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An enterprising publisher (all publish- ers are enterprising, na all King's Coun- A statement as to the progress made in sel are eminent and all Majors gallant) is the work of restoring H.M.S. Victory, bringing out a book of anecdotes for the and as to the state of the restoration use of people who have to make speeches. fund, was made by Admiral of the Fleet He claims, no doubt justly, that it will Sir F. C. Doveton Sturdee at the annual be a boon to those who are suddenly meeting of the Society for Nautical Ro-called upon to say a few words; he might search, held at the Royal Institution, who have had plenty of time to prepare claim, also, that it will be a boon to those
He said that up to date £75,000 had hot like to wis the credit of ex tempore accrued to the fund from subscriptions, brilliance. In a book of clever stories and interest on jums deposited at the Arranged in sections to meet the bank during the past two years had of doctors, lawyers, clergymen," Dol amounted to £2,500. The interest more, business men, and so forth, there is than covered the expenses of collections the case, and many which will it any sure to be some anecdote which will fit which were only £9,146. There had been
special gift of £600 for the production or can be made to. Yet we cannot of the im.
shake off a few obstinate misgivings. The Romanes of the When two ladies come to the same party CALOUTTA LINE-This Line now affords regular mailings to Calcutta Penang and | Fictory."
The Admiralty, he added, had been wry good to them and had helped in
VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER via Shanghai and every way to get the work of restoration
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in a similar exclusive Paris model hat or gown, she who arrives second must be very young and fair (or very self-assured) if she does not vish that negotiating with the Admiralty for the swallow her up, and each must be very provision of a museum in which would be sweet-tempered if she can think of her placed the Fictory barge and various rival with perfect charity. Supposing rities and records from the ship. Up to two speakers, suddenly called upon MANILA the present alterations had been carried | for a few words, and both carefully out on the prow and the stern of the primed with the same suitable anecdote, Fictory. The upper works were being may not the harmony of the gatheringbe HAIPHONG dealt with and arrangements were being endangered? He that comes second is made for installing a complete battery of
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more defenceless than he would have BORNEO been without the broken reed that has pierced his hand. Has he other ance dotes in reserve, they will clean escape in Nelson's cabin at the battle of him. He will make a miserable, failure. Trafalgar. They were going to make the and in revenge, will go home and deeper TIENTSIN ship exactly as it was at the time. Then did ever plummet sound will drown BANGEOK
his book. Again, it is not completely work of lifting the ship so as to certain that the story chosen will always give it its original waterline had not be appropriate to the company. yet been commenced and until that was stories that thrill or tickle surgeons might done they could not alter the masts and net be wholly suitable to a mixed gather rigging. He thought the Society might ing; the story chosen by a lawyer night congratulate itself on having saved the seem rather dry, that of a clergymant Victory for all time.
little mild, for full effectiveness. If a man of medicine raised a blush or a bar rister failed to make his point, the rest of his speech must inevitably suffer. From the speaker's point of view, the book will need
careful using From the bearers point of view it must he asked, bi sober sadness. whether the effect of it will not be to increase an already heavy burden. If is encourages the confirmed anecdotist of the luncheon table or the ten it cannot add
party appreciably to the boredom caused by an already immeasurable nuisance; but if it adds to the length of the jocosity of speeches at public meetings, it may
Sir Doveton Sturdre farther pointed out that the expenses of collecting the restoration fund had been kept low, owing very largely to the generosity of Messra. Crawford & Co., who had helped with organization and had given the fund an office, rent free. Otherwise expenses might have amounted to anything up to £10,000,
Replying to a question as to making provision for the maintenance of the ship, he said that the fiovernment had offered to see to this, but he thought there would be sufficient funds to make an endow ment for the next 30 years. He did not think the ship should be permanently endowed.
On the subject of furniture, Mr. M. E. Wren stated that the timber forming the "standard knee," against which Nelson was leaning just before he died, was in the possession of the British and Foreign Sailors Society in East London.
At the close of the meeting, Sir Doveton Sturdee was warmly thanked for his efforts, in connection with the restoration 'of the Pictury, “
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use many people to sigh for the"good old days, Paul's Cross, and the common hangman The usual procedure is this. The chairman introduces the speaker, and in su doing forgets that he himself is not the speaker. Then COMEN the speech or the address. Then someone else proposes a vote of thanks, to the speaker, someone else' seconds that, and the speaker replies. But we are not done with speeches yet. Another person pro- poses a vote of thanks to the chairman; yet another seconds the vote, and the chairman acknowledges the Compliment We have listened to sevenes. sidea that which we came to
For
unately seven of the speakers had noth- ing much to say, and at least five of them may be counted upon to sit down pretty soon. gravelled for lack of matter. Henceforth, primed by this book of stor ies, they will have something, hot their อมท say. and will insist upon saying comes. They will be the last people to know that every story in the very popular book
The following remarkable story to is from the Secretary of the Imperial Merchant Service Guild:-
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has become as stale as the news that
A world no better educated than this
Un the ship's last page from Queen Anne is dead. And we, the hum Calcutta, the Brockelbank Liner Matharble and patient listeners, as we sit and had a man overboard in what were most laugh politely will realize more and more remarkable circumstances Capt. B. G. that the best speech in the world was Hanna, who was in command of the ship, that made by Captain Gadsby, at his reported that on Sunday, May 24th, at
own wedding breakfast. If we do not 6.30a.m. the Chief Engineer reported know how to spell it, no more, for sure, one of his staff missing. It seemed that did he. But it sounded like" Ha- after a quarrel in the engine-room with | h'am."-Times. another fireman around about 3.30 a.m., the man had deliberately jumped over the aide, although unseen by anyone at the time. In spite, however, of the time that will never be very much better than this; had elapsed, Capt. Hanna determined to it will be a world of race mobs and lyn- turn the ship round and search for the chings, of pogroms and race brigandage, man. The Mathura was therefore placed of furious struggles for disputed terri upon the course opposite to what she had tories, and wars and wars and wars- been steering, and at 9.38 .m. the man Mr. H. G. Wells. was sighted ahead. A boat was sent away, and at 10.15 am the man, who was a 3rd fireman Tindal (a coloured man) was on board the ship apparently very little the worst for his experience. He had therefore been over 64 hours in the water, and according to his account, during that time serridently sharka- what he des eribed as big fish
nosed" him, but he had scared them away by splashing legs and arms.
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