GENERAL NEWS.
Blled Chaplain at St, "Dunstan's, The preacher at St. Dunstan's "Chapel" recently"
atly was the Bev. Farbk (ibh, "late chaplain' in the Delrand Guarda. When' the rule
made that the clergy should raisin, behind at the rest lines,
bbapplied for s
For commission
in order that he might go forward af the men into the Aring line. He led bi wib, but received a ballat Wound which left him blind.
Elying Qificers Killad. Second Lieutenant Robert Vermon Ellwood, BFG, whos home is at Kensington, died at York Military Hospital recently
tha rasult of barns and injaries received in a flying sccident near York. While lighting with an aeroplane in South Lincolnshire Lientepeat Robertson, a Canadian
B.F.O., received injuries fap which he died shortly after-
Large dift to Sheffield for
As the Bilná.
Mr. Thomas Earnehsw, of Shefeld, fish and game desler, who died on July 13, leaving setate of the gross value of 18825, with net personalty 13840, after providing fcr relations and employees, be- queathed the reajdad of his estate to his wife for life and then to the town trustees of the city of Shefield in trast to apply the income in perpetuity for the poor. blind, born and resident in the oity
Masonic Honour for Indian Moslem.
At a meeting of the Wantage Lodge, No. 3,178, at Princes
Hotel, Jermyn-street, recently Mr. A. 8. M. Anik was installed Wor shipful Master, "being the first member of the Bhorah Moslem community to reach the "chair of at lodge in this country. There was a distinguished gathering st the fonction and subsequent
• "dinger, and the messages of con- gratulation included letters from the M.W.G.M.the Dake of Con nought; the M.We Pro G.M. Lard Ampthill, P.G., Lord George Hamilton, Mr. Montagu (Secre tary of State for India), and the Aga Khan.
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British Interned Seeing Holland. Amsterdam, Oct 15.-Fifteen of the British interned at Gron. ingen arrived at: Amsterdam to- day sa garata of the Society for Miking Holland Better Koown Abroad, and thus began a fort- night's tour, in Holland. Pro- festor vad Hamel, member of the Dutch. Second Chamber, in welcoming the party, said it was ridl'without it's ironical side that the tour began just when Eng- land: was "placing Holland in diffenties. If the word "repris- als'imust be spoken, tbia was a good sort of reprisal. The first
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visit the party paid was to the bary recently on the body of Aucher diamond works, where Lieutenant 8. Pereton King, aged the Callinan: diamond was 53, Boasare, who was killed by Priscen Mary visited Whipps said the King, whether he had ward with a tandiged head. He registered. polished.
the barsting of a bomb on the Cross War Hospital, which stands chssce of doing a bit of bayonet was so anxious to see the King By Order of the Court of Germia Fugitives Recaptured: terrace of Wykham Park on on the edge of Epping Forest, ing in return, and he laonically and Qiees that he atripped cff, Directors,
Lieutenant Gerard von Massow Saturday. He was on a week end recently. They motored as far answered "Some.""
bie bandsgea (spparently to (22) and Lieutenant Hormath visit to Major Crossley, and was Stratford Town Hall, and then Some of the stories told by the escape notice), and with only Barkhardt (21), who escaped from in the eet of throwing a bomb drove in an open carriage to soldiers amused the King greatly. a night shirt on ran down to Holy port Camp, near Maidenhead, when it barat. He was killed Whipps Cros",
Two of the inmates of one the open space past which their on November 11. were reasptured instantly, his body being terribly Mr. Hayee Fisher, President of word had won the Military Majesties "ware to walk. 'The Bath Great Western Railway | mutilated. Major Croseley re the Local Government Board, Medal, and his Majesty took youngster was caught by a naree, Station Troenly. The men joined ceived some splisters in the chest received their Mjeties, and the opportcaity of bestowing who wrapped him in a show, the 7 30a.m. express from Pad and was ur conscious for 12 hours, presented Mr. C. H Ward, chair- their decorations in paraon. One readjusted his bandages, and dington at Reading, having book- Nineteen bombs and several band man of the guardiane, and Mrs recipient was Lance-Corporal C. bold him in her arma. When ed to Bristol. When challenged genades and rockets were found Ward. Miss L. G. Ward, their Mounsey, of the Yorkabire Begi- the Queen stopped opposite the * Bath as the result of a telephone close by The inquiry was daughter, presented a bouquet to meat, and the other Ran Flittle group the nurse told the message from the military police ajurved for a month to enable the Queen, at whose request Simmonds, of the R-fs Brigade. story of Harold'e exploit, and Her at Swindon, they at first declared Major Crossley to attend, Courtesa ForteBone distributed Mrs. Simmonds had gone to the Majesty laughled very heartily, the Aswers in the wards, hospital to see her husband, The King jized in the laughter, that they were English, but after mards admitted that they were Leather from Horse Hides. The inspection of the wards and was seated beside his bed, but aid to the nurse, I hope German prisoners of war. They The Secre any of the War Office occupied a considerable time, and The King poke kindly to bɔtb. the little chap won't catch cold were taken back to camp. >! anccunces that an Order has been the King, Queen, and Princess On their way to Forest House, as the result."
