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Master of the Temple, The King has approved the appointment of the Rev. E. W. Barnes,So.D., F.RS., to be Master of the Temple. He was Second Wrangler in 1896, and is the, Buthor of various papers on puro mathematics.
Advisorship for Tang Hua-lung.
It is reported that the service randored by ex-minister Tang of! the Ministry of Education wAN greatly appreciated by the Pre- sident who only very reluctantly nacoptad bin rosignation after re- peated petitions had been sent in. Even then, the President did not wish to dispense with his services altogether and intends to offer him a post of political advisership. It is not known whether Mr. Tang will acquiesce or not.
Racehorses Escape,
Daring ebanting operations at Epsom atation on September 20, a Blight mishap occurred says the Globe. Two horse boxes, one containing R. Nightingall's race. horace Gum Shoe and Viearls, and another two of Mr. Wootton's horses, both bound for Newmarket, were backed into by the train to
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THE THICK OF IT.
A Corporal's Tale of His "Patriarchal" Foe.
A much wounded corporal who | has arrived at a London hospital
which they were to be attached. Wounded Fronch Soldiers on the told his story to a Central News
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The men was bandaged from TO LET-Offices at 2 Con- bead to fuct. Bie body was par tially paralysed, and he had lost Paris, September 29. Many the left arm. "I had to leave it thrilling incidents of the great behind," he began philosophical- London, Sept. 20.-Two thoa-advacco pro given by woundedly," but that's the way of war, sand minore strack work at French soldiers in the hospitals and you've got to take things as Aberdare to day as a protest hore.
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at all, even as a cripple." unionists. At a mesting of the One man, who had an arm in a
Expectant. strikera it was decided not to aling, said "It was a great time
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Count Okuma's Statuo.
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A bronze status of Premier Count Okuma will be erected at
Revel by Night, the foot of Muruyamı, Shiba Park.
"The night before the battle The application for the permit for
there was a little concert orrang- the use of 30 tsubo of ground in Another patient, wounded in ed. One of our iade made up so the Park for the statue has been the head, kept repeating: "Ab old Daddy Christmas Tirpitz, and filed with the Municipal authori- the brutes! They looked as if sang 'I Would'nt Leave the Old ties by the prom ters. Fully two they hadn't washed themselves Canol for You," whilst another years bave elapsed since the for years. All their stories of fellow gave an imitation of the movement for erecting a bronze splendid sanitary ehower baths Crown Prinos as the 'Prodigal atatue in honour of the aged states- only shows that the common Son.' The show was good fan, man wasstarted, with Biron Bare- German soldiers are as big bluffers and we laughed our sides out. Then we poticed several batta'. fass Kitabatake as chairman of the as their Emperor,
"In another trench not far committee. Coutri: ations, how-
away a chaplain was holding an ever,did not come in quite so fast os "When we rusted on them evening service, and it was a bit the committeo expected, and they they used their mauaora and of a contrast to what was going amount so far caly to about 30,000 machine-guns, but we know the on in our trecch. Early next yen. Canvassing for moro con racket they made, and that didn't morning ve got the tip to get tributions will be done with m we stop us. They crouched down, rendy
fire, mostly from machine-gans.
ions of the enemy advancing t wards us. Again, boy!' yelled my officer, and again we answered. "We ripped them up right, left and centre. I had another hand- to-band job. A young German Bubaltern threw up his hands. For Gott's Bake don't!' he said,
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The Thick of it.
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genuine, but he turned cut to be by obtaining from Japan certain cunning coward. He lowered dress goods of the kind which his bands and made a dive for his were formerly imported from revolver. "That's your little game?' Germany. The first wholesale Baid I, and I gave him far too house to consider the question en thunder, and then suddenly came
"The artillery continued to mercifuls death.
a large scale was that of Messre. "A little further ahead we came John Howell and Son (Limited),St. the word to advance. Now, acrcas another scone. Our beavy Paul's Churchyard, who sent out Another soldier who was wound- ed in the fighting at Artois said:ther, lade, come on!' shouted a guns had done some frightful a member of their firm to Japan The rain of shells was such young officer, who looked more havoc. All that was left of the some months ago to visit the
like a schoolboy.. in the middle of the melee that
enemy wie particles of flesh and great manufacturing centres. "After that we were like a bite of boot leather. They had The result has been that fabrio many of the Boches must have!
gloves and cottonwear have been! Lieut. Edward L. Dyer c/o U. been wounded by their own shelle, menagerie let loose. We did a been blown to picees.
The first line trench was carried print for the enemy trenches, and Carried Wounded Fae to Safety. purobased, and a consignment, the next moment we were at grips "One of our fellows did a won- may be expected in a short time. be sure no one logged bebind.. st the single rush, and you may with the Germans. You're my derfal thing while all the hell The centres from which these "Our officers led as splendidly, man, I said to myself, as I select was going on. He was wet apon! goods are coming ara Qaaks (the ed a fellow as powerful-looking by half a dozen Boches. One by Manchester of Japan), Kobe,
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The Japanese fabrio gloves We my lieutenant, not 20 years of and sprang forward to hit me they never rose again. Then I saw age, who had only lately left St. with the butt of his rifle. I him take a wounded German built on the small hands of their dodged the blow, and as quickly officer and fling him across his own countrywomen were not at Oyr."
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"Having finished him I took was shot at, and although the they were quickly adapted to the broken without any trace of bullet F. Wakefield Hongkong Hotel, or shell splinter, gave the follow on another sausage,' and down he blood poured from his head, be larger bands of Europe, and now went. My next encounter was still kept the German on his back compete very favourably with tho Carlton Hotel, ing, explanation:-"When we
with a German who looked until he could lay him down in a productions of Chemnitz in raiohed the covered trenebee, the
Saxony. The cotton underwear is more like a patriarch thon a pluce of safety. Passenger Katori-Boobes were concealed in them, soldier. 'Ah don't!' he cried like "There were many similar note not of very high grade, and is not a child as I dashed at him, and I of bravery on the part of our men, trimmed, but is said to be good their rifles scarcely protruded, hadn't the beart to finish the job. The bravest of all were the of its kind. It is made in both and fired continually.
Dead Men in Ruined Trenches.obaplains, who stuck by the side plain and flecoy qualities. "In front, behind and 04 "On we went until we came to of the boys even when the fight So far, the Japanese have done the roof of the trench were live the succeeding lines of the enemy ing was most furious.
nothing in the woollen industry, wires charged to such a high tretches. I have never seen such "For plack, you couldn't beat nor are their hose or skin gloves degree of tension that anyone who
Their manufactures trod on any of them was thrown a ghostly sight. The German the men who officered us. I have success, up off the ground, and naturally other, and not a move out of them, cried to us. Now then, come on, spite of the American machinery were piled thick on top of one an- told you about the youngster who will be priced much lower, in fell back again;
Many were shattered to atoms, lade! He picked me up when I they have installed everywhere, "It was in so felling that and you couldn't tell whether they came a cropper. How did you owing to the great cheapness of broke my leg. This new trick were human being or rate.
get on, als?" I aske him, I could labour. Their factories, to the IF you have lost your appetito! was soon discovered, and that wa
"At this moment it seemed as see that he had copped a fair dose more exclusive of which very few dainty dishes at the ALEXAN- 80 much the worse for the Boober if we had marched into a well- of shrapnel, and his left wrist was Europeana bave ever penetrated, DRA CAFE is sure to tempt in the trench. None of them prepared trap, for all of a sudden almost devered. Just a morape or are lighted with electrialight, and
seosped."
we were subjected to a terrifio two, old sport,” was his reply.” well served by railways.
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