GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12657, 10 September 1904, Page 5 (Supplement)

GENERAL NEWS.

■ " EABI.'S COtETOI' 1905, • Next* year being the first ; catenary »1 Britain's most famous naval yijtory, that of Trafalgar, the Earl's Court authority have resolved to" celebrate it by : a "Na*al, ; Shipping, and fisheries Exhibition,"- wbJfih. is' to lie the mort complete of its kind ever got together. " There will be models ; and real epscimijjj«r of our old-time " wooden walla" and present-day'. fighting ships, placed together for comparison, real guns of all weights, submarines, torpedoes, seamines., and all the appliances of naval war- , fare,: Contrasting with these will be fishing and mercantile craft, .yachts, and everything that i:> used by those who pursue the varied peaceful traffics of the sea-. ' There will also be a great collection of naval and other historical relics and articles relating to navigation and maritime exploration and discovery. Even the entertainments are to have the flavour of sea, lake, cud river.: Admiral Sir Edmund Fromantle is the vicepresident-, and Admirals Sir Albert Markham and Sir Arthur Tien dell the hon. secretaries of the Advisory Committee, form, ed for the purpose of organising the exhibition on the most instructive and practical lines possible. A BTTSSXAN- ANECDOTE. Persons who have arrived at Odessa from Port Said say that the Russian volunteer cruisers Peterburg and Smolensk stayed a few days in the roadstead at Port Said. The commanders of the Peterburg and Smol.er.sk strictly prevented vessels of all kinds from approaching the cruisers.. Some boats, that tried to approach had to retire hastily, the cruisers suddenly emitting clouds of scalding steam. According to the Odessa Novcati, on© day a British gunboat appeared and sent an officer on board one of the cruiser* to inquire why the Russian vessels had come to Port Said, and what they intended to do. He, however, was unable to get any information, the only «aiswer he received to all his questions being,, "We are not bound to give you any information." ' ■ , . 'i . .'.,,.„ , ':> , LORD ANGLESEY/3 MOTORS. ; At the sale of Lord Anglesey's property there were a variety of motors, ranging from a small Sunbeam, which was bought for a ridiculously high figure, to the splendidly appointed Mors Pullman car. Two! pages of the catalog!© were devoted to a full' description of this masterpiece of the maker's art. The auctioneer pointed out that the public were under some misapprehension as •to its resources. Some thought it contained; drawing, dining, and bedroom, with extensive kitchen arrangements.; One correspondent had written asking exactly the number of rooms there were. : As a matter of fact,; the interior of the car is rather like the miniature cshin of a small yacht. Them is room for -four people, and there is ' a folding card-table which would make space rather cramped for the occupants if extended. It is, however,; a beautiful piece of work ; 'With its red Morocco leather 'cushions and -Louis XV. ceiling. The bidding was very , brisk up to £750, when it nagged. *f It was , eventually knocked' down to a gentleman: for £825, ! The Hop Bloom, a steam launch which cost £1500,-'was'knocked down for , £203, and a 25ft gig onlv fetched £15 10&. . Of the large collection of* model yachts one was sold for £3 16s. .-A large; flag beating ' the family icrest was withdrawn p ; the auctioneer explaining that it could n r be > legally sold. ; lb is; stated that the Marquis of Anglesey's gorgeous theatrical costumes ' will; be sold in London.

