LONDON GOSSIP.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 105, 3 May 1912, Page 4

LONDON GOSSIP.

AWGLO-COLOi4!AU NQTfcS. (From Otu! Own Correspondent.) • LONDON, 23rd March. ' RULEIS OF" THE AIR. ' -Those intending to fly in England must n6\v commit to memory tho rules dra-wu up by tho Royal Aoxo Club. They are simple enough to anybody who has loarnod to fly. Air craft meeting etid on must keop to, the 'right to avoid a collision, and they musj; pass each other at a , distance of not less than 110 yard 3. An air oraft overtaking is responsible for keeping clear, and must o&Eerve the distance of 110 yards in passing on the right or 330 yards on the loft. An overtaking [ craft' must not pass directly underneath or over the other, and there must be no turning- in across the bows after passing. For meeting in ' cross directions the rule is that .the oraft which seeis the other on ' its right-hand forward quadrant is to give way. \ MANOEL'S HOPES, lt-iftsaid that Royalists in Brazil have sent to Europe in hard cash a sum of something like £200,000 for the restoration of tho monarchy in Portugal. Manool, meanwhile, is not down-hearted in hid retreat, and has issued a manifesto to the exiled Royalis^ in answor to an address of loyalty which they have sent him. "I am with you in your sufferings and unhappiness," he writes, "and, bolieye me, this sacred ill-fortune which we share between us is not the least of the bonds uniting me to you- My soul, liko; yours, finds, fresh force in tho unconquerable hope that the- hour cannot -be long. delayed which shall unite us on the .holy toil of our fatherland. The jreali^a- ( ► tiou of 4 this firm hope will be the best reward for the sacrifices of , those t \v|io, like oursolvos, submit tb the sorrows : of exile, and of those poor martyrs, still more unfortunate, who for ■ long months havff borne the horrors ..and all , the cruel miseries of humiliating and inhuman imprisonment." ,*' PHOTOGRAPHING IN COURT. Tho judges' are' at present in the throes of a bout with the illustrated press of England over tho question of taking photographs in court during important trials. On several occasions lately there has been a protest against scones in court — sometimes of a very harrowing description—being published, in the daily papers, and judges have' made pretty 'strong comments on the subjeot. One went so far as to state that he would regard the taking of photographs as contempt of ( court, ftnd ' a' oase"' v was actually brought!' in whioh a well-known illustrated daily paper was oharged with contempt on these grounds. The photographers seem determined that they will not stop short of a definite prohibition, and it does not seem as if there is any power to aotually prohibit. Mr. M'Kenna said, in_ reply to a question about, the Seddon trial? "I find that no permission was given for' the taking of any photograph in the court. It must have been taken without- authority and surreptitiously." He regarded the act as an outrage, and would consider whether it would be advisable to make it illegal. It would be difficult to obtain a pledge from all in court that they would not take* photographs. ' A. MILLIONAIRE'S SON. A very cheerful optimise is the' son of Sir Julius Wernher, who attained his majority in Juno, 1910, and' left Oxford simultaneously with a legacy of £25,000 of debts, which . his millionaire father paid. . • Sir Julius then tt'naounoed in tho "agony" column of The Timoij 'that he would no longer be responsible lor the liabilities of the young hopeful, who has in 'the eighteen montbe. louving Ox ford amassed' another orop 1 of debt; to tho» tune of £85,000. Racing, betifflfe, an s d ! extravagant living, with a brief, spell of, earning a living as secretary at £40' a.-moi^b, hova .'ptodiicecl this result, i the unly as&eta of . boing £228, of which three-fourths '•consists of very doubtful book-debt^.- " f THE STAF3P* AT" 13? VICTORIA1 STREET. With regard to, a statement that is froquontly made to the effect that there are too few New Zealandere on the staff of the High Commissioner at 13, Victoriastreet, Sir William Hall-Jones has given mo a list showing that the btaff really includes eleven members who are either Now Zealanders by birth or have had many years' New Zealand experience. They are— Sir William Hall- Jones himself, Mr. C. Wray Palliser, Mr. T. E. Donne, Mr. T. H. Hamor, Mr. J. X Campbell, Mr. W. Herbert Alington, Mr. 11. C. Cameron, Mr. Crabb, and Mr. Wright (veterinary inspectors), Mr. Anson, and Mr. Folton. So that there is no real necossity for persons who want authoritative information about Now Zealand to go away without it. A TRENCHANT CRITIC. The Morning Post is not inclined to allow Dr. Hera's book on New Zealand to pass without some slight criticism, and it particularly chides him on his comment on social institutions and the attitude of cultured ' New Zealanders to literature and art. Much of this comment, the Post says, is mere travesty, though there is a good deal of wholesome criticism which the country might with advantage take hepd of. "The penalty of the smart style' of writing is an inevitable sacrifice of truth, whether of impression or of fact." The humour, though sometimes sardonic and effective, "is sometimes in the worst possible taste, as, for example, in the silly jokes, laboured usque ad nauseam, suggested by the name Paradise" (the well known tourist resort). The reviewer also detects some examples of the crudest bathos, particularly the diction of the ten lines in which the date of Seddon's death is indicated. INVITATION TO CADETS. The Canadian National Exhibition is -•inviting cadets from all • the Dominions ■ to be present thero next year, and Earl Grey, the lato Governor-General, states that the invitation will include payment of all expenses. There will be a grandstand at Toronto specially erected for the accommodation of the 112 cadets from the Dominions. J