... conclusion of the repast, the chairman proposed the toast of ‘“ The Queen,” which was responded to by all rising and singing the pational anthem, followed by that of the *‘rest of the Royal Family.” On proposing the toast of the ** Army, Navy, and Reserve ...

... able to offer any better reason. ** You are really anxious to go to South Africa to nurse the sick and wounded ? Bat, my dear young lady, have you any experience in nursing the sick and wounded?” Rather! Four of my brothers play International football ...

... —Capt. Newsum responded. A NEW NAVAL GUN FOR THE FRONT. At Whale Island, the Naval gunnery establishment &t Portsmouth, says a contempcrary, the experimental staff are engaged in testing a new wheeled mounting for a naval six-inch gun, which has been designed ...

... War Minister, of a project for the seizure of Herat. - - » On Tuesday an appeal by the Queen to her ex-soldiers to rejoin the colours in regiments to be called Royal Reserve Battalions was published in all the newspapers. As far as it goes, that is excellent ...

... SHERT oF THE HORN- | casTLE Districr Nurse Funp —ln their second report for the year ending February 28th 1900, a printed copy of which has been handed to subscriber, the Comuittee of the Horncastle District Nurse Fund thank all those who contributions ...

... more than 30 years. A second detachment of Royal Reserves, consisting of one officer and 54 men, entrained at Lincoln at noon on Tuesday week for Aldershot. The Lord Bishop of Lincoln held a Confirmation service in Bourne Abbey Church on Monday afternoon ...

... of country free from even a Boer patrol. - . - Describing the fight at Poplar Grove, the Standard correspondent says:—The Naval guuns, from a position in the centre, made magnificent practice at long range, and shelled the enemy out of the Seven Sisters ...

... considerable extension of the scheme, by making all soldiers who have war service eligible for the pensions without reference to the date of that service, and irrespective of length of service provided they have now reached the age of 65 and are in necessitous ...

... Irish capital. The Queen is also a constant and devoted patron of another Irish industry—fine linen. Our Sovereign has never permitted cotton articles to be used in the Royal palaces, even ihe kitchen cloths being of flax. The Queen’s sheets ive not that ...

... public greater assurance, in answer to questions in Parliament and on the oceasion of such looked-forward to functions as the Royal Academy banquet that reliance might be felt on the fixed determination to obviate bungling, and to rise to the great height ...

... is why we call the chievements of the Naval nt of the war. They were re in the war. Buta great the Handy Men of the pened to be at hand to meet ‘Hepwortit Laysroy, with sty of a brave man, naively ther of the Queen’s ships the same. 'The delirious joy ...

... (Mr. Moses Lettuce), a wounded lancer (Mr. A Firth), a Queen’s messenger (Mr. Ranby), a Gordon: Bighlander (Master Holmes); a cleric Mr. T. Powdrill), ** The Gay Parisienne” (Mr. M. P. Walshe), a Royal Horse Artillery Driver (Mr, Leggitt), clowns (Messrs ...