... 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 ...

... MRS. GROUSE A T HOME-AUGUST 1 1TH, 1 9 0 9. OLD Mr. and Mrs. Red Grouse were at home. The place had been crowded all the afternoon with birds young and old, most of them gay and charming, in spite of the fact that many of the visitors' calling cards were inscribed with the fatal letters, P.P.C. 1 1 was the 11th Mrs. Grouse, a down-trodden-looking bird with shabby feathers, listened ...

... . I NEVER see coot or moorhen without a touch of regret. For here, if we believe that birds were made for man, and not man for the birds, are a couple of specimens which at first appearance flatter the eye as good birds for the gun. In size and shape they appear likely to fly strongly and well; in substance they would seem to be worthy of the dinner table. And yet sports men, as a rule, ...

... . jiii show spa tutors watt king the racing from the deck of the Enchantress, Mr. T. Thornycroft's Miranda III. winning a good race from the same owner's Gyrinus II. at the -finish of the 6£ to 8 metre class race (upper picture), and Miranda 111 winning the handicap sweepstakes lower picture). ...

... T II E T W E L F T II I N T HE NO E T II -WES T- BY C. Y. A. Peel. ALTHOUGH the moors along the north-west coasts of Scotland afford no phenomenal bags of grouse, yet for variety of game they perhaps surpass any other country in the British Isles. The following is an account of a typical day of Saint Grouse. We made an early start one glorious twelfth. The sky was clear, but a keen sea ...

... THE GRAND NORTHERN ARCHERY MEETING AT LIVERPOOL. (See also -page 1044.) Ladies on the terrace. The gentlemen' s firing line. ...

... The King of Portugal. The young King of Portugal, whose accession to the throne was brought about by the terrible assassinations last year at Lisbon, is very fond of sport without being a slave to the competitive passion, and among his recreations tennis and fencing hold prominent places. ...

... MR. HALL CAINE, ACTOR FOR THREE PERFORMANCES ONLY. THE FAMOUS NOVELIST AS THE GOVERNOR GENERAL IN THE PRODIGAL SON. 1. MR. HALL CAINE AS THE GOVERNOR GENERAL, AND MR. DERWENT HALL CAINE AS OSCAR STEPHENSSON. 2. MR. HALL CAINE AS THE GOVERNOR GENERAL AND MR. DERWENT HALL CAINE AS OSCAR STEPHENSSON. 3. MR. HALL CAINE AS THE GOVERNOR GENERAL, MR. DERWENT HALL CAINE AS OSCAR STEPHENSSON, AND MRS. ...

... MMELXT1 J3y Co&WQ. JfS7MlZ,TQ]Y Paris Again. Still Paris, d'y'see. Lots more things to say about Paris, much of it an entirely new Paris to me-- the Paris on the wrong side of the water-- and much of it a Paris I know backwards, and always think about as amusin' until I do it. I mean the Paris of the Champs Elysees, when the lights are lit and the moths-- all glitterin' in really wonderful ...