... MILITARY BANDS. CONTEST THE MANCHESTER EXHIBITION. Some thousands of visited the Naval and Military Exhibition Manchester yesterday, considerable interest bein? oer.tred in the visit of tho band of the let V.B. Gordon Highlanders, which was competing ...

... NAVAL AND MILITARY. MANCHESTER INFANTRY BRIGADE TRAINING. The officers commanding the respective corps of the Infantry Brigade of the Field Army Corps for Home Defence—the lst, 2nd, and sth Volunteer Battalions of the Manohester Regiment—have had ■under ...

... Crewe, Viscount Castlereagh, and Lady Helen Stavordale, and attended by Captain's Seymour Fortescue and Fritz Ponsonby. Queen Alexandra also returned to London on Saturday evening after a seven weeks' visit to Denmark. Her Majesty, who had a somewhat rough ...

... sen Alexandra’'s Christmas r to the Widows and Orphans of the War. sarday sfternoon the widows and children who fell in the South African war were entertained by Queen Alexandra at & Christmas dinner at the Hall of the Alexandra Trust. Loodon bad 1,565 ...

... The King Queen Wednesday spent a very busy day Dublin, fulfilling many important and interesting public engagements. Everywhere Their Majesties were accorded an en- Ihusiastie welcome. At St. Patrick's Hall the Queen presented Jubilee nurses, and His ...

... training to quality for efficient nurses, lite hallmark cf the Queen's nurses was that tbey not allowed go straight, from the hospital wards the homes of peoplo old district nurse was. It was most unfair expect nurse, however experienced and ...

... to it. It i in the form of a Danish cross, on which are engraved the Queen’s initial “A.” sur mounted by a crown and the name of the order, “ Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Service.” The decorations are ...

... wreaths upon the tomb of Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort. King Edward, King Victor, the Prince of Wales, and the Duke of Connaught enjoyed a day's shooting in Windsor Forest, and were joined at luncheon by Queen Alexandra, Queen Helena, and the Princess ...

... Frederick Treves. Tho Royal party proceeded to inspect the nurses quarters' of the Queen Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Service, and presented medals to the matron (Miss ...

... half-past eleven Their occupied first by four horses with in livery in the of field-marshal the British Army wore the service military greatcoat Queen heliotrope the landau to a' entrance quadrangle the troops arms and the the guard played the National Anthem ...

... THE QUEEN'S DINNER. SOCDIERS' WIDOWS AND orPIIANS ENTERTAINED. A VERY SUCCESSEHL GATHERING. Amid all the varied festivities of Christmaa tole mine was more interesting or suture-fill than the dinner given by the Queen on Saturday to the widows and children ...

... Royalty King and Queen- Ireland dward by his consummate tact saying and the right thing at the proper time, and Queen Alexandra by her sweet womanly grace and affectionate demeanour —have, as we predicted, won their way to the hearts their Irish subjects ...