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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 719, 19 January 1910, Page 8

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INTERESTING, ITEMS BY MAIL. London, December 10. The Board of Trade .returns for the month of Novemba.have.just been issued.:. The.: .to £61,605,222, .an increase' of'! j over those ; of the same, month, of last year, and of. £4,459,279. over those of November, 1907,.. The': exports for 'the. month amounted an increase of. £4,174,040 over those : of November last year. For.:the eleven months te^firo°Q V rS^' 30 Tis amounted to £563,894,601, an increase' of -£27,629,999 compared with the same.eleven months ; y eaT -' bnt a .of -£25,915,919 *}%a mp ?™f the corresponding penod,,ofJ9of.,Tho.exports for the eleven months amounted to £344,589,547, a .decrease of J3,228,456 compared' with %st™ months of last year, and of ±53,394,938 compared with 1907. Under S^Sw* 8 '2* S** 1 *? whoU y or mainly manufactoed, principal increases in exports last Iron and steel torn *&■ oth?^^^o^ 2 ' 555 i c °tJW w; ' 5 *-£505,504; oilfc, S othei >rns and'-textile fabrics apparel, ;,6168,457;,and' chemil r"! 3 *^^? 8 . and colours, £225,518. - the is attributable to higher prices. Also ■ the comparison deals with period: of'remarkable do-. SS& No ,' ram £ er tWs year had one more working day than November 1908 ~

More Judges; ' s^ '"-'committee''' which was"' apC0I ? d «. .™& a committee of the House of Commons, how to solve ivL^K^t" l^?Bll^^o * which thrjndges of the King's Bench ..unanimously ''recommend .the' 'aaV dition a£once of two judges to the King's Bench,, Division,, but do not recommend ■S™h if -'.to the establishment snould be permanent, unless, after furHiW <^e^'% K ™ mt de-: «,« ,;_ir? y ' ere ! ore ; recommend:.that' shnnffT 1011 i° r • th S? additional judges thn L^ m f e , m the&rst instance on va fi a ? c 'es subsequently occurring should remain -unfilled, unless f™ bo * of - : Parliament is fTw'* 11 * 11 *?, Present establishment is again reached.'..

■Death Week.' ; l : - - ; : ■' • / mo^™^^ 0 oti ffl' ; of bne'of tfo, mnSTJ« e -nuswrriiwes' of justice in -modern, times,'has. died, in.'a'state of Erono^'H in - :0 $ "Wiiatti Wlubs- and ■■mmimoiiia.-o-:.Beck -was SSt-'S M«T/' - bu Vpent a considerable Tn imkl S We;ln Ejffjandjon -business; V 1 S-" e was arrested on a charge of ?w# a u g - women -. and iras. seritencedVin (S. j OWll ® ' y?ar ■ to ; seven ■ years': penal servitude He served.five.years and?a half,,;and.,was 'released; .then, .however;: arrested again in 1904 on asimilar chaise. -was:. convicted; -.;but providentially,,his sentence was deferred,' m. custody..another: man was arrested on. a similar charge,' and happened to pass in front of him.' Hie man was not his double; this was. the strange Ew;S a^L 03 **- ty Beck ; .had • been ldentined by several I. women;,; bat -'-. the stranger walked like 'Beck, and 'had "a small scar on his face,'-which several of tfle. women said they remembered. .This .Chance .meeting' of the two ,'men saved ceck a further term in prison and cleared ma-name. Exhaustive' police inquiries finally proved ■ beyond doubt: .thit Beck had suffered .-for-- the', crimes'-of another S£ ? "i a "free-pardon," 'his innocence! and he was offered a /'solatium" of .82000 by the .Treasury. The-.,solatium' was,, however on,, every hand, pronounced , insufficient, and he was'finally awarded w65000.- ' ■■<■■■■

Hew' the Poor Live.- ■■)■', : ;'. ■'■";. . Under ; the: .title , ,-?How, the :-CasuaV on % * 'Resort' has been, issued,. (Northern, ■.'.Pubßshing Company, 1 Uverpool), of .the-result of.. certain;'in-' Sjiries made by. a Joint .committee.'. o£ iverpool organisations into the conditions, of, life of the dock labouring class. Ine investigators obtained their-facts by issuing to selected labourers' families ; b °°sf, . specially prepared-' with printed headings,- etc., in which the recipients were, asked i» enter theipnrticulars of the household:,budget from week'- to -week. IK ;.the_ forty' • budgets," twenty-seven ! 'only were kept for four-weeks, and 'upwards, laking the,husbands earnings in these famihesrr' ''■ ■ •■' -'-'v:".'•'. .-.'...v ..?•• '•■ .■•

