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Timaru Herald, Volume XIC, Issue 13389, 12 September 1907, Page 3

Mr John Purns has just celebrated his silver wedding. H-e was married oil July 1, 1882, to Martha Charlotte..Gale, daughter of John Gale, a working shipwright. There is only one day in the year on ■which the inhabitants of Monte Carlo are allowed to gamble at the Casino tables. That day is the Prince of Monaco's birthday. incredible ae it may seem (writes the London correspondent of the Christciiurch Press), the cricket champion of all time, Dr W. G. Grace, entered upon tlio 60th year of his age yesterday. Moreover Litis is his cricket jubilee year, for he played three- of four innings for the West Gloucestershire! dub in 1857 when he was a bov of -nine. When he was twelve h 1 scored 51 for West Gloucestershire against Clifton, and at fifteen he played for AH England, and going' in tenth he,made 32-. On his sCtli birthday he made top scorn of 74 for the "Gentlemen" against the "Players' at the Oval, aud three years ago ha ran in ths 100 yards members handicap at the London County Club, pports and won 1 Dr Grace is tlio celebrities who are periodically cha. Ed bv autograph hunters. Once when placing at Brighton a schoolboy brought liim an autograph book and a fountain pen and aeked foi' his signature, which given. A few weks later, at Lord s he 'wiis again approached. Same boy. came book, .same fountain pen. "But I gave you niv itutograph last month at Brighton," said the Doctor, "Yes." replied the boy, "but I swopped that for Dan Leno and a- bishop." That boy should go far! ' It is the custom in the Belgian Parliament. when a memberis making a long speech, to be supplied with brandy as a beverage at the expense of the Government. Two Spaniards- (says the Rome correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph") have been giving the police a great deal to think about. When tliey recently entered a iiiieeping-car in t,-ia north •: porter a ked ' why their luggage was iio 'heavy. One oi tlie.ni answered laughingly. " Because it contains bombs :uid dynamite." The pcrter informed th; police, who. thinking if might be the truth, told the mail to tiirow it off the train. The police also kept an eye on t-hein. When i.ltey reached Ruiiiv tiiev aroui.ed lito'io suspicion, as on? alwaysstayed in the hot-el to watch the mysterious luggage. '.! lie hotel was lutrroundeo by guards, as tlie, pc-lice latterly became convinced that the Spaniards were- a:i arckists, Jilthougli tluit theory an::.died when the men p;vd si visit to the Qulrinal Piilace. • From inquiries thei ethe police found that tlie Spaniards were trying to fell a colllection of coins; also the' map used by Amerigo Vespucci when he sailed to America. Tlie collection is described as being very valuable, and consisting 'of 12,C0 pieces, many unknown and very "rare. The authenticity of the map of Vespucci has been proved. The Counts jpf Montenegro inherited these treasure!:, besides a rich library of 17.0C0 volumei, from Cardinal Vespucci. The actual proprietor, the hist of the family, is 82 years old, and lives the life of a hermit. 1