SPECIAL CABLES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14354, 20 July 1917, Page 3

SPECIAL CABLES.

LONDON^ July 12: Lord Basil Blackwood has been.: re-, ported missing. He had previously t)6en wounded and had been serving m the war since its outbreak. - Mr Duveen; th& famo*-s..American-art connoisseur,- has purchased the Earl of Rembrooke's Mantegna; picture, - ' Judith and Holo^ernes. ,? •_- -•- Over £4Q > 000 was paid for the panel _' ; which is 12 x 7£ inches. i Two famous suits of armor 'm the Wilton collection, and which were captured ih the Battle of St. Quentiii m 1557, were auctioned ttv-day,o v -day, "and brought £10,500 and £13,500 respectively. Thp, Speaker of the ,VHous*.e, of Commons. (Sir James "Lowtlrer), "bmrigj to a clerical error — there are two other members bearing the name "Eowther" m the House — was called up under the National Service regulations for ironwork at the rate of 4s a -day. -The' House roared with laughter at the. position.v. Simpson's, a firm m the Strand, jtias been fined £45 for allowing the consumption of more than the allotted quantity of meat. •**'-___ \'. The estate of the V latet J-J-T^eoprild Rothschild has been valued at a million and a half. He bequeathed £2000*" to King's College School, Wim^le*^, arid gives his palace, house, Newma. feet; **""._! the rasehorses to his sons; He .qequeathes his residencesT^nd his funiiture to his widow, and there are smith legacies to the servants. The< resj-due'.'pf the estate goes to his 'three sons $j>r their lifetime. Bequests to* ch^ri^ies ate 'chormoiis. ' . „ .