO OBTAIN Paper Pattern of the ttbove DRESSING JACKET. Fill in this form and send-it, with remittance in stamps, to MISS LISLE, S, La Btlle Sauvage" LONJDON, E.C. 4. Wrife clearly. Name I Addres. H -Pattern No PAPER PATTERNS, Price 9d. each, post free. I PATTERNS cut to special measure, I/i each.. MISS Lt SLE will be pleased io receive suggestions an& to illustrate designs of Heberal ust- to'the HOME DRESSMAKER.

OUR CHILDREN'S CCSNER. IN THE PLAY. I They were acting in the play at school. I Johnny was the Prince and Mary was the wicked stepmother. They, both did it very well, because, vou see, they had been able to practise it together at home, for Jolmny was Mary's brother. Well, when the play was nearly over, they camg to the part where the Prince had to 8J to the wicked tJt:emother "BogØRe, I say, and never more return, you wicked .creatureAnd just at that minute Mary stepped on her dress and tumbled over. The Prince Stepped forward directly and picked up the wicked stepmother, and gave her a ktSfS J'tlst to make her better, and then went an with his part! The people all laughed very much, but Johnny and Mary did not kjtew why. RESCUED. I They had been to. the fancy dress ball the evening before. Harry thought it was Stupid. The way that Edward played about with the two Freeman girls was simply absurd; but Emma thought it had been splendid, She knew that Harry would have Irked to dance himself, and it was only be- cause he couldn't that he thought Edward was absurd.. I "Harry was rather cross that morning. He 'j f said that he shouldn't ever go to any more parties or .thins-he should travel all round the- world. Emma might come with him if she liked, only he was afraid she would be richer in. the way; girls generally were. r  ?,h er in to-,?ei i ?brall?v w?erck. And Emma listened to it all very quietly, pd so did the getÐ.e geese, indeed, were so quiet that they came right up to the stile before Harry noticed them, and began to make little dabs' at his legs. He di&'t like that, and tried to "shoo" the geese awav; but they wouldn't go. And the children dared not get down, so ttiere they were! They were just beginning to wonder what- ever would happen to them when whom should they see but Edward and the two Freeman 6miIrls They ran up and shouted at the geese, i and these soon went off, and let I-litrry* aifd 'I Emma get down from the stile. I [ Then Harry and Emma and Edward and ? t?e Freeman' girls all went home together. i' THE REASON.. Betty Jones and Tommy Crook, Looking at a picture-book, Quite forgot ahead to look, So thev tumbled in the brook— Betty Jones and Tommy Crook- i Just because they didn't look! „ HOW WE GOT LOST. I Did. you ever hear how Polly and I once crot lost? It was such an adventure! NVe went to GeOrge Cameron's to tea, and we were having games in the garden, and it pas very hot, and Polly said she would like [9, rest a little while, and I said- F would, too. Then Polly saw the little door in the wall, and we wte through it in no time and a over noticed that it (snapped to behind us. Aad we found uorselves in the funniest old plaee—such a lot of weeds and great, tail sunflowers and 'hollyhocks and things; and' walked on and on and on for ages, it eifltned, and then we couldn't find the little door again at all, and we didn't know what tb- do; and there was a rustling of wings and I was "almost afraid, but it turned out -io be George's. tame doves; one, of them on in front of us, and we followed it ,tnd found the way out. If it hadn't..teen for that nice dove, I be lieve we should .I'i'-vo been walking about in the old garden ctitl, for no one would have thought of looking for us there. And when we got back tea wail all over! It only sho^S how careful v" ou ought to- Le, floesn t it? I I  1 I r A NEW GAME. I "I know what we'll do," said Fred, "well pl&y at fables." "'Oh, yes," aaid- Bertie, "that will bp "Hurrah,- hurrah, hooray!" said little Percy,, Fifrst they played at the "Crow and the Fox;" and Bertie, was the Crow and Fred was the Fcrx; and then they played at "The D6g and his Shadow," and thsy all ,ran about with pieces of-cr-ust in their mouths and pretended to drop them in the water. Then they wanted to do "The Hare, and the Tortoise." Fred, had a splendid idea i-or the Tortoises; he found some cl<j4;hes-b £ »kets in the -garden, and he saw directly that they would make fine shells if -they were put over their backs. *• gut iiobcdy would consent to be the Hare -they all wanted to be Tortoises; so there was nothing for it, there had to be three Tortoises- and no Hrc. But they all enjoyed the- fun very much, and rolled over with laughter when little Percy's basket tipped over and he fell into it and "lay there kick- ing his little fat legs, quite unable to get out. Mother wondered what all the noise was about, and when they told. her. of the new game they had made "p, she said she thought it was a Jery good idea. I LOsT! I Sarah Elizabeth could not find her chil- dren, anywhere. She lozkcod under the sofa; and in the coal-scuttle; she turned out the toy-cupboard (several 'times and, left all the toys on the nursery floor; she looked iu the drawing-room and the dining-room; she went into the 'kitchen and the store-rup-- board, but still there was no sign of the children. ~At last she went into the. garden, and down at the bottom by the stream she saw her' dear children kangillg" to the branch of !C-fr,e with a piece of pa;Ver. pinned up above their heads, and on it Was written "TRATEltS." Well said Sarah Elizabeth, as she resciled" her children"; "that's Roger's doing, I know! And I think it's too bad of him— pnd he doesn't even know how to spell, either! Never mind, my dears, we'll teach him a, lesson one of these -days.

