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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 770, 19 March 1910, Page 12

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1 London March L A brrritfls railway accident,, involving the loss of seven lives and injuries to twenty people, took place on the London, Brighton, and South Coast railway," at a wayside station known as Stoatfe Nest, fifteen miles from London on the waj to Brighton. An express train, travelling from Brighton to town, hecame derailed after passing the points. The train consisted of a Pullman car and firet-clasa carriages. When running through the station at forty miles an hour the train suddenly parted in two. The engine with four coaches sped forward, leaving the remainder of the train detached, but still travelling at great speed. The foremost coach of tho latter half of tiio train, consisting of Eovcn coaches, rushed up the acclivity of the down local platform, at the same time breaking away from the succeeding carriages. It was this coach that caused all the - damage. Six occupants were killed, and a Mr. Eosc, foreman to a local firm of lime merchants, who was standing , on the platform, was also killed. Then the coach crashed into a signal-box, wrecking it At the Board of Trade inquiry a signalman said he saw sparks flying from: under one of the coaches judj before the express was derailed. Expert evidence showed that one of .the wheels had shifted on the axle,' which must .have been caused, by an enormous blow. Strike Riob. .> Further rioting by the miners who are on strike against the Dear Coal Act has occurred at Horden, near West Hartlepool, ""d resulted in the complete destruction by fire of the colliery company's £10,000 club-house and serious damage to Hard wick Hall, the residence of Mr. J. J. Prest, the colliery manager. Three hundred and fifty men made a raid on Hardwick Hall, and began by smashing every window, subsequently hurling Mi. Prest*s motor-car over a cliff. Mr. Prest had previously telephoned for a body of police to- follow the men from Horden, and their arrival was followed by'a baton charge. One man was seriously injured, and a boy named Joseph Eaine, aged 14, was hit by a shot from a gun. Meanwhile much damage was being done at Horden. The strikers, emboldened by the temporary absence of the majority of- the police at Hardwick Hall, turned their at tention to the club and set fire to tlSj premises,' which were destroyed by the flames. While the opportunity remained the more adventurous rioters looted the premises and the stewards' house adjoining of everything portable. • ..

British Naval Airship. r ' Within' the next few weeks the first British.naval airship, which is now being completed by Messrs. Vickers, Sons, and ilaxira at Barrow-in-Furiiess,. -prill be "launched!" Already the crew, consisting of six officers and men from his Majesty's ship Ternon, have been selected, and are now undergoing a course of instruction. The air/ship, which has been specially designed by Messrs. Spencer and Sons, of Highgate, for the purpose of patrolling the North Sea, is of the rigid type ; anil will be the largest of her kind in tho world, with the. exception of the Zeppelin airship. : Although the strictest secrecy has been, observed as to. the precise details, it is known that the Admiralty airshipwill be of a far more advanced type than any hitherto '■ constructed. One special" feature is the magazine for carrying the explosives for use in time of war. Her engines are expected to develop about 200 horse-power. . . :.. 'A TraveHirig Bank. ; 4 . ■ A motor-bank'; has just etarted on' a tour through Sussex villages on its trial run. The travelling bank is already known ■ in: the United States of America, but this- will be the first attempt in England..to serve outlying districts where tUere-_is:no. bank. .The motor-bank will be run.by Messrs. Farrow, of■ the People's Bank, ..who have branches in many of the chief u towns.. wlivery«;dotail of • a bank in miniature will be found in the vehicle. It is a covered 'car with a removable back,.: which discloses -a brass-railed counter. It will.draw, up in the.centre of each-hamlet, and a bank cashier will leave his seat,. by the chauffeur, and receive or pay ont deposit accounts.: As the. travelling, bank will carry considerable ; sums ■of money in notes and gold both the cashier in charge and the driver will':be armed , in. case any attempt is made to "hold up" the car. Should the experimental'motor-bank be a success, others- will be sent; out from the town coutres. . ; ■.-■■.. .

The Salting Collection; .The difficult, task of making a selection from the magnificent collection of paintings-and water-colour drawings left by,the late■Hγ. George.Salting has just been completed; for the national collection. The choice/ which. required great deliberation, was made by the National Gallery Trustees, for> whose convenience Messrs. T. Agnew and, Sons arranged an exhibition of the pictures at their' Bond Street galleries. . It. is stated on good authority that out of the 268 pic-, tures the trustees have selected between SO and 90 of the best. In their choice the trustees were actuated to "a large extent-by. the desirability of filling up serious gaps in the National Gallery collection, and the pictures selected will add immensely to the representative character ■of several • sections. Among those selected are two portraits by Franz Hals, three pictures by Jan Steen, a. Millet, a Corot, some six of Constable's framed sketches, and'.eighteen framed burner water-colour. drawings. In the Early German and..Flemish sections the, National Gallery is weak, the same being truo ■of the' ancient and modern Frenoh sections..- The.: trustees have drawn largely on Mr. Salting's collection to: make up some of the deficiencies. , ■ .. : .■■■■.■■■•"..•.. . ■ •. Tramway Travel, _ The tremendous impetus given to the development of the tramway systems of this country by the introduction, of electrical working is well illustrated in a series of figures given in a White-paper just; issued comparing the' tramways in 1908 with those of 1893,. when steampower was at its height. Here 'arc the figures:— , • .. .-■ ... ■ ■. ' 1903. MS9B. Miles of route open 2,525.08 ■ -1,064.19 Passengers carried 2,659,981,136 858,455,542 Percentageof work- '■..■■ ing expenditure to ', ■ . ! ' gross receipts .... 63.64 .76.03 Passengers carried . . ' per car mile ..... 1,053,049 806,703 Of the 296 tramways in the United Kingdom 176-belong to local authorities, owning 1680 miles of line. ' , ■'••

