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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 703, 31 December 1909, Page 6

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/ Y INTERESTING ITEMS BY MAIL. : London, November 19. . In all probability tho London County; iCouncil aMlisli 1 ! the 'opium dens -whicli have; long boon the haunts of- Chinese sailors! ■visiting England. To enable tho CountyCouncil to do this and otherwise to safe-' guard seamen who.'seek lodgings in London;- an" Order-in-Council; is to :be;>issue<lj making \it' necessary; that tho keepers ;;of j all seamen's lodging-houses shall be' : :licensed.-; : i : At ■'present l it. is i'optional/.onj the part' of a keeper to apply for/■. a!/ license. Before an application' was made for : the. Order-in-Council : the :b'y-laws were: .revised, '' tho:.- most -'.important; alterations; being: : The of a .new by-law re-; .quiring- the; provision of..proper,bedsteads: and bedding. Tho alteration of tho bylaw as to ■. infectious disease- to: make .'it; : cbinoide;; with';.:';that '-; in'.- operation ;; iri! . common ilodging-houses.' - The inclusion ;ofj 'opium .^smoking;;in.- the ':list; .of offences; for which , tho "council t may suspend or revoke d license., ....W ■:&j! The Train of the Future. ;. .7 An interesting exhibition of:- the' powers I of-the gyroscopo mono-rail strain . was"; given .in -the Government grounds at New; Brompton by Mr.;:. Louis : Brennan,' in--.yrole/ of . had' been'laid :there,': •with;.-a ;'i : straight ?''' inorio-rail . : rrnhning.' : :oifi! from it at a tangent down to ; : tlib banks: of: the Medway. ; thel /powers andpossibilities of the gyroscopic: train was: riiade, when a great car 40ft.-' long'by 10ft. wide, carried forty -passengers on.a trial trip.- The twenty-two, tons . dead weight or machinery was balanced, 'on therail y on. four wheels 'set i in a lino. by means of two, giant- 1 gyro-!' scopes, each weighing;;three-quarters-of :£t| ton,\which ■>whirled 7 --.under .jtoverjat ..the': .rate-.of'Mpp:revol j utiohsrper';mihutey;,.The; 'ourious'-pqint: about::thß -machin'o is.' that: th^'side-\u^nvwhichj.the'i :^atest;i w.eisht! ;is: .placed'-immediately;' slbpesVupward stead of downward, owing- to - tho action, of these hidden'.wheels.. -

; Sty Paul's !?;fe 'City/.Corporation': lias;'apprbved^pjrj ,95'. 'votes;; to -'61 lof, :the::cbnstr.uction.of'.'at ■ n'«r>'.')Sndgey':;abross?.fte;r.TfiMbs;<6pposifai .StijPaul's .Cathedral,i'it' an'.iestimatefocbstj of! 5Ei,646,983;■:• and ■: the ', reconstruction "of! Southwark.Bridge toy the'width 'ofrQueim! Street 'Place! at; ■■-an--^estimated; cost : :,'b| ! ..£261,000. i Mr. 'Deputy;;Algar,; inVmoving! .thefadoptibn; of ;the ! reportofr;'the'Bridge! 'Bpas'e.V.ffitates';^Cpm'mitteß^: ; ;in;•iaTOur^ : iOl! Rtruction. of: Sbuthwark; Bridge,: 1 said that' th'eihow-. 'bridge, would -afford -great-relief i Sara" Street,; and ;Liidgate;Circus;'-.and : give r greatoivircedom; to ;trafflb "going: from; oast; toiwest.'.tßei'brelthe' opening"of ;&'e'Tower; Bridge, ~;23,000 y vehicles '.:{:. Bridge daily.;;To-day:Londonißridge took' about;20,000;-arid ithe':Tower I :Bridge;-beJ( .Ween :ii,ooo- ; and .;15,600.v" : -;- : ,;",>;;; ;i