:-' ; 3 man averaged over 255; ■:'■''•.■•'■' |.--"'2.: men averaged over2os. ' ' .. '; 12.men. averaged.between'lss.-,and 20s. 10 men,averaged be10w.,155..-".'".-.' v-:;,. The total income', of: -all.'.the .famiiies during 429 .weeks in which the budget book was kept amounted to:: aE469 19s. 6d., 11 a^aff 6 of 21s- 10} i per week; and the total expenditure to: .£4Bl 16s. 45d.i ah .average >■ ot' 225..- 5Jd. per (.week, v' , ■;

Shipping Disasters.; ; ./ ;; ; ''•./ , ,: During ffie'temble gale'which raged round the British Isles recently an ex&a : ordinary .number, of shipping casualties took place, and it is reported that, in all 6oyenty-five lives' were lest: around ■ the' coasts.. The'.worst disaster "was. the sinkSi? "v." 19 Is| lo ' of • mail- steamer -Mian Vannin, .with' all-souls, numbering tliirty-eight: passengers-;. and -' crew. -\At tost it'was believed'that she had been swamped, _ but .when ishe was discovered lying at the bottom of the. Mersey Channel, . near, the. Bar,,in*, sight ■ of port, divers ascertained that, she - had .-, foundered after a collision with some unknown vessel. Twenty-one lives.are stated to. have been lost by the sinking in Bideford Bay the Thistlemorr a steamer of:4000. tons,- laden with .coal for: Cape, Town and Australia. Nine.of the crew have been saved.'. ""; .'*' :"■■'. . /- ;.i:".," : .

Echo of Druce.Cass.;.;■•: ;..A-, verdict, in .favour 'of: the -Duke .'of Portland and Lord Howard' do.-' Walden was returned in the King's' Bench .Division when Mr.'William Haworth,,a solicitor and retired' superintendent' of births, Marriages, and deaths, "brouglt an action to recover: SG2SO. The money was claimed as Temuneration for services supplied the defendants with -the', object- of disposing of .the .claim that-the late : Mr.'Thomas C. Druce, of the Baker ■■- Street - Bazaar, was the fifth Duke of. Portland. The ■plaintiff's .-.counsel -.stated:- that- Mr. Hawprth.had supplied to the defendants': solicitors information which, he said, would crush/the claim, before the : case came into: court. He' was offered: ,£500,' but refused, it,- and : claimed 1 .£6250.' The jury stopped tie 'case and returned a verdict for the'.- defendants, as stated above./:;' ■■.-:-;- --. ,:■:■:'"-"-''■, ■'

British-Surnames.; .' An interesting report on! surnames'in Ireland, issued • by the Registrar-General for .that country, points .out; how much light is thrown: by. family nomenclature on tho t early, employments and 'customs' of a people, as well as of the sources from which they spring. It appears from the tablo of surnames that 1 the fire, most common names in Ireland as 'compared .with .England and Scotland ' are:p..'■' Ireland. England.'' N Scotland.'V Murphy. .■ . Smith, f ''Smith. ' • Kelly. Jones. ' -MDonald; , Sullivan... Williams, Brown:"" Walsh....-'.... Taylor.,'■:■■:'Thomson.-; '■ Smith. Davies.'.■':'.'" Robertson. Although the;great army of the Smiths is shown to predominate in' England and Scotland and almost in. Ireland, it is pointed out that all Smiths - do not. belong, to the one family. The name-is •derived from' the. most common and important of'all early trades, and in'lreland and Scotland the name in many, if not most, cases is'a translation from the Gaelic equivalent. . '■■-:-.''.-:' , ■.•. Motor Vehicle Statistics. : ;•. The following table printed in the current issue of the';jßoyal Automobile Club Journal", shows"' the ! rapid : manner in: which. motor vehicles are increasin" in popularity:—. :; :-•;■:■' "■-'■ ,-•'"••• :..., ■'.;:• .■•-Eegistered.: ! Licenses."; --' ,' ■-,'■:" ,:Jsm:}:;vm: Ivm. ' igos. '" England and '■:''-' :':.- -"■:.■)'■■'■:. -'-•.,-:.-- •'■• , Wales,!. ... 163;i81 137,323 153,437:131,087 Scotland ... 13,093.10,907 15,146 12,054 Ireland .... : , 7,499,,, 6,185 6,403 5,233. 'Total ".-•_"..;; "m,i73 '154,415 174,986 148,974 Cotton Spinners' Losses. * -,Duringl9o9 th'e.'Eancashire cotton spinning trade- has. been more 'depressed! than for. many years ;back., According, to 'an analysis of tho. trading'results "of 82 companies for the.twelve months ended November 30,' compiled; by Mr. William Tattersall, of ■■ Manchester,' the total loss is tho lavgost; over -twenty-five years. concerns; out .of. the 82 have lost money, and "only 14. announce a-pro-fit.. The.amountflfjiaid-.np_Bharo-capital'