The executive of the South Shields Liberal and Women's Liberal Association unani- mously selected Mr. J. Havelock Wilson, president of the Seamen's' Union, as Liberal and Labour candidate. The- appointment of Major-General G. F. Ellison C.B., C.M.G., as Q.M.G. of the F-oroes in Great Britain in addition to. liis duties as D.Q.M.G. at the War Office, is an- nounced in the ''London Gazette." A magistrate at Ashby-de-la--Zouch WakI fi4ed 10s. 6a. for allowing a new house to be occupied without a certificate. "Kea tape," lie said, -ais he paid the fine, and%e- si?Qied his Beat OR the bench. It is announced in-the "London Gazette that Liout.-Gen-kral (temporary General) Sir H. Sinclair Home, ii.C.B., ^.C.M.G., Commander of the let Army, has been ap- pointed a Colonel CommaJidftnt, Royal Artillery. Worthing Town Council has approved an amendment of the by-laws which will enable the • bath-chair men who came out on strike to charge 2s. instead of is. '6d..for the fÍrst- hour and Sd. instead of 6d. for each sllbe- quent hour..1

"IN QOlS i *AfETY.w The Home Seeret^ry (Sir George Cave), in a letter to Sir William Howell Davies, M.P. in regard to the continued imprison- ment cf conscientious objectors for disobey- ing military cojumands, 6,Y" "I do not think the fact that these men have repeatodly refused to" obey military orders proves more than that many of them prefer the quiet safety of prison to tl: dangers and hardships of military service. '11 do not think," adds Sir George, "tl:at, having ° regard to present circumstances, their absolute dk-cLarge would be justnied or that it would be in the public interest."

COMPULSORY TREATMENT RESERVE. M?. John Hedge, Minister of Pensions, speaking at Newcastle on Sunday, ask-id association^ of disabled men to send him their opinions with regard to the picposal he wished to carrv making treatment of dis- abled men compulsory. H? Avanted to see those requiring it dL^eharged into a treat- ment reserve, where they would get training as well as treatment, which would be bene- ficial net only to them, but 2,]';0 to the State. E, wanted the views of disabled men because without their support he could not get the compulsory powers which were necessary.

LIEUT.-COL. BISHOP, V.C. Major W. A. Bishop, V.C,, D.S.O., M.C., D.F.C., the famous airman, is to be Tem- porary Lieut.-Colonel, Canadian Cavalry. lie is taking' up a staff appointment at Cana- dian Headquarters in' London, and is now engaged in the formation of the new Cana- dian Air Force, the personnel of which is to be exclusively Canadian.

— i. f7, NATIONAL FACTORIES. Mir. G. N. Barnes, M.P., speaking at Glasgow on Saturday, said he hoped they were not going to allow national factories to revert to private owners. These factories, he' declared, should be retained as national factories, and by that means lessen the national debt.

FRENCH LEGION OF HONOUR. ? There are no coloured sekliers in the French Foreign Legion; it is composed of mercenaries from all the European coun- tries, and a good number of Englishmen are in the ranks. In the whole of the world I there is nd other regiment like it. In times of peace it is composed of twelve battalions, each battalion numbering a thousand men. When a man seeks to jcin the Foreign I Legiell no awkward questions are ask«d as to his past'. Provided he is strong and. healthy and willing to rough it, he is en- listed straight a Way; but as atighting regi- ment it is second to none. Men with a past they wish to bury, men tired of life and seeking death, men who are callous "don't- carcs "—those are the ,men in the French Foreign Legion. The pay of the. Legion is practically nil, and even in pece time 4e life is hardness personified. The discipline is one of iron, for the cineers of the Legion have hardened men to teach obedience to, and on the whole the orderliness of the men is something to be wondered at. As it is at present constituted, the Legion dates back to 1830, but the corps can be traced farther bnck in the past than that. One of the con- ditions of enlistment is that in uny fighting the Foreign Legion shall lead any "forlorn "hope the French army may be called upon to em r out.

