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... the ceremony of opening the new naval dock at Simonstown by the Duke and Duchess f Connaught. The dock, which has been named after Lord Selborne, has been built at a cost of £3,000,000, and will provije a repairing place for large battleships in time ...
... rollers of the Indian Ocean break with a force that encourages small craft to keep their distance. The garrick, probably named after the man who first caught it, is a powerful fish, related to the albacores, and fine catches are often made of this sporting ...
... to the proposal to change the town's 9jUrSs. Medicine Hat not to sell its birthright or drop its unique and world-famous name. After a long argument that the name Medicine Hat City is its greatest asset, Mr. Kipling suggests that any city that changes its ...
... back as 1774, when the third Lord Monson lived and hunted it with a pack whose blood was widely sought after. The Hunt was named after Burton Hall, the residence of Lord Monson, and the country included that which is now the Blankney country. In 1871 the ...
... will bring the child to his chambers, and by degrees the visits be come a regular institution. Little Peter he has been named after his father takes quite kindly to the new conditions, especially to the ex-tramp, who is now a kind of male housemaid at ...
... platform with the help of an obliging official. This little railway trip has many novel features. The railway stations are named after various parts of the Empire. You get in at South Africa, for instance, and alight at Australia or Canada, according to your ...
... addition to the perfumes, there are Zenobia Toilet Waters, all faithfully reproducing the scent of the flowers they are named after, together with violet-powder and soap. Sample boxes contain ing perfume, soap, and sachets can be obtained direct from the ...
... example, the wonderful earth pyramid above, lying under the shadow of the Zinnenhntte, and a famous landmark for climbers, is named after the chief delectable of the Rhine provinces. Very apt is its name, for the famous rock resembles nothing so much as the ...
... sporting baronet, Sir Humphrey, and daughter of the late Captain Franklin, of the 77th Regiment. Miss Violet de TrafFord, named after her mother, is the only girl in a family of four. Our photograph was taken during the grouse shooting by Mr. Bradley Martin's ...
... was the pet name given to the Earl on account of his lack of resemblance to the little boy in the famous picture of that name. After the reading of the letter, counsel (the whole ninety-four) announced that damages of three-quarters of a million had been ...
... populace of Bremen at the return of the Deutschland, apparently overshadowing any anxiety as to the fate of her sister-ship, named after Bremen itself. Though we are sorry our Navy did not capture the Deutschland, we do not begrudge the Germans their glee ...
... the programme is one of those things no fellow can understand. In Scotland, I believe, married women retain their maiden names after marriage in certain circumstances; but I am under the impression that the action of this play takes place somewhere in England ...