Refine Search

HOLLAND

... HOLLAND MEN-OF-WAR FOR CARIBBEAN WATERS .. HAC TS , Angttsf ; 1 L The . Dutch latEleship Jacob Van HeemskeA will leave to-day for Caribbean waters , whither the cruiser Priesland , which is due to arrive from Norway to-day , will also most probabl y bo-sent ...

Published: Wednesday 12 August 1908
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 51 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

HOLLAND AND VENEZUELA

... TO-DAI ' S BAIL ! TELEGRAPH'' TELEGRAM . ] THE H . IGL'C , Tuesday . Tin ; warship Hecmskerk sailed this afternoon for tlio Caribbean Sea , whero the cruiser Friesland , whicli is expected to-day from Noi-way , follows at ; the end of rlio month . The Minister ...

Published: Wednesday 12 August 1908
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 142 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Swat WoNnrits IN EYES

... fishes that have to feel or see their way at great depths. Some of the most curious fish in this respect are found in the Caribbean Sea, where deep soundings bring up creature. with uncanny eyes. Among them is a fish which has two oonvex lenses in place ...

Published: Friday 31 July 1908
Newspaper: Mid-Lothian Journal
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 127 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

THE POWER OF THE WIND

... South America sinks from lfft. to 20ft., causing ships lying at anchor to ground. The Trade Winds force the waters of the Caribbean Sen into the Gulf of Mexico. and raise the latter to a height of more than Mt. above the sea leveL ...

Published: Friday 29 May 1908
Newspaper: Mid-Lothian Journal
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 155 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

2 • • AURI SAC 1-: A FA M ES

... csptnred it in It is the largest of the British West Indies, and next to Cubs and H•yyti tha largest of all the islands in the Caribbean. So mountainous is it that when Columbus was asked by Queen Isabelle deecribe its features, he task a piece of pawr in his ...

Published: Thursday 28 May 1908
Newspaper: Dalkeith Advertiser
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 573 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

HOLLAND

... took' all requisite measures in case an ultimatum , should become necessary . , To this end tho Dutch Naval Squadron in the Caribbean Sea will be reinforced in September hy thn embers Dtreoht and Holland , and arrangements will be made , if necessary , tor ...

Published: Thursday 20 August 1908
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 612 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

S , AVAL AND MILITARY NEWS

... Cornwall , training ship for naval cadets , arrived • here to-day . She will accompany H . M . oruiscr Brilliant to tho Caribbean Soa in October . —Router DEATH OF A MILITARY WRITER . News reached Taunton on Saturday of the death at Lahoul , Indiaon the ...

Published: Monday 28 September 1908
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1199 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

! , THESE is talk of war between Holland and Venezuela . Should hostilities be resorted to they would raise

... national honour , and is therefore not susooptible of arbitration . . Dutch war vessels are being moved • towards . the Caribbean'Sea . Meantime • President Castro is ^ gathering power and prestige among the Venezuelans . He poses as the saviour of his ...

Published: Friday 21 August 1908
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1535 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

RUN OVER BY A FUNERAL PARTY

... that, can he used in the house. al with Tne Simplon Tuneel,' bins= Ctusoe—a Spanish rrano, who was cast ashore on — lot o Caribbean Sea, and lived , 144 ears, till he was rescued by a' W wow , _ere is a well written article , e.q.,-lian Backwoods. and ...

Published: Tuesday 28 July 1908
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1867 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

LATEST ^ XEW S ; • ESff&- ' SaX 9 'Js 3 ! E WSSSPOSSSBSC& . ; IiOscDOB , Banday

... Santo . Domingo , the Republic occupying the eastern half of the island-of Haiti . From the situation of the island in the Caribbean Sea , the United States may be expected to command the greater part of the trade of the Republic , and fin'' is , in fact ...

Published: Monday 28 September 1908
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2789 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

'( Yukoo ^;^ tiD ' 1906-m alLof ' ' which he did notable , if , uno 6 ten

... Atlantic ; in Mayotte , Gloriosa , Assumption , Aldabra , and the Seychelles , in the Indian Ocean ; in the Caymans , in the Caribbean-Sea , and in remote Pacific groups and islets , such as Pitcairn , Easter . Island , Tahiti , and Tufcnila , he came upon ...

Published: Monday 16 March 1908
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 3915 | Page: 2 | Tags: none