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made by the Army Council giving talked freely to the patients. Ats convalescent department, the Medala and certificates to notice of their intention to take first they spoke separately to esch Royal party passed a Conroy of noraes successful in their ex Amsterdam, Qol., 15.--When possession of all leather produced man, but as this plan was found ambulances, drawn-up in line, amination after three years' some British prisoners were from raw bides (taken from to occupy more time than they se well as a guard of honour training were presented by the gaging through s street in horses) salted in the United bad at their disposal they divided supplied by boys of the Naral Queen.
thickly populated quarter of Kingdom or the Isle of Man or for our. The King inquired parti Brigade. The King noticed that lgbem, stepping out with imported in the wet salted state cularly as to the nature of the one of the drivere was a woman, Discharged Tuberculous Soldiers. An Army Council instruction heads erect," the people, says the into the United Kingdom. This inqaries, the length of time daring and stopped to chat with her, Telegraaf frontier correspond Order extends the control already which the patients had been He was told by one of his con- has been issued efhting that ente, rushed out of doors, and, exercised by the Army Council in hospital, and the part of the ductors that she was a diligent owing to the difficulty of deciding though they bad little food left, över horse hides in the row alste Empire from which they came and clever, and wanted to know in case of hers invalided, and Te apples to the prisoners. to the leather produced there He learned in this way that many whether the bad gained her soldiers discharged," on account and girls ran to the pri from. Any such lesther which, Australians and Osnadians were experience with the ambulance of lang taberculosis whether or copare and clipped apples into after in profion, is found to be in the hospital, as well as English column or had known how not the disease is caused, or their hande or their bage. The opgujtable for the Council's soldiers. "One of the former, men to drive previously. He learnt aggravated, by military service Germans thereupon threatened requirements will be released tioned that he felt the cold rather that she had seven years it has been decided that is all we the civilians with the bayonet, so from the conditions of the Order. keenly, to which the King replied experience, and had formerly cases where officers and soldiers
their froit from the people threw
"Ah Yes; the climate is very driven, her own car. His Mabave developed the disease during diejance. After this incident
Unprofitable. Cat Tax, different to that in Australis, 1sty's comment was " Jolly good overses service it will be regarded Amsterdam, Nov. 18-Laat have been there, so I koow some of you to give your time and your se caused, or aggravated, by this street to do all their
year some Getnas districts en thing about it by actual es talents to a work of mercy like military service. In all other errande before 9 o'clock in the deavoured to ahtsin revenue from parience." While waiting for the this." After talking with the cases the same conclusion will be and to remain for the 1sxing cats. Various manicip Queen at one stage of the journey men in the Forest House the Royal arrived at unless the medical of the day indoors, with the alities abandoned the tax shortly the King told those about him of visitors walked to the Nurses board are satisfied that phthisis
indows olceed. after its introduction because the the chat he had had with the men, Heme.
was present previous to the man's posted on the reduction in the number of cats. Oce, for instance, ho told him little chap named Harold enlistment or to the granting of bidding the last caused a grest increase in the rat that ble round wasich-oted by a MeDermott, about eight years officer a commission, or that it 2 When prisoners and mouse plague,
bayonet, axed. im said age, was lying in bed in the was not aggravated by his service.
the Germans ordered the dwellers
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