The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-10
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that 1t is deemed cheaper to keep 1t Idle.
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 Though the old-age pensions act has just come into force it is aiready pro- ducing results which were never con tempisted by parliament The first surprise is that under the vogue con diticns laid down by law. persons wno possess quite large amount Of capi- tai are claiming pensions. These claims in several Instances have been admitted by the local committees, but 1t has yet to be seen how they will fare when they come before the Local arb iter. The most surprising example of such a claim has occurred tn East Mciesey. where q claim was allowed after the applicant had admitted an investment In his name of s5,150 in consois. The yield from this isy not sufficient to debar him. as; the line for pensions is drawn at an annual in- come of sl67so. But as the amount would. if properly applied. provide him with an annuity of. $225 for the rest of liis life. 1t Is very doubtful If he was ever intended by the framers af the act to beneft. Tn another case the applicant admitted the possession of property worth s4,ooo. in third. s2.50o; and in e fourth. of ,cottages bringing in a fair incomes If this class of claim Is finally allowed, . se- rious addition will be made to the to- tai number of pensioners, and. as tho natural result. large number of in- diviluals will be taxed to assist sep- tuagenarians in better circumstances than themselves. In Ireland the. ac- tual number of claimants for pensions Is 1ea.000 Clearly there must be . mistake somewhere, but the means of detecting the error is not obvious.
 Princess Patricia of Connaught, with whose matrimonial intentions the newspapers never cease to busy themselves, is now credited with q new suitor In the person of the Count of Turin, the brother of the Duke of the Abruzzi, about whose own largely advertised love affairs the world has heard a great deal. The supposed as- pirant to Princess Patricia's hand is Aosta, erstwhiie King of Spain, and although less well-known than hfs younger brother, Is immensely popu- lar with his compatriots. especially since he fought his famous duel with the late Prince Henri d'orieans, and drew good deal of the latter's hot blood. His adversary,s sword having struck on one of the Counts shirt studs, some of the French papers un-
 
 of wearing coat of mali, which ex- cited great indignation ih Italy.
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 Some of the humorous aspects of the Cecil Rhodes scholarships scheme were revealed in the course Of the discussion on oxford and the Empire" at the scholar from one of the Western Amer Royal Colonial Institute recently. A ican States came to oxford with this Bret Hart-iilxe testimonial:
 "He is the whitest soul in our State g
 Another selected Rhodesian from the Far West had at Oxford to live .up to an even higher ideal of human perfect ion:--''No Roman mother ever bore such a boy" The United States are gaining more from the bounty of Mr. Rhodes than the British Empire. One speaker expressed his belief that in drawing up his great scheme Mfr. Rhodes did not know the humber of States in the American Republic. -, ..e,t5
 The statement that a further sslec. ton of the letters of Queen Victoria is to he issued has aroused much interest and curiosity in the hook world If ia