... prospects of 1911, and the sincere hope was expressed that every member would share in the accruing benefits, To‘day’s Nature Note: Cycling along the Vale of Lorton the other day (writes a Lake District correspondent), I saw a bird rise from the hedge ...

... the Egyptian Government railways. His title of “ Greenhalgh Bey” is equivalent to a knighthood :iu this country. To-day’s Nature Note: Correspondents in the ““Sceteman” are testifying to the fact that eggs are sometimes yolkless. One of them says “ One of ...

... on or otherwise next %Veilliesday night, when the annual Budget statement will be submitted to the Council. Today's Nature Note: The forward move in the world of vegetation (writes J.W.H., Blackburn) is a slow one, bit despite the bitterly cold spells ...

... constituencies to £5O. In 1906 Mr Crawshay- Williams contested the Chorley Division against Lord Balcarres. . To-day’s Nature note: Though we are having very cold weather (writes W, J.), one can see a great difference in Nature when out for a walk in ...

... but we want the money, too. During the Manchester meeting subscriptions amounting to over .11,000 were promised. To-day's Nature Note: A cock pheasant is a game bird in more respects than one, writes an Accrington cot respondent. I have a cock amhurst ...

... but it is urged that the initial cost makes an advance imperative, and a halfpenny is the irreducible minimum. To-day's Nature Note: Mr S. Banks, of Portsmouth, in his weekly note, reports a rich houneyfall a few days ago, especially on the oak trees. ...

... He bore his disappointment manfully, and his rejection threw no clond over the general happiness of the party, To-day’s Nature Note: A few dars ago, while travelling on the Highland railway between Inverness and Perth, a “ SBcotsman”’ correspondent noticed ...

... as the Working Men’s Conservative Club. Premises have been secured in Chapel-street, behind the Railway Hotel. To-day’s Nature Note: Albinism in blackbirds is moderately common. From Iraserburgh, in Aberdeenshire, through the medium of the ** Scotsman ...

... and the Bench, having enlarged his education by a little lecture on givic duty, let him off on payment of costs. To-day’s Nature Note: Some stir is caused in the bird world by an incursion of Bohemian waxwings on a large scale, recalling certain other periodie ...

... exacting Parliamentary duties when elected ; but the committee are hopeful that \ he may consent to stand again. To-day's Nature note: The uplands, writPsl Mr S. Banks, the Todmorden naturalist, are just now marked with fresh green patches of bilberry stalks ...

... Unions are petitioning the Council against the concerts starting before the services in the churches are over. To-day’s Nature Note: The failure of summer weather (writes Mr 8. Banks, the Todmorden naturalist) is a rather sad thing, as sunshine has a great ...

... and friends. A further batch from this bhattalion who have obtained New-Year leave are due to arrive to-night, To-duy's Nature Note: As 1 look on the hills (writes Mr 8. Banks, the ‘lTodmorden naturalist) that surround our valley I an. truly dolighted ...