Labour Exchanges, This week has seen the opening of more than a hundred. Board of Trade Labour Exchanges in London and the provinces. Each exchange has a green-painted frontage, and , bears the words, "Labour Exchange, Board of Trade." 'More than a dozen of the London exchanges already administered by the Central ("Unemployed) Body are being taken over. Lord Basil Blackwood, the assistant manager of the central department, said, in the course of an interview: "We shall register every one who chooses to come and ask to have his or her name put down. The only class of work we shall not endeavour to find is that of domestic servants. The exchangee will not create employment. They will only bring in organisation where chaos has reigned hitherto." The Garden of,the World. ' In connection with tho jubilee of the Church of England in British Columbia, thero was a meeting at the Mansion House, and a service.at St. Paul's Cathedral, at which a special sermon was preached by the Bishop of London. At die mooting Alderman Sir Joseph Savory, who presided, referred to tho scheme for the establishment, as a permanent' memorial.of the jubilee, of a college at which young men could bo educated and equipped for the mission field. The Legislature of British Columbia had determined to establish a university, and had devoted two million ncree of land for its. endowment.. It was resolved, on the motion of the Bishop of Kingston, that the organisation formed to carry .out the jubitae commemoration should be

made permanent, in order- that-lha, efforts of the Church in. British Columbia .should be aided and strengthened by an organisation in England. In his sermon at the cathedral tho bishop spoke in glowing termß of the future which was opening out for British Columbia, "i glorious country, the garden of the world."—"Standard of Empire.^ Famous Millionaire Dead. Mr. John Cory, the Welsh mflHoirare and father of Sir Clifford Coiy, the new member of Parliament for St. Lrcs, Cornwall, died atDuffryn, near Cardiff, while the electors in' the division has son war contesting were going to the poll.' Mn Cory, built tip from a small coasting business which he inherited from hij :ather an enormous firm' of steamship and colliery owners, finally becoming the largest coal exporter in the world. Ths "collieries which he directed have":now an output of more than 2,000,000 tons a year. Ho was a great philanthropist and temjierance and presented a memorial hall to the Cardiff temperance societies, making also large gifts to various charities and educational institutions. It is estimated that ho asssted nearly 2000 institutions annually. British Destroyor Wrecked. Exciting scenes 'were witnessed at Dover when, during a temfie gale, the torpedo boat destajyer Eden was torn, from her moorings aid driven ashore on the sea wall at tho reclamation woria. The crew was mustered oa the deck, over which the eea broke hsr*ily>. lifo-belte were 6erved out, and the collision doors were closed. A line -033 got across to the vessel and the ccpjy, numbering between sixty .■ and seveutr, were rescued by means of fte breeches buoy.. The crew behaved with remarkable coolness, awaiting their turns for rescra with apparent calm. One man, as he was dragged through the. Boa to fl» shore, was singing: "I shan't go home to-night'' Eventually all were got eafely aahnnx The ship was very badly damaged below the water-line, but after the lapse of tiro days, sho wae refloated and towsl mto Dover.Harbour. ,'~ . .. Death of Bishop Dowden. . The Scottish Episcopal Chnich ias-lost a distinguished leader in Bishop Dowden. pf Edinburgh, who died on Sunday escning, January 30. The late Bishop tssj born in Cork in 1840. He was educated at Queen's College there and at TrinHy College, Dublin. Ordained priest in 1885, be was elected Donnollan Lecturer in Dublin University in 1684. In his early dajs he was curate of St. John's, Sligo, and afterwards became incumbent of Colry in the same town. Between the years 18701874. he was chaplain to the Lord-Lieu-tenant of Ireland. After being assistant at St Stephen's Chapel at Ease, Dublin, be became Pantonian Professor of Theology and Canon of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh. In 1874 he took a B.D. degree at Trinity College, Dublin, and was successful in obtaining his D.D. two years later.. When the theological department of: Trinity College, Glcnalmond, was removed io Edinburgh in. 1880, Dr. Dowden was made principal. At the sasai time bt became ex officio one of the Canons oY Edinburgh Cathedral. .. In -1886 he was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Edinburgh in succession to the late Dr. Cotterill. He proved an able administrator, and in 1904 his great ability was recognised by the University/ of Edinburgh, from which he received the honorary degree of LL.D. In' March of the :, .same year Bishop Dowden' was 'presented with his portrait as a token, of the esteem and affection in which he was, held by the laymen of the diocese. The late Bishop devoted no small part of his leisure .M research, work, in the domain of ecclesiastical archaeology, and published eevera? volumes, included among which were "Tho Celtic Church in Scotland", and "The History of the Theological' Literature of the Church of England."—"Scotsman."' ■■:'■. ■■■■ ■'■■■.■. ■•■ : ■ •:-:■■ ' V '■■■.'■.