; ; £5000 FOR MR.. H. S. H. CAVENDISH. Mr. S. Mi Cavendish, the explorer and hsro of the famous " Pltttechette'f case, :i has • ' managed to rescue some : of; the remnants of ,: MS, once ample fortune, - la the Bankruptcy-!, ; Court his ' counsel said that a settlement hat!: been arrives fat> in t ,his application or.« the reversal of the rejection of the proof against "■'.' the estate <of Benjamin Green Lake for a , num, of more than 4380,000. By the settle- : ment 'Mr," Cavendish? benefits to the extent • •- of £5300. . . • '"./A Ct* WW MY A jiliflfiO** .We are .accustomed lei seeing our bishops entering the lists for championship in any ' ; :> one out at last. 1 /' . The - Boyat, Hongkong ■ Club, .. which 'is not the least celebrated of->: golihng institutions, abroad, has just held it* :!| annual competition;, for the Captain's »Cup* ~ and the "winner has been found in no less • \ eminent a personage ;?than the Bishop of r'\ Victoria, who, with a set score 0f.76, cants v' in first with couple of strokes spare. ." This prelate who more than ft quarter of a ■ century . ago Was a curate at , Tunbridge ■ , Wells, is fir. Joseph C. Hoiwe,' and. he is . : now fifty-two years of, age. ■ An Wo mayjudge, he id a very enthusiastic player, and | with a > handicap of 12 is capable.of gfeaii I things. , ACROSS IDS ALPS CX .BOSSES. ~ I Geneva, 'August I.—Captain, Wiener, an American who fought da the British sida in the Boer war, is making a moat sensational tour of the Alps with his Wife. ■ Mounted on:'-?; splendid Cape ponies,' they are fedeavourijsg : 1 to make their way, across some ,of the roost y;-■? wild and dangerous mountain districts. Captain _ and Mrs.' /Wiener""are accompanied ;., their servant in a smart bright red Cap* cart, drawn by three sturdy ponies. , The trap keeps to the roads, but occasionally the captain takes the reins and goes at full gallop up and down the 'most-dangerous moid*. tain curves and sharp zig-Mgit, tothe'S^jtos';;" <l and astoniishment the Alpine villagers. The party has travelled from Italy across th« I .;••; Simeon and Grimsel passes to Meninges ; without accident. " .- , i •.. ' .. " sums fob life." ■,:■ . • : ;: ••' . •,-: The " Slide for Life,", performed by MeV. ''; ,Tin B. Howard,' a- New. Jersey athlete^at the . Treamland, i Coney Island, provided' an .; unlocked fat, sensation last; night. Suspend. Ed by his teeth, Howard slides down an inclined cable from the.top of a. tower to a ■ point,obi the water chute 400 yards : away. Last evening a. stiff 'north -east wind caught him during; the s.lid<\ and so added to hia speed that when he ainallv reached the net his body rebounded,'and he ''Was: hurled on ■ the chute iucline. ' At .thesamemSihdrflt a boat carrying eight persons, was stairfced from ; ; the top of the incline. Howard's body rolled downward, but not so speedily as the boat travelled.'., A hundred feet from the bottom the -boat overtook the athlete. It struck him with such force that his right leg was : snapped like a stick, and his body snatched up and hurled into the lake at the foot of ; ; .:'■ the incline. Several thousand people wit- - j nessed the accident.- Tne boat attendants■(;:';; quickly rescued Howard from the water, and he wast taken to the hospital, where be lies in a dangerous"'condition. , ''/''' TESTING. BRISTOL CSAJSaraii VMWXC-ES. , Port authorities along the Bristo? Channel.: 4 : have long contended that the valuable docks ; and equipment at ■ Cardiff, - Swansea, f and ; other places are so inadequately protected § that they would be at the mercy of;* foreign!. ;■: fleet winch, steamed up the Channel.;, This contention da. to be plat to an interesting t«&1}; shortly, when the 2nd ,' Glamorgan j; Garrison Artilkry (volunteers) will mail the * forts at Penartlv;LaYern<>ck,vand]'Bariy, to resist surprise- attacks from Vessels supposed J to be an enemy's cruisers. It is considered, however, ithat the "cruisers" will-have a distinct adtajitage over the forts owing? to the absence of ; a searchlight on the Slat ": Holm Island. ; :V)•:■:/ : 1 \ ■::.{•:'', ' '\A"k-l/'--

MtDNtOftT ATTACtt OS : GAMEKEEPER'S ";- ' f ' * ' COTTAGE. ; "'']'' V''V All outrage at present surrounded by rays* ,''.Votary W#3; perpetrated at the cottage of a > ; gamekeeper :' on : Lord : Egerton's Cheshire '■. estate ;. at Ring-svay, three ] or four miles from Altiiiichasrt, recently. At The game- '.■'"'"•'. keeper,' named John Robinson, who had retired to rest about nine o'clock, was atouaad by a tremendous 'thud at the kitchen door. As he"/was hurrying downstairs bo heard a shov, which blew out the-kit-chen window and sent the glass shivering all .over the kitchen. He hastened to open' the door, and found his favourite dog lying dead in a, pool of blood. Robinson failed . to recognise anyone. As tie result of De- - testive Pierce's investigations two wbout' eM named Edward Keen and Joseph Gatlev were arrested and ; brought; to Altno-: cham. They were charged with shootrng ,; and killing the' dog, value £10, and also • with doing damage to the door and window to the amount of £1- Robinson, who briefly gave evidence, said he knew the "prisoners well. Keen bad been - once before the magistrates for poaching. Pierce sud both 'prisoners' made contradictory statements* 'They..were remande% ' ■ I- .. ' ■,'" ■ "■' '. '■ ■ .' "'■■■.' •■-.,'< v : ■ ; -+.'-.-K.'.V- , WiT-fc