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19,500 Beds for the Wounded-

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It has been stated that the London Poor Law authorities had provided 15,000 bode for war purposes, including 10,500 for wounded soldiers.

Dustmen on Strike." About fifty dastmen employed the Paddington Borough Council stopped work owing to the council not having acorded to their request to give them a wor bonus to meet the increased coat of living.

Long Distance Telephoning, Telephonis communication was recently established botwren New York and San Francisco (saya sn American Consular report), and with more improvements on the lines it is hoped this may be. accomplished between Vancouver and the Atlantic coast,

Lincolnshire Politician Dend,

The duath ia announosd of Mr. George Heart Parkin, who un- successfully contested the Stim- ford Division of Lincolnshire as a Libial at two elections. D.- 'censed wait a member of the Eighty Club and chairman of the Young Liberals' League.

Lord Parker on the Woolsack.

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Sergeant J. E. Robinson, the Rochdale Hornets' wing three-nedy quarter, who was a member of the Northern Union team which toured Australia last summer, has been wounded in action, and has France. It is believed that his been sent to the base bcapital in!

injury is not very serious. Tom is the first occasion upon which

Taylor, the Hornets "A" tsam Run Down by a Trata. half back, hoe enlisted in the Lord Parker has presided over George Duecombe, a private of Royal Flying Corps. He is the the deliberations of their Lord the Middlesex Regiment, employ twenty-third Hornets' player to shipe. The other peers presented on railway guard duty, was join the colours. were Lords Summer, Parmoor, yesterday knocked down and and Wreabary.

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Tho National Rellet Fund." The sum of £2,105,000 has

Lady French's Welcome.. Lady Fronch, wife of Sir John The Latest Zeppelin. French, attended aspecial matines The latest Zeppelin to be oom at the Wood Green Empire yester been allocated for distribution for pleted at Friedrichshafen, making day in aid of the local hospital. ...relief out of the Prince of Wales's the twelfth since the war begna, She was attended by. Colonel H. Fund. Among the latest grants has successfully made its first F. Bowell and several other officers, made is one of $10,000 to the short trial trip. It is designed and was enthusiastically welcomed Convalescent Auxiliary Hospital, and built to carry one ton of by a large crowd. The guard of ostablished for the treatment of explosives, and is engined to honor was provided by the 7th soldiers and sai'os who have lost travel faster than any previously Middlesex Territorials, and the their limbs. The fund rose dur- built Zappelin. With the last circle of the theatre was reserved ing the week-end from £5,000 to five airoraft of this class, it is for wounded soldiers. Three in- £5,110,000.

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Frightfulness" that Failed, landed at Montreal during the the Liverpool Post says:-la a

Germany (says the Nation) has second and third weeks in April. felter, which I have been shown lost her soal en i morally isolated The majority arrived from Great from a staff cffcer, Catsd lather people to an extent that makes "Britain. Many of them went to Friday, is the sentence, French it difficult for us to realise how it Canada to take the places of the and Joffre are more than satisfied is possible to negotiate a peace young men who own land and so far." Now is the time for our

with her. What has her policy of have gone to the front. The new great effort, because Germany is frightfulness accomplished in the arrivale were n'a ly all people of anquestio ably "playing in the way of material gain? Her brutal- mature years, or girls, scarcely centre of the stage in the blaze ation of Belgium has created a any young men being among of the foctlights," specially to whose coils the contortions of her moral and material difficulty from induence Italy and other neutrale.

travellers in intrigue, like Herr King George and V, C. Hero, The Brides' Murder Trial. Colour-Sargeant Barry Daniels, Dernburg, will never release her. The use of George Joseph of the 2nd Battalion Rille Brigade, The sinking of the Lusitania Smith, who is indicted for the was at Buckingham

Palace tarne America into an svowed or murder of three of the six women received by the King, who a virtual aseoriate of the Allies. whom he is alleged to have mar decorated him with the Victoria But a not lees' important effect is ried, and has been committed for Croes, awarded to him for most the immense stimulation it has trial at the Old Bailey and the conspicuous bravery on March 12 adminstered to the spirt of her Maidstone and Lancaster Assizes, at Neure Chapelle. The King adversarice. was mentioned to a Divisional after pinning the cross to Daniels' Court, which granted the applica-tanic, elicok him by the hand tion of the Crown for an order and congratulated him. removing all the indictments to the Central Criminal Court,