I Scene on a Battleship. i A,, naval ; ■ court-martial • at. Devonport- . convicted - Private:: Howell Jones, Roval .Marines, serving • aboard the'-' cruiser ;Europa ) '',i.of -'charges V;. of V.beliaving'vwitli; contempt i towards Lieutenant Oloff 'Deweti : .of the saiuo ship, ..of entering;the lien-' ■-tenarit's cabin . and - : throwing': articles; tobbutj'/arid^bfcatismi^ ter'- tlie wardroom'whilst tho' lieutenant:: iivasi l there; ; :and:iSentenc^\sHiin^;tp:'ninOi months' hard labour-ami tobo dismissed from the servicc. '.The .case for the; prosecution was that Lieutenant, Deweti .awarded punishment'■ to,f-Jones;;; foil j disobedience, and upon. being appoaled '.to'ijthej.papt'aitt debided Jvfatf- lenifinb ..Two'days':la^"Jones ;a':.trainHfard'".tee':b£sc'erv.K"ad. : given-;liim;;iHS tho ward-room. ;• A'few'mimites after-; /Wards y:hev; appeared v'at:;i:theV,;,ward-r6'omi. door: with , rifle and' bayonet. 1 Lieutenants Dewetsliut the 'door'and : kept: liis'.against.'it, and the prisoner then."wont, to; anothordoor ;. which was kopt 'shutli ..andjihrough; bayonet. . Jonos : was. secured . and ; put .in 1 the cells,; and the . officer, going' to• his : cabin;' fouitdliis klt thrown Mahout; ?Kii f Wireless Telephony. v I .There: will shortly . be' •- placed'- on' ; the! 'market telephone: , tqm by. which 'MrSH;. Grindell-Mattbews'if the;, inventor,: ;claims v ;it;:will 1 ,'!bb'pbssiblef to communicate. with all parts of/the' country; AvithoutTrrisfc. of;'-"tapping."' 'is Relieved thaf* jivwheiiij;tlie V Ipgaratusj :.has, : -been ~it will be possible by ■. its' ;/meanß:- tb;i'talk .cfroin.i'thb?: top/;ofi;:a' honss to- a mo tor-car.-on; a,■ battleship -to a and from: land to a battleship. Owing to, the'. i!smallness ! ;'of'ithoiinstTnments:::the;-system; should .': be'':'invaluableyto.\ tro fGrmdell-Matthews.hasc.alreadyi-befln.Vsuc; l : {cessful: in.'-'speaking over three-quarters' Vof'armile ;in;:the':busiest':part;'of.VLbhdbnland has :also -'in'. tranipiittinßi ' ~ so'tod';''■, a '■■'dißtanee•! ; 6f^.'wven■', m iles.'^?^^l■^i■ International Map. ■'y.rDelegateairepr^ntmgithoVchief,'foreign l ' :<feveniihonts;::.Grea!t:''Britaini;:ahd::several' of : ;the:;'British i; States have met •at;.-the vEoreignj! Office': considering ;.thetpossibiUty;,;bf;v^ a map of tho'world'on a'comirion system 1 .; iColoneh the ( Ordnance , of :;:Great'- ;Britaintf ;was^:app6mtedi4lflirm'ani, v ence.;i;,iThe -f.-Umtedfi'States:'; of ;;vAiAe'ricalf'' ;Francei';-'.Germany,.:: Spain,:rl&ly, -Ganadai/'-Aiiistralia;'' and, Russia.'; •were all,.represented,: whilst Colonel CviE.'; :the ;>;War -'OfficeDr.;Scott-Kel ti®/secret tary of tho Royal Geographicali I ..Socictj;-;': ■ahd SGaptain ;T:::T; 'sße£rans;- : ifepp^nting t ..Great SBritain^.'the^ ing the . secretarial duties,-.^ ;scheme.'-of i'the. conference :.is.; to; preparii a, map of - the world on the scale •of I': ;to;aTmiUion,'whioKis'equiyalehtrtb' aboui;. 3GX6tt£tutev miles...to/the:;mch'.:t:Tbe idea, of, such a■' map J originated, at the. Inter-; national; :at ■in 1891,; when a committee;.was'formed.-foji.' ..the; prbmotionyb.f. : .theVsoheme, .being.' the present , cdngr^ess.J ,;;■'! >' Thg Victoria League, i '' V^Spealdnß-: : dt;:a' , vmeetirig : Leaguo.-at!Bristol, : vßeres--'. ford; said';- thatv si-Margenumber''of were.;:under , tho impression .that.- there would, in tho near future, be a crisis'.in tho-; destinies '. of .tho-vEmpife. l iVTherei was; 1 jio institution that he!|knew of that had. idone'.ybr' couldi.'dojisblimuch .'gbodVas' tlia, which laffOrde.d-oii'e .'iiii; stance: ofmanywhero:!women-hadworl:ed ■silently yn'.;,the:,Hnteresits;.^'.of;their . attention more :to this 'class .of,, wor]; than' : to.'' an agitation ;j:.w,hich;; spoiling the ininds of many; who sympa? ■■'•■th'eii;U;bbjeotsV:;He;:disagrqettJ \rith tho idea that; the country avas ;going flown,fhilUji'lt', only/!needed -waking-up.rand-'.ho: .■wnc.'. jsurec that -i.the old patnotiim;':'wbul®;appearywhen^ .called: it. forthiKTbe,'.answer^:of'the:'Stata : lo every challenge must bo that our is, : sure};'absolute; ;ahd'iunassailable;'; Tho, Empire / stood,; for : five , nations—tha. British Isles, Canada,::: Australia,- Neve Zealand, and the Cape. "Let us. keep the. five nations, but let us have ' ono Fleet, one Army, ono Union Jack, and ono Thione " i Kidnapping Story. i A curious:story was told m tho Sherif! 'of, London's Court, when-Mrs. Alice; Mary ',Ybrke?.br'oiight :' aii ;., action '-',' ; ;as Club, -JFor; false; imipriSbnmentr-- assault,. s'Wd slander in Vienna.. It was stated- that the plaintiff was ;abqffiinted';;witli Dr. r with. Mrs. \ Rainer, who subsequently separated from her: husband, and' went 1 to ]Emnburgh.::vln:-June,;Ci9oß,y®r};;'Raih(ir kidnapped'his babyj son . (\vTio: was:in Mrii. ! Rainer s custody) .while;he-,'was:'out:' in.a perambulator with motored i.irithShim ; ;,from;,7Edinhurgh "..to.viLondon, 1 :and v Sf-bvenft"ally;v.prbcecded.'W'to.>>yienna,; wherii ;: he 'a* partner-:ih::.a .well-known'. ibusiiicM.^Later,:in ; tho year. Mrs. Rainer. Vas : vhdvised :;to;:;takesprpceedings .against: 'her husband on the ground'of cruelty. wife, to 1 "-g6;.'to'cyienhdi'tbyfotch;-the,'chilaj '.whbm,>he.^as r prepared ;tp;:rive!;u^sub-' i , ect;to- I to himVfMrii.: iainer wont, taking Mrs. • Yorke with her as a companion. -.While they were : -dnnMh^ : citfofiifcyiehna/, ' and . gavo .Mrs. <yorke iintp. custody -on a charge of plotting to - steal- his baby. Slie I.'was'-takbHitbTtheVpolic1.'was'-takbHitbTtheVpolic 'dpfendaht'^pushing---; i shbrtly!>aftenvards. ;reloascd.>;;.T : .fo.mid. : -fbr'-tbe>plaintifftidM-i.awMded;;Hw;. daiaaijeij.—"Standard of Empire,". 7 '