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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1253, 9 October 1911, Page 6

A sensational burglary occurred in Well Walk, Hampstead, at a house which had been left in charge of a man and his wife during the, absence of the owner, Mrs. Innes, who is the widow of an Army surgeon-general. Late in tho evening, on returning to the house, the woman was surprised to see a man's shadow on the dining-room wall. . Immediately afterwards tho man rushed out, exclaiming: "What aro vou doing back so soon?" The woman tried to go for help, but the man struck her savagely with a copper stick, stunning her. On regaining consciousness she found in the kitchen a largo bundle containing silver plate and glass articles, but as the moro valuable things had been packed away tho burglar had been unable to get at them . He had consumed a large quantity of whisky, which he drank from an ornamental vase. So far no arrest lias been made.

Tho average height of a Briton is sft. 81in., and the average weight 1501b.; while the average height of our French neighbours is sft. fin., and their . average weight 1311b.

Experiments have been carried out at Portsmouth with a view to devising a method of raising submarines which have sunk. Two old submarines of the Holland typo were selected for the purpose, being fitted with steel hawsers round the hulls in order tliat the possibility of lifting them when submerged might bo tested. If the experiments provo satisfactory, it is intended to build steel bolts around future submarine vessels, to which hawsers can be attached in tho event of tho vessel sinking as tho result of a mishap.

M. Lebedeff has shown his enterprise at St. Petersburg by fixing a taximeter to his aeroplane, and conveying passongcrs at the rate of .C 3 for the first five minutes, and £1 ss. for each additional five minutes.

Mr. James B. Hammond, tho millionaire inventor of the typewriter bearing his name, has decided to spend the rest of his days on the ocean wave, and for this purpose has purchased an elegantly-fur-nished yacht. Mr. Hammond is 73 years of age, and says that he is departing for a 27 years' cruise. Ho expects to live to be 100, and then, he says, he will retire aud present his yacht to the United States Government as a perfect model yacht of the 20th century. Mr. Hammond is suffering from rheumatism, and cannot walk unaided.