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GENERAL NEWS.

A ́U. S. Appolsimenti Washington, August 9.-K. Sherman Whipple, of Boston, has Keen offered the post of counasi for the Shipping Board. Mr. John Barton Payne, who, his « been. legal adviser for both the Ship- ping Board and the Railroad Administration, now: will devote all his attention to the railroad work.

Ham Hill Antiquities. Dr. B. Hemsleigh Walter, of Stoke-sub-Hamden, Bomärsat, has - presented to the Somerset Conaty Museum at Taunton, at the 70th annual meeting of the Somerset Arabmalogical Society, all the Romano British antiquities from Ham Hill, hitherto lent by him. This, added to the Norris and Walter collections already belong- ing to the mussam, forme RD | important group of about 1,000 objects. Besearches at Ham Hill began a hundred years ago, and have extended over four genera- tions of the Waiter family. Dr. Haverfield, Camden Professor, of Ancient History at Oxford, was elected president of the society.

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Textile Designs Wanted. Nin-teen hundred dollars are offered in prizes to textile design. era who compete in the Women'z Wear third annual contest for

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Alice Dundas, second should be in such form as to be Agnew and Sons, sold owing to of available for industrial purposes. the death of Mr. W. Locket wife of Sir John Wedderbara, The prizes, which range from Agnew, and others from various brought 1,800 gainese (West): $300 to $10, will be awarded on sources, attracted a large attend-and the same artist's portrait of the baris of originality adaptance at Mesare. Ohristie's recently. Mrs. Williams, went for 1,700 ablility, sad artistic merit. All The first 75 lote, constituting guiness (Gooden and Fox). Three designs should be sent to the Art Messrs. Agoew's proverty produc pictures, the property of the late Alliance of Americs, 10 East 47th ed a total of £24,725, and the Lily, Duchess of Marlborough, Street. The competition closes remainder of the axle showed a included W. Van de Velde, vien

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a river in Holland—1,100 on October 1.

Four important portraits by guiness; and A. Cansletto, a view Products of German Education:

Distributing the prisse at the Gainsborough, each 30in. by in Venice 650 gaizess, bought by Freamen's Orphan School, 2512, were among the Agnew Messrs. Colnaghi and Obach. Two of these, Miss Among Mr. J. P. Heseltine's Brixton, the Lord Mayor said that pictures.

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it was common to hear English Elisabeth Dymock (afterwards pictures was an example of J. 8. education disadvantageously con Mrs. Robert Wynne), and Lady Cotmen, "Bay-barges Hoisting tranted with that on the Con- Aune Ponsonby (be Hon. Mrs. B. Ssil."-780 gainess (Carfax tinent; particularly in Germany. Burton), were bought by Mesure. Company). The German system might have Sally and Co. for 3,000 guineas nonleated a spirit of discipline, and 3,200 gainesa respectively. training; and The portrait of Lady Frances application to stady, but he Dashwood Peyton, was bought by doubted whether these things Mears, Tooth for 1,650 gainess; bad always been advantages, even and that of Charles Bourchier, to the Germans. If the invasion member of Council at Bombay, of Belgium, the sinking of the end of Sandridge Lodge, Herts, Laitsnis, the shooting of Norse fell to Mr. Pasccck at 810 Cavell, and the bombing of Red guiness. Three-of-these-portraits Oroes hospitals were the products fell short of the prices at which .bad been acquired of German education, then give they

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