of the 82 companies -mentioned is :£3;100,042, and the loan capital amounts'to The; valuo of the plant, ineluding machinery, is ..£3,975,564.; :■.. The total loss of the-concerns for the twelve months is .£239,903.': This works.: out-at : a loss en share capital of .7.73 per cent., per annum, whilst,,on share and loan capital, combined, after, paying; laterest. on, loans! the loss is 5.57, per cent, per annum/ The avorage loss. per' company; is', .£2925. " '•.

Cruisers for the Thames. , ;:, It is understood' that the Admiralty have .decided; to : give orders to the Thames Ironworks ojid . Shipbuilding Company ■ for the construction of two cruisers of this year's programme,'; The question of -allotting. to -the' company ; an order for one of the new- Dreadnoughts hasnot yet been. settled. . .Waat these orders: mean to the Easl>end ■ of' London, where the distress from unemployments is more acute than in any other part of. the, metropolis, is at .first-difficult to realise.' The orders, will mean, employment for platers, 'riveters,'• drillers, shipwrights; joiners, plumbers, boilermakers, . fitters, and electrical workers. If the Dreadnought 1 order is ■ obtained, it is estimated that .£500,000 will be spent locally'in wages over a period of two years.' During that; time 2000.men would earn on an average J2 a week.' On the'basis of five to a family, this would'guarantee,.a. good living. for 10,000 persons for two years.' ' ■ ':;'." -' ; ''""' :

Anti-Sujcide Bureau. .' '•'■'..' ' Many interesting facts are contained in' the annual report ofstho Salvation Army Anti-Suicide -Bureau. It states,,among other 'things, that, .the .trades, 'Callings, and professions of ■ which members have been benefited! during the-year, through: the efforts of the bureau ' include r—Artists,: clergymen, , missionaries, civil "engi-,-neers,' chemists,' actors, military officers, doctors, solicitors,. chief '-'...constables, ..'ibid i sea ..captains, journalists,, architects and surveyors!, schoolmasters, general tradesmen, bank clerks, hotel proprietors, publicans, ;.mechanics,; ."company, 'promoters,' and builders' and ".contractors, v.

Canadian and'lnwan, Disputes. ;:.: ; S '.The. Judicial - Committee has' dismissed an appeal from : 'a judgment; of the Su-" Ereme ;.Court- of- Canada., ,'. The'. appellants ad raised /y.the.^question'-whether ,!.the Corporation ..of Montreal:.had the ; ppwe'r to enact a. certain'.by-law .enforcing ; ear]y; closing. on .specified -days ' on certain busi-, ness shop's. Mr. Justice: .Archibald,' who .tried:-.the' case, held-; that /the by-law was' ultra:/vires,'a decision, that' was upheld by the .Court: of King's'.Bench for Quebec on appeal.. The.Corporation of Montrealthen: appealed to,.the,.Supremo' Court' -of' Canada, who. reseisojl the decisions.. ' iThe; committee' '-'allowed;' the :appeal ; of: tho Province of Quebec' from ,a judgment of- the Supremo:. Court .'of Canada in; fay: our ■''.'of -the province, of Ontario ih'.an intr portant? case; in' connection .with'the; price for/which certain i of ,'the:.common school .lands had been sold/ : ./' J; ,' : :"'/;/ /', .The committee' also; dismissed'the ap'peal of Thakur Nawab .Ali Khan, Taluk-'; dar of Akbaipur,/from a.:'decree'.of. the' .Court of the Judicial Commissioner of Oudh, modifying a decision of the DeputyCommissioner' of Sitapur. ■ .The ■ question. at issue concerned the payments made by Wahid Ali,7who'..held -sub-proprietary rights in the village. of Daryapur,. to the appellant, the / superior- , proprietor.— "Standard of Empire." '■ '■•■' -../■ .•• -.'■;■/