... Xohe Some notable changes in the land pro posals of the Budget were announced in the House of Commons last week. Mr. Asquith declared during debate that the State, instead of owners, would pay the cos ...

... I ONE of the most notable majorities of the year is that of the Marquis of Stafford, the elder son of the Duke of Sutherland. He was born at Trentham on August 29, 1888, ...

... Blankenberghe WORLDLY WOMAN Always Pays Blankenberghe, according to the Gazette Officielle des Étrangers, takes its attrac tions very seriously. Super latives abound to qualify its kursaal, its concer ...

... J. FOOT SON. Ltd, J. FOOT SON. Ltd. TRAVELLING COMFORT] Sole Makers NO CRUSHING. NO CONFUSION. The Bottom of our Patent Eureka Trunk is as accessible as the Top. Any article is instantly get-at-able ...

... Tke Countess of Kinnoull Lady Kinnoull, before she married, was Miss Mollie Darell, and her mother. en premieres noces, was Mrs. Broadwood, of piano fame. Her ladyship has both musical and pontic talent. She plays the violin well, and has published a volume of verses. She and her husband give large shooting and fishing parties at Dupplin Lastle every autumn. Indeed, the Dupplin fishing is ...

... Where Order Now Melgias BARCELONA: LOYAL LAST YEAR, REBELLIOUS TO-DAY Barcelona To-day Curious crowds examining the wrecked have been pillaged by the Anarchists. A Typical Street Scene in the Rebellious City Church of S. Antonio. Some forty churches and convents In the street will be noticed the remains of a barricade Senor Antonio Maura, the Spanish Premier The leader of the Conservative ...

... Apotheosis off I .jfji t THREE SURPRISING SPECIMENS ijg J Maximus This remarkable creation won the first prize of ^200 at the Imperial Millinery Exhibition in Berlin. The charm of its wearer should certainly have contributed to the triumph of this particular chapcau Major The hat which sufficiently impressed the judges at the Berlin Millinery Exhibition 1 to take second prize of ^150 A 1,-T ...

... A RECORD CO WES THE YACHTING PROWESS OF GERMANY AND SPAIN NEVER has there been such a Cowes Regatta as that of last week. It was a truly royal function; royal in the company which assembled and royal in the racing that was put before them to watch. The Kaiser and King Alfonso were-- though not present in the flesh-- represented by two of the chief yachts com peting, and both placed wins to ...

... LITTLE MKS. DON JUAN By LILIAN GORE JOSEPH FOR years Major Donald Vizard had played fast and loose with the affections of the ladies of his regi ment, in which he usually was known as Don Juan. He was, in appearance, an ordinary, rather beefy- looking giant, with a weather-beaten complexion and a straw-coloured wisp of a moustache; but, certainly, whatever discords and heart-burnings there ...

... THE WORLD OF CRICKET The Holiday Sportsman There is an air of holiday even about the sporting world just at this point of the year. Ushered in by Bank Holiday, August, in spite of a fat enough list of serious-looking fixtures, of a Test Match, and other important issues yet to come, brings with it a certain flavour of looseness and dash of irresponsibility. We go on playing our games, and ...

... Famous College Clubs NO. II.-- THE PHCENIX, BRASENOSE, OXFORD THERE are few College clubs to claim either the antiquity or the prestige of the Phoenix, of B.N.C., Oxford. Recognised, and even pampered, by the authorities, the society is, and ever has been, as proud a boast as the knocker from which the College, so long ago now, derived its name. For the exact date of its foundation some little ...

... QO/jick.. Freedom of the Road What a hard-working body of men constitute the various units of our county and borough police forces, to be sure. Like the poor, they are always with us, and, like the daughter of the horse leech, their cry to motorists is constantly, Give, give. Even at this joyous period of the year, when the thoughts of most of us turn instinctively to happy holiday haunts by ...