The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1908-03-14 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

THE PASSING WEEK.  Motor rams organised in besonr of the risit of the Doke and Duchess of Connaught took pleas at Caw° on 'rneeday. but were broagnt to an abrupt conolosion. A car. after kilhag • policeman WhO was attempting to pick ug a oualtion wltich had been dropped • few yards from the blush, swerved into the crowd opposite the Kite&vial stand, killing two and injuring ten perm:kis, aware of them aplomb%  It is alleged that Captain England anti Lieut. Shackleton, of the Antarctic ration ateanwe Nimrod, which ha returned to Christchurch, had a. dispute. A struggle ensued, and one of the combatants -was knocked down. The story has no odicial confirmation. _ - _  At Christiania. on Tuesday a Swede fired ten or twelve timed at the Castle, some of the shots penetrating the rooms. Tie 'sea, Itho declared it was his intention to have skit King Haakon, was arrested. He vs believed to be insane. _ _  In a letter to Mr. McKenna on the Education Bill the Archbishop of .oanterbtiri saps he has been reluotan.tly forced to the, conclunion that if the meassure was to become law in auvaing like its present form it would accentuate rather than relieve the Printing difficulties, and hamper inthol than promote educational advance. The objections to the Bill aa it stands were, so far an he oink judge, insuperable. _ _  It is reported that ICim; 'Edward ho written a very cordial letter to the Kadaer on the subject of the butter's correspondents with Lord Tweedinouth.  The War Office Committee appointed to art on the treatment of eoldiers ved from comuniption recommends that the State should admit responsibility for soldiers so invalided, and that suitable treatment on an organised beeie should be provided for them by regulation, civil sanatoria being. ulsed;for ;this purpose.  The Court of Appeal on Monday upheld the preliminary legal objection to the proposed working agreement between the Great Northern and Great Central. Railway Companies. It will now be epeary for the two 09=Panies to apply to" htliamint for egoool. Powoco•  • • , _ The babas of 14,f the• mi 9 ners who were estionsbed in the Hampstead Colliery, near Iltrimingham, were found on Wednesday. The King telegraphed from Biarritz expressing great anxiety as to the fate ef the entombed miners, and commanded that this erpression of his anxiety and eympathy might be oonired.to their.relativee.  An extraordinary tragedy is engaging the attention of the police at Boston. Lincs., two school mietreeses of excellent cosiness. time hewing been found dead with a revolver lying beside them. The first friloPlzion was that one of than had gone biome and then shot the other. afte.rwarde committing suicide; but evidence discovered later tends to prove that the suicide SW a double one. carried not by agreement to end their finisnoial worries. The names of the ladies were 1666 Sarah Weede and Mies Elizabeth Hardee.  S • • •  Obeehire Comity Conn& has receives! 143 epolicatnons for avian holdings, which, if ranked, will require 3:71 ?res.  The Rey. Bealiaanin Waugh. founder and ()awaiting direotor of the N.S.P.C.C., died .Weetoliff-on-/Sea. aged 69