... Scouting by Balloon Searching for Hidden Moors. PREPARING THE SPECIAL WAR BALLOON, JUPITER, FOR ITS SCOUTING WORK AT MELILLA lll--lhmiiilMIMIIIMiif lllfclfHMHilfWiiHIW innmiHiili i I Ih I II iM tfilmilil 1 til in 11 Hi iHiiMlliii M i 44 UP SHE GOES!-- THE SPANISH BALLOON CORPS THROWING THEIR WEIGHT ON TO THE BALLOON CABLE The Spanish war balloon has been of great assistance in locating ...

... TWO INTERESTING VESSELS OF THE FAST AN PRESENT. Sir Archibald Orr-Ewing's smart little 8-metre cutter, Endrick, a Clyde-built boat, has been carrying all before her in the Solent, winning not only in the Royal Yacht Squadron races at Cowes and the Royal Victoria Yacht Club races at Ryde but also at Southampton, Calshot Castle, and Southsea. Sir Archibald is fortunate in his skipper, Joseph ...

... . The Red Cross voluntary aid movement, which has been for some time under consideration unofficially, has now been taken in hand seriously by the War Office authorities and received with enthusiasm by women of all ages and classes. Princess Christian is the president of the Berkshire branch of the St. John Ambulance Association that is responsible for the preliminary training and first-aid ...

... . By R. P. Hearne. The Rheims aviation meeting was the great item of interest last week, and the enthusiasm displayed in France rivalled that of the motor-racing days. Time alone will show whether aerial races will afford the same interest as other forms of sport. But the first experiment was very happy, even though the weather conditions were far from ideal. The excitement was intense as the ...

... AN ALL NIGHT SITTING 2. 45 p.m. House meets. 3.45 p.m. Budget battle opens. 1.15 a.m. Member caught sleeping on benches. 1.30 a.m.-- Onlv one of the thirteen clauses got through. Unionist member moves to report progress. 1.35 a.m. The Chancellor smilingly declines to adjourn. 1.50 a.m.-- Mr. Balfour, after a rousing lead to his men, goes home to bed, his usual hour for retiring on such nights. ...

... of Andreas Hofer's Fight. 1909 Fought for his Country's Liberty Author of Tyrol to-morrow (Sunday) will take place the great centenary fete by the statue of Hofer at which 40,000 peasants dressed in their Will take part night-time over the glaciers of the Swiss border moun tains and turned into home-made gunpowder for their deadly stutzen. These latter, of which the skilled use really gave ...

... SOME NEWS OF THE WEEK. FROM NEAR AND FAR. It was recently announced that the Orient Line had granted free first-class tickets between Australia and England to selected scholars of the Australian universities, and the three first nominations have now been made by the Chancellor of the Sydney University-- Messrs. H. J. Swain, science research scholar; S. G. Lusby, Barker mathematical scholar; ...

... THE NEWSLETTER. Week by Week. Great New Street, London, E.G.. August 25. The Growth of Beauty Competitions.-- An international beauty competition took place last week at Folkestone between six beautiful English girls and many foreign competitors. The result of the voting by the assembled spectators was that Mlle. Augustine Orlach, the Paris Queen of Queens, was declared to be the winner, re ...

... The Aviation Week at Rheims How the Aero. planes have been Flying like White Eagles Through the Air. The great aeroplane Derby at Rheims began on Sunday last in spite of bad weather and the rumours of postponement. There were eleven entries for the Gordon Bennett Aviation Cup but it was expected that finally only three aeroplanes would fly. One of the most interesting sights occurred on Sunday ...

... The Thunder and Lightning Season. tSoainie Poisats Ligphfftiaair&jg Specially Oescirilbedl iFos3 oa Tfiae Spikes3 09 T>r. W. J. S. LOCKYER. In this country we are perhaps most acquainted with the type of thunderstorm which is due to excessive heating of the air at the earth's surface, so that in consequence they occur chiefly in the summer months. Storms like the above originate from the ...

... . A t the time of writing the Blue Anchor liner, Waratah, had been missing for twenty-eight days. The vessel departed from Port Natal on Julv 26 and should have reached Cape Town on July 31. The vessel is a big twin-screw steamer scarcely a year old, and was carrying passengers irom Sydney to London. When, there fore, she did not appear at Cape Town considerable anxiety was felt, and as the ...

... . \7Asitors in London in August and September should not miss seeing the sisters Wiesentbal at the Hippodrome. They are among the most exquisitely finished dancers which have, ever Feen seen in the metropolis. The three sisters' Grete, Flsa, and Berta Wiesenthal come direct from Berlin and Vienna, where they created a very: great impression in the artistic circles of those cities. They have ...