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GENERAL NEWS.

University of Illinois.

The enrolment is now over 6.000 students in the States University of Illinois Champaign, Illinois, U.S.A. Tais is the largest State Ualvarsity in the U.S., and most people here do not know abouti,

"London's Expanses and lacome.

According to the accounts of the London County Council for the past year (April 1, 1914, to March 31. 1915), published yester- day, London's total expenditure was £14 331,657 12. 10.1., and the total income £18.831,248 7. 93.

Maharani's, Jewels Stolen.

A sensation has been caused in the faudatory State of Cooch-Bebar by the theft, of the Maharani'e

at jewels, valued

£28,000.

The police and military are prosecuting a vigorous search. A reward of £2,000 has been offered for the recovery of the jewels,

Mr. Symour Hicks.

It has been announced in the Gaze'ts that a creditors' petition was filed against Mr. Seymour Hicks, the weliknown actor, on Deo. 3 last, that a receiving order was made on April 30, that the first meeting of creditors bas been fired for May 14, and the public examination for Jano 17..

The Panama Exhibition-A Day's Attendance, The attendance at the Panama Exhibition on one day recently was as follows-

10 A M... 9,170

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P. M.... ....85,720

4 P. M...............51,408

8 P. M.............54,634

11 P. M...............63,650

Bank of Salt Industry.

According to an advertisement

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destruction of neutral abips well as the cheraster of Lord been subsoribed by the Ministry of Finanos. Its Shanghai ffies approaching or leaving our ports. Fisher.

O a single day-Toeaday-content to remain at the Admiralty If the latter had been is at No. 343 Nanking Road.

the sinking of seven vessels was while his advice was overruled An inquest was held at Bolton report d, of which only three, all and emothered by a civilian, both on Betay Ratcliffe, aged 01 years, fishing trawlers, were British. Of the Navy in the nation would millworker, who died as a result the remaining four, three were have lost a vast amount of ja of accidentally falling downstairs Norwegian, and the fourth re- ccnfidence in bim. when preparing to leave for work dish, and they totalled 9,530

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protably wal Lancashire's oldest co tin oper-immunity with which Germany ative, as she had worked in the maintains her belligerent altitude mill for 80 years. During her towards central Powers is really career she had only had three remarkable. Ships belonging to employers.

A Mother of Soldiers. Mre. Duffy, of Massy Street, Burnley, who celebrated her 84th birthday last month, has nearly bundred direct descendants serv.

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the Scandinavian Powers and the United States have been sunk! not only in home waters but on the high teas, not only by mices and submarines but by cruisers and armed merchan'men, and so

ing with the Forces. Her grand. for the o'icy of indiscriminate father was a soldier, and her destruction appears to have cost

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Tue battle of Neuve Chapelle

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Amoy.

In the dining-oar (of the Berlin Hamburg express train) are sitting eight Englishmon, who speak English, and whose nationality is father fought at Waterloo. She the German Government only is now being exploited by a host discovered through a Hamburg) was born on the strength" in the £45,000 which is stated of German war corteer ondents merchant addressing one of them Egypt. She has five children, to have been agreed upon

whom he had recognised, and and forty grandchildren, and all a compensation to the

learning that they had been the males who are of age are ownere of the William P. Frye. One of these correspondents, Pro- released from Rubleben. As the wearing the King's uniform. Mrs. Fortunately there is no sign of

English at one of their tables Daffy bai about fifty relatives in any falling off in the number of

were drinking champagne, and Wigan, and she says it is a pity neutral abipa trading with this

it became known that the train - The soldiers bave assured me carried 18 Englishmen, all in they could n't have a regiment country, and if the nations to of their own.

which they belong like to regard in most energetic words that on Grit class, and as, above all, with indifference the destruction the first day, after our positions nothing was known about the A Wittersham lad named Ar- of their property by the Germans had been rushed on March reasons why they had been set chitald Burt has been presented it is, of course, to affair of ours. 10, the British, in their for free, the German passengers be- by the Ashford magistrates with It would appear to be high ther advance exat of Neuve came very indignant at the fact the B.S.P.C.A. medal for bravery time for the Almialty to take Chapelle at 11 0 sm, drove in that released prisoners should some notice of the claims that front of their lisee, with the butt make themselves comfortable in ia saring animal life..

Bart descended a well 51ft, Germany is making with regard end of their rifle, ura"med the dining car, as if nothing bad deep on a bitterly cold night to to our submarines. On April 29 German Jager prisoners so that happened, should celebrets their rescue a cat which had fallen in, it was reported from Barlin, via cor men were unable to fire, releage by champagne, and should To reach the animal he had to Amsterdam, that one of these Another t'me they (the Germans) converse in the English language. lower himself by a rope, and then, versele af been sunk in the atticed a group, of eight men in The guard, who had been called in ascending, bad to climb hand B'ght of Heligoland on the German uniforms approaching in, found the papers of the men hai. over hand with the cat in a bag. 17tb, and that it was with a machine-gun: The order in complete order, but observed Blung cvor his shoulder," He table that further enb- went round ? " Do not fire, these to them that they had to use, renohed the top Lalf dead with marns have been destroyed." are our men." When however, when travelling in a German cold and fatigue. There was no Now the e'a'm is put forward the prendo Germans came within train, the German language,: one present at the time excepting that one was sunk on May 3 by a less than a hundred yarde they whereupon the Englishmen left a little boy.

Daval airabip in the North Sea. opened a murderous fire.

the saloon and withdrew to their be told, by the authorities, with The Int occasion on which a Another remarkable but biths to compartments. There English all the necessary emphasis, that Of Manchiirlan Origin. A now grain sorghum plant is similar cont atoa was made was unexplained incident which was men included, among others, being grown in South Dakota, in October. On the 18th of that more than once reported to as directors of the Anglo-South they must consider themselves as which has scms natural qualities month an official German state was that after the arault on American Bank end of the Stand.being only on leave from Bable- farmer in exposed areas. It is matine had been sunk "in a battlefield and killed by the fire The journal explains that these one may well further demand of advantage to the dry land ment declared thit a British enb- April 12 bodies lying on the ard Bank of South Africa, behave them, therefore, to themselves modestly. And, eaid to be of Manchurian origin German bay, and on the 23rd of British infantry were seen to 18 men have been set free by an that wherever they show them and is called by the Chiness name the Admiralty announced that catch fire and totally to be srengemect with the British solves they should speak the of kaolinng. It is tall, produces the vestel was considerably consumed by the flames. Government for the mutual re German language, which they cer A good yield, end withstands the overdue, in that fina wêra These were all very remarkable lease of bank officials; but in-tainly know. drought well. It has been matured entertained that she had been incidente, ni Professor stead of condemning the conduct in South Dakota · for several sunk in the North Sa.:

Wegener. 19 careful not to of the public in the train and of Bastone. With Johnson grass, Nearly a menth has now elaps vouch for their real courrence, the guard as it deserved, it com- Badan grase, broom corn, engar ed since the first of the two Intesi - but to give them for what they ments upon the incident in the oane, kafir corn, milo mazs, alleged vict me is said to have beer are worth. But if he is not sure following terms Istorits and this new member, it accourted for, and there can be of the troth of the reporte, why. It is to be expected that those may be said that there is zo race, no incertainty in the minds of does he circulate them under his English who are set so liberty,

in the sorghum family. the authorities as to whether the authoritative name?

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