1918-04-09 — Page 3

GENERAL NEWS.

Great Singer Dead.

The German papers announce the death at the age of 73, of Amalie Maerns, one of Germany's "greatest'opera singers of the last

entury, enys the Erobange. Sha had often appeared in London.

Training for Air Pilots-

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→ Specist arrangemente for train- ing youths between 17 and 18 Tears of age for entrance into the Boral Flying Service are being made by the East London College (Usiraity of London). The course, which commercen January 15, will extend over s period of six monthe. “It will in- olade engineering, ecience, and meteorological subjecte, and it iệ hoped that students will by the ead of that time he thoroughly prepared to en'er upon the re- gular Government period train- ing. Very large numbers of pilote are now neaded, sad, the new course will prova a valuable pre- liminary training.

Prafts of J. and P. Coats. Mr. Crooks, in the House of Commons recently, seked the Obaccellor of the Exchequer whether his attention had been drawn to the proâte made by the firm of J. and P. Caste; whether the Government would consider the advisability of assuming con- trol, if not a beolate ownerebip, of this monopoly, or, by special legislation, secure a large portion of the profits made by this com- pany in time of war. Mr. Boner: swaaid the answer to the first pari of the question was in the negative. With regard to the latter part, under the law the larger the profile the more the State took in the way of exo568 profits.

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Legacles for Shopmen, Charitable bequests amounting to over £54,000 including generous gifte on behalf of shop sagistante mare provided for in the will of Sir John Raynolds Boburts, founderol J. R. Robert's Stores Stratford-broadway, E. Sir John left a net estate of up- wanda of £150,000. He was un- mariied and 83 rears old. The bequests included:-£10,000 to: the Marine Residential Trust, Bexbill, founded by him in 1903 sas convalesceni home for shop ssistanta emplojed in the textile trade; £10,000 to the Warshouse- men's Clerks and Drapera' Schools, Parley; 25,000 to the Einen and Woollen Drapers' In stitution: 85,000 to the Jubilee Hospital. Woodlord; £3,000 to the Young Men's Christian A183 austion. All the bequests are to he free of duty, and the legstees see also to share in the residue of thaistate.

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Railway Workers' Wages, Mr. William James Morris, of Seaton Lodge. Queen Elizbeth seems that the total of the divid. 20

From Parliamentary papers it walk, Stcke Newington, printerande on the ordinary shares of and stationer, who left $17,833, British railways in the last com. gave £100 to each of eight grandplete pre-war year amounted to sone, "as a special mark of 6p bont £18,000,000, and that of preciation of their voluntary the dividends upon the preference enlistment in A.M's Forces,"

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