... fr-- I . II r- i ill A serious disaster was reported on Thursday, Decem ber 27, to the Scottish Lighthouse Board. When the Board's relieving staff went to Flannan Islands Light house, near the island of Lewis, on Wednesday, the 26th, they found that the staff of three men were missing, and it is supposed that they were all drowned during the great gale of the preceding week. Their names are ...

... Her late Majesty Queen Victoria THE LAST TOURNEY OF ALL OSBORNE TO WINDSOR. i BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE FUNERAL ROUTE FROM OSBORNE TO WINDSOR, FEBRUARY J AND 2, 190! HOVE V-- *Y The last journey of Victoria the Good from her seaside home at Osborne to the mausoleum at Frogmore in the grounds of Windsor Castle is indicated on the map by a black band. The distance (marked A) from Cowes to Trinity ...

... AS became the ruler of the greatest naval Power in the world the mortal remains of Her late Majesty were borne on Friday on the Alberta from Cowes to Portsmouth between a long line of battleships. The procession was led by destroyers of the Portsmouth command, taking this form:-- Peter el Spiteful Crane Plectra Kestrel Fawn Sylvia Vulture Alberta Victoria and Albert Osborne Hohenzollern ...

... I A GR.EEN GIRDLtf^AjfoUND LONDON. II A plarv to link the existirvg Parks irvto orve corvtirvuous Che^in ■L J of Verdure. This scheme, which is described in detail on the opposite page, is one that the growth of London renders imperatively necessary, and as a public memorial to Queen Victoria it possesses many striking advantages. Queen Victoria herself intensely loved the sight of green trees ...

... THE sketch plan which we publish shows the alterations proposed by the First Commissioner of Works to protect the National Gallery from the danger of fire. The first step is to pu ...

... JUtmnpt ia toim tin (E It a n ltd Mr. Holbein, the well-known cyclist, attempted, last Saturday, to swim the Channel, but failed through the roughness of the water. He started from Cape Grisnez at ten ...

... THE WORLD OF SPORT. EACING NOTES. Doncaster. I have so many times touched on the race for the St. Leger that I am not sorry it is about to take place at last. It is a thousand pities that rumours to the detriment of the favourite should have been rife. I hope he will go to the post fit and well; if he does, he should win comfortably, and my opinion is the race will result thus: Volodyovski, 1; ...

... TIT h c Afghan frontiers The illustrations we publish of Afghanistan will convey some idea of the nature of the country, which was described by Wellington as consisting of rocks, sand, deserts, ice an ...

... fUcrsian (lit If ^robim Much interest attaches at the present moment to the little port ol Koweit, at the head of the Persian Gulf, which promises to become the centre of another Eastern Question. R ...

... THE NEW BAGDAD RAILWAY How it will Pierce the Land of the Arabian. Nights and the Ancient Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon. T f/r? 5 f V The authorisation of the Bagdad Railway Convention by the Sultan of Turkey on January 16 has more interest attaching to it than is ordinarily the case, though the construction of a new railway is always an event of importance. The Bagdad railway means a new ...

... . THE LONG LINES OF BLOCKHOUSES WHICH ARE CLOSING IN ON THE LAST BOER FORCES IN THE FIELD The ramifications of the blockhouse system are shown here by black lines and circles, which represent respectively the blockhouses and the barbed-wire en- tanglements which connect them. Actually, the blockhouses are about 600 yards apart that is, about three to every mile. It will be seen that all the ...

... LARGEST FIELD OF VIEW. FINEST DEFINITION. HIGHEST MAGNIFICATION. CAN BE OBTAINED OF ANY GOOD OPTICIAN THROUGHOUT THE EMPIRE. Illustrated pamphlet will be sent free on application to Department I. S. of the Optical Works of C P. GOERZ, 4 and 5, Holborn Circus, E C. Bovril makes one proof against NOTE. Each num ber indi cate s a sep a rate part of the Empire. The shapes are cor rect, but the ...