I BMSS OF "YANKEE" SOLDIERS. The dress of the United States Army is the same pattern and material for the rank and fi1. In the United -S?t?s army there are bnt two outstanding C<Jtours-14'1vy blue [Jor the tunic, (culled in America the blouse) and sky-blue for the trousers. Each regi- r ment can be distinguished by the cord on the soft felt hat. Red for artillery, white for infantry, 'green, for army medical men, yellow for cavalry, and the lining of the capes,' worn thrown back over the shoulders, is of the same hue as the cerds on 'the hate, chevrons on the sleeves, or' stripes on the trousers. Only ncn-commissioned and com- missioned officers are all-owed to wear str.pes on the trousers. With us the Artillery, Cavalry, Royal Engineers, and Marine Artil- lery, of all ranks, wear the bread stripes, In the United States army a corporal of 1a- faD-try. wears a Jiajf-iach stripe on,, the trousers, a sergeant a ene-ineh* stripe, a staff-sergeant an inch and a quarter, and an officer may wear something broader. Tiyis one can distinguish a non-coMiwissioned officer when seen in shirt a-nd, trousers, a very common sight in the svmnier time when the men drill jn light raiment.

AWKIVARD CASH. Pure silver, broken into small, irregular pieces., fo?ms the p&y of the Chinese soldier. V.1-; 13' is ah extraordinary prOcess. The whole ci the night preceding is occupied in weighing out for each man his requited i quantity of silver, which is. a very. tedious business, and only successfully accomplished by infinite care, for here a piece the size of a pin's head has to be chipped off, hid there a piece of similar minute proportions added. Each man's silve-r bits are carefully Wrxpped in paper, with his name endorsed upon it, aud the various parcels are distri- j buted upon parade. A private receives three and. a h;1.1f taelS—equal to about nineteen shillings-a month, and, having got his silver parcel, loses no time in exchanging the pieces at the nearest tradesman's shop. where for each tael (5s. 5d.) he receives coins, called cash.

The Postnicster-G en era I threatens "rigorous measures agaiaec people vho send matches by post. Manchester and Glasgow ask that the Jlipoli decoration should be-given to home troops as well as to the Anzacs. Mrs. McCudden, mother of the lat-e Majoi J. B. McCudden, R.A.F., was at Gillhigham (Kent), his native place, publicly presented with the freedom of the borough and £ 100 in War Bonds awarded to. her son. Mr. Haves Fisher asks local authorities tc turn out old books and papers for repuiping. A new credit to the "amount of XSO,000,000 has been given to Britain by the United States, making £ 749,000,000 up to date. The Beccles (Suffolk) Tribunal have granted conditional exempticti 4to a car- penter, aged forty-four, who has fourteen children, ten at home and four in the Army, Overseas Club and Patriotic League, Aldwych, has received £ 853 from the British community in Yokohama towards war chari- ties. During the past quarter, says the Management Committee of the General Federation of. Trade Unions, the dispute record was one lp'f the lowest experienced. On a petition from the farmers who have large areas of ,harvest to be .saved, many shopkeepers iri Ireland are releasing their assistants to assist at the work. Sergeant Blackledge, a Wigan policeman, has been, awarded the Distinguished Con- ,duct Medal, the Military Medal with a bar, and the French Croix de Guerre.