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More Footballers: Emilst. George Halloy, the well-known half-back of the Barnley foottall The Labour Market. foam, bas enlised in the Royal Daring the four months ended Engineers, and leaves for Ohat April 30, 1915, the total number ham to-morrow. Halley who Birmingham Post London corre ing England where erohange with They had thought of address. of workpeople whose rates of joined Burnley from Bradford, Bpondent points out) a coneider the United States was more readi- wagen were reported as having played in the Anglo-Scats team able number of these, Among ly maintained than in France. He been changed, says the Board of last year. Mr. William Bailey, the Knights Grand Cross of the understood that the Chancellor of

One Killed of Warriors Three Trade Labour Gazsite, was 982, chairman of the Lowerhouse Bath, for example, are rot fewer the Exchequer was willing to open day that Captain Gordon Merri-

News reached Knutsford yester-SEND FOR LIST NOVELS (COLONIAL EDITION) REDUCED FROM $175 TO 60 740, and the net effect of the Cricket Club, in the Lancashire than eleven enemies, while a

EACH, 10, COPIES FOR 85.0) 890 TITLES. changes an increase of 8133,537 Oricket League, bas enlisted in twelfth, in the person of Prince credit of 1,500 million francs (sixty munition column, had been killed with the French Government a man, Royal Field Artillery, am- per week. Ta the corresponding the County Palatine Artillery. Albert of Schleswig-Holstein, the million sterling) for payments in action in France. Captain perio of 1914,342,046 work peo Congratulations for Botha. only surviving son of Prince and ple sustained a net decrease cf A Capetown message states that Princess Christian, who has been in the United States, Canada, and Merriman was the son of Me €6,120

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among the senders of con- fighting against us since the be. England. In exchange the Bank Frank Merriman, of Knutsford gratulatory telegrams to General ginning of the war, is an "extra" of 500 million france (twenty and not long ago came home on of France would send a maximum and Booth-street. Manchester, Well-known Business Man Dead. Botha, in connection with the car Knight Grand Cross of the Bath. million sterling) in gold to Eng-seventy-two hours leave. The death hascccurred at Coseley ture of Windto, are Viscount Always "More Ammunition." Ball, South Staffe, of Richard Gladstone, Lord Selborne, and

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brother Cland is Lieutenant on Clayton, managing director of the Sr Owen Phillipe. The Lord officer from the front, in a letter,

The double operation inspired H.M.S. Lurcher, and another Cannen Iran Foundry (Ltd.), tayor of Manchester Eazalto for Ammunition! For God's sake, spirit of financial solidarity be brother, Mr. Boyd Merriman, a Bilston, an alderman of Staf-warded a telegram of congratulatell everybody you see that wetween the two countries. The well-known barrister on the fordshire County Council and fox to General Botha, who is a want to be sure of sufficient am-

operation was favourable to Northern Circuit, is a captain County Justice of the Peace, and Freeman of the city.

munition. We bisze away, and

France. the first chairman of the Coseley Mon Servants of Military. Age. in our hearts we have the sicken-

He thanked the British Govern- Battalion. District Council, aged sixty-nine Colonel Dalrymple White has a ing fear that our emmunition may ment for lending aid readily to years. He was a prominent enggestion to the Chanceller of fall short, and then we shall be enable them to avoid the difficult Conservativa in South Wolver the Exchequer, in a question he in a bell of a mese. Oh, if we path which preoccupied their

will pat next week, that where only knew that we had ample minde men of military age are retained Here we firmly believe that if we

With the prolongation of the

hampton and Kingswinford Divi- sion, more than once was mentiin ed as a likel candidate for Parliamentary honoure

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as domestics, gerdonere, and can hold on for the next three war the financial difficulties in country whioù desires that we chauffeurs, the duties on men weeks, we shall break the back red, but did not alarm them should not allow ourselves to be servants payable by the employer of the Germans. The process of world was with them and ageint should go on to the end to the The unanimous, opinion of the stopped by anything, that we shall be largely increased unless attrition of theira is going on the anthora of the abominable successful, termination of that a certificate be obtained from an furiously. Only give us ammuni allicer of the Royal Army Medication and we will do the trick crimes committed in the name of formidable straggle which hos Corps that the servini in question My first word and my last word Stats necessition.

been forced upon us.

Fyou have lost your appetito ore of the big variety of dainty dishes at the ALEXAN is physically unfit to join the to all at home in Ammunition: Wo stall triumph over all DRA CAFE is sure to tempt colours.

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