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Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7090, 26 August 1901, Page 3

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LOBD EOSEBEBY'S'bETBOTHAL.' Jt is a long time now since the first rumour that Lord Bosebery would take to himself a second wife/and that this time she would be a princess, "When a ' certain society paper—l forget which one now—hinted.thia, many others, pretending to be more knowing, suggested thePrincess Victoria of Wales, - which, of course, was pure; rubbish. Then it was hinted: that the late Queen was anxious that her favourite peer, as he wa a called should marry the widowed Duchess of Albany, ..'■■. ■'. > That story;; top,-died ..for'the ■'.timebeing, but only for the- time being, for it is now Btated that the King's forthcoming' visit to Scotland is likely to bo foUwetl by) the Announcement of the betrothal of. the Duchess tp Lord Eosebery, The Duchess is to accompany the Ipng north, and the announcement, it is reported, js Ijkely tp be made during the rOyal residence at Holyrobd. . ' ' THE EAEL -;&g\. EOSLYN AGAIN. TJ}O fel of Eosl'yn appeared'in London recently in_a new role, that of a drummer. The. Earl has been filling in the time between his recent employment as a press correspondent in South Africa, and his approaching return to the stago as a member of Mrs Langtry's company by travelling for a cattle cake firm. It appearsJ,hat l^e was so unsuccessful that nis employers germinated his engaeoment, and Lord Eosslyn sued them for' -six months wages. The Earl, attired in the pink of fashion, entered the witness bos and got a verdict in his favour. . HOUSE POE HEIR-APP AEENT, When the Dnke and Duchoss of Cornwall come back from the ends of the earth they will find themselves royally housed. York pottage, which is a mere appendage of. Sandrin^ham, was too small for the heir-apparent, so Hoiighton i Hal], Norfolk, has been taken for the Dukeand Duchess, Houghton has some pretensions ,to magnificence, containing about three hundred rooms, while the shooting is excellent. ■ '-. 4 Houghton Hall.belorigs to the Marquis of Cholrnondeley,: buf was rented for some time, for the sake of its shootings, to Lord Wilton, whose bacholor parties m his unmarried days were so famous. Two years ago it was let to a rich American, Mr Bishop,' who gave some magnificent parties,.. He entertained the King as Prince of Wales, also tbe present Heir-Apparent, who, havingseen Houghton Hall for himself, knows the. sort of house to which he will return. - AUTOMOBILE TEADE BOOMING. -One of the busiest London streets at this fag. end-of. the-.season is Long Acrt, the thoroughfare connecting' aristocratic Piccadilly with : historic ,Drury Lane., The street itself is a ! curious mixture of Bond street and Billingsgate, the latter element swarmin" over the' place in the shape of Italian fruit sellers, cheap coffee houses, old picture shops, and similar out cropping* of adjacent Soho. The Bond-street j element is represented by numerous carriage and 'autormobile show-rooms, which for some 'curious, historic reason have Ipng bean indigenous to the Long Acre pavement. .. .

Just now the automobile repositories are literally rushed with business At every shpp the c.ry is: "If we only had the .cara we could sell faye ftwea ag-.nwiy,^ B.ut it costs a lot of monoy to lay in a store of automobiles. Where thedealer might sta"k up a hundred bicycles on the floor lof his showroom he would be lucky to find »paoe for a dozen automobiles, and the outlay for the latter would make the cost of the former-looTc.trivial..