NERAL NEWS.
Aton Cliff Mystery, Aiman and a dead baby -werad at the foot of the cliffs at Eton' recently. The wo mad alive, bat unconscious, and irently both she and the chila been in the sea. The womas taken to the hospital. Her tity is unkaowo, but bar cloth bears the mark of a tradin of Wood Green, Lont N.
waymen's Eyesight. Mibranches of the National Unio Railwaymen are support. ing few agitation for a revisios of thyeright test, which for years been a source of much ironton the railways. The Northstern men are urging that medial conference shall be called consider the matter; the Midlį men are in favour of an amerent of the Workmen's Combation Act so as to bring i
within the eyedi failure.
ostep of industrial diseases; and Manchester men want the Board Trade to sauction the wear of glasses by railwaymen while duty.
position to Mr. J. R.
MacDonald,
Amibavistic meeting was recenbeld in Da Montfort Hall, Leior, in furtherance of the candture of Mr. J. F. Green, of thBritish Workers' League, in opsition to Mr. J. Rameny MacDald, the senior member for il borough. There was a large dienos and, in spite of occasal interruptions from ments of the LLP., the meet- ing woverwhelmingly in favour of Mr.reen's candidature. F
and
J. ASeddon descarced Mr. MacDald's attitode as inimical to demerscy and contrary to the interer of civilization and hudug. He moved resolutione MacDonald's repuding Mr. attitud 8 anti-British pledgg the meeting to support the Gernment in waging the war ta victorious conclusion. Mr. Vtor Firher seconded the resolnio," which WOB carried almostчnimcuely.
Aking German Organ. ThePeking Post which has alway been recognised German organ, appeara to have. got itdf into treable again with the Cinese suthorities, despite the fut that Dr. Gilbert Reid, who is brea editing the paper for sue time, is zo American subjec The paper did not ap Dear a recent Monday and Taeedy. but appeared later
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the English edition
of the Tachunchuapao. The title of Peking Post no longer adorm the front page and it would appear that Dr. Reid has peremded the Chinese editor to allow him to continue to air his views onder the cloak of Chinese ownership." The "make-up" of the paper is in no way changed, with the exception that it is smaller and decaded of the show of Germlito advertisements which even Gülbert Reid, considered an adornment to the paper while it was under hie control, says the China Critic
Our Soldiers' Pets. There is almost reboolboyish cadness for strange pata smoog ar soldiers" & the Front. Wherever they go they soon find pportunities of surrounding -hemsalved with all sorts of queer restarsson whom they vish & wealth of care and action. Salonica was very Truittal soil. There the tortoise was a generai avoorite. Lizude, crows, owl, bawke, storks, lox and welt cabs -nothing came amies to mea, who loood relaxation for their idle moments in taming and training thesa
Ia
creatures.
cor
Egypt there does not seem to
be such
A
wide range. of
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