The Warwickshire Herald. — 1896-06-04 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

VISIT OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS TO GERMANY. Commenting on the hostility displayed by some of the German papers to the proposal that the members of the British Institution of Naval Architects shall be entertained at a banquet by the Imperial Government on the occasion of their visit to the Berlin Exhibition, the semi-official Norddeutsche Allgetntise Zeitung points out that the institution is by no means an exclusively British association, a-, from the circumstance that many of its members are foreigners, it is to be regarded more as the international representative of naval architecture. "The in-tdution," the journal says, "held its last annual meeting in Pan-, sad was there officially received, and it would have apt eared strange indeed If an association, of 'tallith the Emperor became an honorary member last year, had been given no special welcome in connection with the greatest industrial exhibition yet held in Germany. In view of ths impetus given to German naval construction. the opportunity should be gladly welcomed of proving convincingly to a body of experts that Germany is able to effectively compete in this domain. 'fhe offii ial of the Navel Department, moreover, attach great value to this al portunity of exchanging views with the most prominent men in their branch of sci rice, and representing nearly all countries. It is, therefore, onls natural that on their first visit to Germany the members of the institution should be mei, cmeti officially by the Naval Department and the Imp rial Ministry cit the Interior. Acting in agreement with the Reception Committee, at the head of whiih are the Imperial Secretaries of State for the Interior and for the Navy, the Imperial Government intends to organise a reception on June lath, in the new Royal Opera House, in honour of the institution."  The girl Thorlby, whose throat was cut at Bolton by her sweetheart, named Brown, is progressing fa ourably, and a fatal termination is not anticipated. Brown, who committed suicide after attacking Thorlla, was a native of Hucknall Torkard, Notts  Gie grand kiry at St. John's, Newfoundland, found a truesbill against the directors of the Union I Bank. The defending counsel entered a plea that the jury was illegally drawn and constituted. If this plea be sustsined the findings of the grand jury will oe quashed. Great excitement prevails. During a post-mortem on an infant named Clarke, whose parents live at Lambeth, the doctor discovered & fraoture of the skull one and a half Inches long. The mother could throw no light on the injury, beyond that the child was "fond of climbing on chairs." To her knowledge, however, he had never had a serious fall. He seems to have' lived happily, in spite of his infirmity, and he died from another cause altogether. "Well, I'll have to bid you good-bye." "Oh, not now, George. Mother says we mustn't make any nine until father gets to sleep." The la's H. J. Byron one day met a little actress In • new neslokin coat. Knowing her to be far from rib, be asked: "Hallo! Whenoe this festive garb?" "It ain't a garb," said she indignantly; "it's a asial• skin!"  C.: "What, you, an inveterate smoker, actually refuse • cigarette P" D.: "The fact is, my doctor ' hp. foroidden me to smoke" A month later Cl.' meets his friend D. with an enormous cigar in bis mouth. "I say," he exclaimed, "didn't you tell WI your doctor bad ordered you to give up smoking ? " 0.: "Certainly. But, you mwit know, he died last weer.*