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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 563, 19 July 1909, Page 9

j The'manner in which pageantitia hae infected this country must be a-matter" of ; constant surprise-to our kinsmen and neighbours.-, Nothing is safe'from it, and the record of that have been, are, or are to bo grows in the moat surprising man. ner. The, latest to-be added is the Pageant of. Bowls, which was held at the Agricultural; Hall in connection with the Sports Exhibition,- and- represented 'Boyalty and aristocracy, of all times, at bowls. . 'Firstand foremost,;of course, ; was; Sir 'Francis Drake, -who played on Plymouth Hoe on that never-to-be-forgotten day,when news-ofjithe; Armada came;- then. Queen. Matilda, the first--known lady flayer, Queen Bess in Btarched ,ruff,. Shakespeare, and many of, our Kings including Henry -Villi., Charles I. and Charles il., who hclpedto settle some of the ,rules of the, game. now ; observed. One- exhibit -which, attracted enormous..- attentionwas that of the very bowls with which Drake' played on the.; Hoe, and tKey were s of course ■ the objects of the reverential admiration p£ hosts of-lovers of the-,game. .- . "."

The Select Committee of the House of Commons which was appointed to consider the question of-a weekly rest day for .policemen state in .their L report that they aro satisfied that some relief is absolutely essential, and that without delay, and are of the opinion that' the provision of one day's rest in _ seven, would bo the best modo of "affording this relief.' They consider that the increased cost to the ratepayers—variously estimated at from £82,000 to would' be entailed by the considerable addition te tho- members of thO Metropolitan Police needed would bo counterbalanced by the increased efficiency, of a. body of: publico sef"vants"' who .hav'd' deserved; well, of .the public from'the in which-their-work has beon carried out. Moreover, theydo. not think that, tho question,of cost, is on.o v .of. primary.v importance,'.: the. .most vital 'ole?-; inent in the mattor being tho provision of relief to the calico from the strain of sarvio«k '