GENERAL ITEMS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 13 February 1913, Page 5

GENERAL ITEMS

A VICAR'S FLIGHT. . ~. ~.. ~'-..,- ■ \ (JRkjbs* AfjflociATiON.—CipXßiofcrw-.l LONDON, Feb. ,11. Knight wrote to the Hon. TV Mackenzie, High Commissioner foi* New Zeai land-, who refused him as ail osßisted j emigrant, as evidence of his experience was not produced. . ■•-.. SPANISH STEAMER WRECKED. LONDON, February 12: The Spanish steamer Pauline was wrecked at Wigtown.-- 1 The captain and thirteen men are missing. .-■,'. SMALLPOX. ' i>ORT DARWIN, Feb. 12. The steamer Eastern, from China,'reports that a fireman is stricken, with smallpox. IMPROVED ARMOUR PLATE: LONDON, February 3L2. . The Admiralty is testing a Sb.effJ.eld i invention increasing the resistance of ! armoured plate, while reducing ' : iter weight fifteen per cent. ' HANDSOME BEQUEST TO OXFORD UNIVERSITY. '.' (Received Feb. 13, 8 a.m.) , LONDON, February 12; Dr. Charles Theodore AVilliii'mß , bequeathed £119,467 to Oxford University for medical education. • KING CANUTE'S TWIN CHILDREN. (Rec. Feb. 13, 8 ium.) , LONDON,' Feb. 12. The coffins of Kino- Canute's .twin,children, who were drowned at Whittleseamere, have been found in a moittttstic cemetery at Peterborough. • ' RUSSIAN HORSE THIEVES LYNCHED. (Rcc\ Feb. 13, 9.10 a.m.) ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 12. Five thousand peasants at Kharkov dr>niolisbed the Courthouse atid lynched two horse thieves. ■ '•' QUEEN ALEXANDRA AND HER DOGS. (Ric. Feb. 13. 10.40 a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 12. ' ■ Queen Alexandra secured firsl sc- t coiid. and third prizes for Basset hounds at Cruft's show, and also several other prizes. KING-GEORGE AND THE BIBLE. (Rec. Feb. 13. 10.40 a.m.)' LONpON.NFeh. 12. The Council of the Sunday School Union presented an address *to .the Kiiii-T thanking him for his daily reading 'of the Bible. ■;■,-■