I I EPITOME OF NEWS. Eastbourne's only policewoman has re- ceived a rise. Mr. Lloyd George is to receive the free- Jem of Newcastle. In Wood Green schools, out of 2,185 child- ren examined, only 673 have been found to be normal. Rio de Janeiro Branch of the Over-Seas Club and Patriotic League has just for- warded 24,556 to headquarters. Soa) and towels are no longer comforts that the London and North-Western Rail- way find it possible to supply on their trains. Mr. George Robey has been made a life governor of L. Jon Hospital in recognition of his great help by opening a special ap- peal. Mrs. Emily Winter Lee, mother of Lord Lee, of Fare ham, has died at St. Giles, Fare- hair. Signalman Mills, of Richmond, and Plate- Layer Cox, of Clandon, were the principal prize-winneTs at the L. and S.W. Railway Allotment Show. At Liverpool one public-house licensee was fined £10 and costs and another £ 15 and costs for watering beer to the extent in one case of 25 per cent. Disabled soldiers are being taught ladies' tailoring in Souh Wales. Lady Arthur Grosvenor, commandant of a. Red Cross hospital near Chester, has been awarded the Royal Red Oross by the King for war-nursing services. Twenty thousand spectators were present st Ramsgate's first war-time regatta. Lieutenant-General Maxwell, speaking at York, said that up to last March it could not be said that Germany had not a sport- ing chance of winning the war; now he thought she had not a dog's chance. Socks made from Army grey worsted or Woollen yarn must net be sold or dyed with- out a permit. Since its formation, in August 1917, the Air Inventions Committee has considered 01.000 inventions. To save the new 2d. cheque duty, a firm which usually paid thirty-eight salaries by- cheque, drew one cheque for the wholo ajnount, paying the salaries in notes and thus saving 6s. 2d. Coaftiander Frederick W. B. Maxwell- Heron, eighty, who served in the Baltic and Black Sea during the Crimean War, has died at Southampton through being knocked down by a tramway-cat. Colonel P. R. Wood and Lieutenant- Colonels D. N. Sladen (Scottish Borderers^ and A. ,H. Q, Jamc-s (S. Staffordshire*}) are gazetted brigadier-generals. GnerJP Sir lan Hamilton has been ap- pointed Lieutenant of the Tower of London in place of General Sir Horace Smith- Do rjien. Chicago "Labour representatives to Mr. Lloyd George: "We will never currender until Labour's rights and democracy are acknowledged the world over." A verdict of "Suicide while temporarily insane was recorded by the Hendon 'oroner on Frances Ann Spalding-, of Golder's Gieen, who, under the delusion that she could fly, jumped from a bedroom window. When two inspectors of the Ministry of Food were called at Tottenham Police- CLvurt to give evidence agaifest a batcher they said they were not judges of meat. "Is that why you got yotir appointmentV' asked the magistrate. Germany's exports of coal to Sweden have been considerably reduced, the quan- tity allowed for September being about 17,000 tons less than that for August. Mr. William Hart Bennett, C.M.G., Governor of British Honduras,, has died. 'lie was seriously injured by the fell of a fags la II in the fire at Belize. Temporary Brigadier-General R. F. do Candolle, -C-B-, has been appointed Direc- tor-General of Transport with the rank of temporary major-general while so em- ployed. There is a tomato plant, six feet high, bearing 101 tomatoes at Evesham IWOYCIOS- tershire). It has eighteen branches, and titeen ripe tomatoes have already been cut iXoin it. The 8th West Yorkshire Regiment (Leeds Rifles) is to receive thq French Croix. de (juerr-e for capturing in the Rheims- Soissons ba tije a formidably defended hill with the bayonet and without preliminary bombardment or covering barrage. Susan O. Il. Cunningham was fined £ 10 p.t Aidersh at for unlawful possession of military bed clothing. At a picnic at Ewell-Minnis,, near Dover, Mrs. Hewitt, age seventy-three, was attend- ing to the tea ketti-c when her muslin dress umght alight. She was so badly burned that death followed. An Army Order states that the gratuity payable to a soldier on discharge from the Army is not to be given in the case of a man fbrmally discharged for the purpose of taking up a commission. Army chaplains who relinquish their commissions and are appointed honorary chaplains will be entitled to wear uniforms when attending military functions and conducting military religious services. Chi8f-in5ctor P-q, of the Wigan Police Force, and two civilians "have been awarded the Carnegie hero diplomas with .£30 money grants, for rescuing the inmates of three- ho-ases which collapsed in the night. Bequeathing to his sister < £ 4CQ and. an extra £30 for her care in nursing him, Mr. 0. Waddell, of Warwick-bridge, Cumber- h d tho strength of two women and the patience of th ree." The Government has granted a further £50,000 to meet the l^ss in rates at East Coast watering-places between Scarborough and Ramsgate. This makes £ 120,,0G0- for the vear eAdiZ?, March 31 last, and a total of ?190,000 since March, 19MJ Captain John A. Cecil, M.C., R.F.A., killed in action on August 27, is the third wn the .Bishop of Exeter (Lord Wiliiana Cecil) has lost in the war. H. W. Whiteley, music-hsll artist, forty- six, Grade 2, told Lambeth Tribunal he had no home, as he had been travelling with his wife for over twenty years all over the world, taking their five' children, who went to school for a week or a fortnight in the towns they appeared at. Three months* exemption. Mr. Whitman has been renominated for the Governorship of New York, defeating- his opponent for the Republican nomination, ittorney-General Lewis, by a majority ot two to one. H Dr. Ethel Thomas, at King's College, said that in a. case where a woman, was given control of the machinery in a jam factory the output was doubled and the bill for engi^ neering repairs was leas than in any Previous season. Judge Rentoul, K.C., in the City of Lon- don Court, said his- appointment was made inder Royal Warrant, and -there was no authority for the Corporation I to talk of reducing his salary, as nappened at a recent meeting of the Court of Common Council. While staying at Brighton, Mr. Gerald F. Elenson, seventy-nine, retired Civil servant", viewer Green, Windsor, jumped from a ivindow and was killed, and at the inquest a verdict of "Suicide while temporarily insane* was returned.-