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GENERAL NEWS.

U.S. Import Trade, w President Wilson recently isen- ed a proclamation requiring the ficenting of most of the chief im- porta by the War Trade Board, enabling the Government to cop trol imports as they have controll ed exporta since the war, and giving the government shother powerful weapon, which will be used to the fallest extent in the #conomic war against Germany.

Bid Teeth in the Army. Lord Grevilla, presiding at a mseting of the Ivory Cross Fand, emphasised the importance of the movement, and said that from twenty-eight years' experience of

the Army, he could speak of the

great ravages caused amongst the rank and file by lack of dentistry, Át à recent dental inspection of 2,000 men at Aldershot something like 75 per cent, were found to be in nsed of treatment.

"Something to Show" For The Navy.

The Executive Commitise of the Navy League has passed the following resolution ?—"That re- presentation be made to the First Lord of the Admữalty that a medal be swarded to all naval men who were float in the earlier part of the war on the same priu- õiple on which it is about to be given to all officers, warrant officers, N.C.O.'s, and men who belonged to units of the Expedi tionary Force up to and including the first Battle of Ypres."

Death of an Admiral, Rear-Admirali Leicester Chan- trey Keppel died suddenly at Worthing recently in bis eighty- first year. The decessad served as a midshipman in B.M8. Bel- lerophon in 1864, and in the same year was present at the bombard- ment of Sebastopol, and bombard- ed Fort Constantine at 600 yards. He was engaged in the suppres sion of the slave trade on ibe Esat Coast of Africa, served in the expedition up the Zambesi with Dr. Livingstone, and was in com mand of the gunbosta Janus and Insolent at Chefoo:1867-89.

A Soldier's Grievance. Mach irritation bea been expressed by soldiers arriving

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in London, from the trenches at DEATH . AFTER BURIAL.

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Kussian Soldiers Gold Loot.

Remarkable Story of a Hypnotiṣf.

The next day was Sunday, and. as the authorities refused to per-

mit the professor to charge admission on that day, he decid- ed to dieinter Soden after Lieventeen hours'- burial, when it was quickly seen that the youth's condition was hopeless,

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Clab, bat we are responsible for An astonishing story of a young the whole lot, and if anything is compositor who was hypnotized mised, we have to stand she and practically buried alive by seenior zacket. What we want is to be self-styled professor is disclosed the General Hospital, able to leave our stuff somewhere in the Istest West Indian newe nd other doctors, testifi on the other side, where we can papers to reach London, says the ed at the inquest that the disinter- AUCTIONEER, APPRAISER

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ed man was pulseless and roast- "Professor" Talbert Seston was ng hot, bie nails and lips were Anong the passengers of recently arrested at Bridgetowe, parple, a rein in his arm refused trans-Siberian train which arrived Island of Barbados, on a charge o bleed when opened, and at Harbin regently were die preferred by Lance Corporal Wparticules of and were lodged in covered to Russian soldiers on Wharton, of aula folly and bis eye. Various drage were whose pertona nineteen pieces of feloniogely killing and eleping" vainly injected in an effort to save gold ingots bearing the marks of Bandolph Soden, aged twenty, abis life. He died two hours after the Central Treasury and the compositor, in Queen's Park, entering the hospital without eagle were found. The gold was Bridgetown, on September 19. recovering consciouenean, part of the loot geizad by the re?

Mr. B. W. Reece, K.C., the volutioniels from the Moscow who is a native of Trinidad, Solicitor General, appeared ou

It appears that the professor, Branch of the Central Treasury, and has for some years been behalf of the police at the inquest. Auction Ou the ese train some Chinese curing the West Indier, giving Farther evidence showed that from the trane-Balkal District displays as a hypnotist and the sliding glase avering on the were found to curry & quantity of illusionist, announced, with the lid at the bead of the coffin could allevia! deposits concealed on anal fanfare, that he would be left partially opened, the pro- the 27th December, 1917, them. The total value of the gold hypnotize and bory a woman in feseor apparently relying on thie commencing at 12 o'clock (NOON) | is said to reach 500,000, roubler, grave five feet deep in Queen's camouflage to permit the patient -N. C. Daily Mail.

at his Sales Rooms, Duddell after an interval of three days time to deceive the spectators, to Park, bringing her back to life to obtain air, but at the same

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The Kashima Maru's Adventures. The N.YK. European zer Kasbims Maro arrived at Nage man begged to be excmeed, is visible.

"CERF." seki recently. Captain Tezwa is and Boden, & coloured man, The medical evidence, rone reported to have told the Oaks volunteered to take her place the lees, showed that Soden's

Length ............117 feet Mainichi's correspondent there crowd of 300 spectatore was death was due to asphyxiation

Breadth............26.2 feet that three days after the

Depth of Hold.. 8.45 feet veeeel's departure from Liver admitted at 6d. a bead to witness caused by imperfect ventilation,

the new twentieth centary although the jay brought in a.

Draft.......... 6 feet pool a watchmen posted at the

verdict of "Death due to misad-aa she now lies in the Harbour "miracle." stern of the vesest discovered the

Soden, according to the venture." Seaton left the court with all gear, appurtenances. the periscope of an enemy sub. marine at a spot some 800 metres evidence at the inquest, mounted mid load cheera from a large anchors and chains, etc., etc.

Terma-20% deposit on fall of from the bow.

and sat on a canvas covered table crowd, The ship was when the burial moment arrived,

Carinnaly enough, on October Hammer and vessel to be at-pur- Brompily swung round to bring removed a portion of his clothing 20, 1906, the Daily Express to chaser's risk. the gun at the stern into action.

Completion to be made on or The gunner opened fire at a dig.nd donned a sleeping-suit band ported from Kingston, Jamaica, tence of 500 metres and the 16th ed to him by the professor, who, the case of "Professor" W. A before the 30th December, 1917.

in tarp, atured himself in a red Barclay, a coloured hypnotist, "GEO. P. LAMMERT. Bebell hit the periscope and flowered ceremonial robe. The ho hyphoticed his white wife

destroyed it. Meantime the

Auctioneer Professor then proceeded to make and kept her "buried" for 104 Hongkong, 18th December, 1917 Halifax and, Star and Garter enemy aubmarine discharged a the familiar развоз torpedo which luckily missed the hands over Soden's face and fore- two sir shaft under eight feet "with his honra în a coffin equipped with ship, passing at a distance of!

baad, the young man's eyes f earth at Rockport Gardens,

60 metres estern. If the torpedo slowly closing and his body Kingston. Mrs. Barclay, however, had been fired a second sooner gradually becoming rigid anders in perfect health whon dis- the Ksehime would have gone the treatment.

interred, although she had lost Soden's body was now placed eight pounds in weight,

In the afternoon of the same day, she was attacked by another

in the coffe, which had a glass

aubmarine. Shots were exchang panel in the lid at the bead, and

ed. The Kashima pat on fall the coffin was lowered and cover One Rupee Notes, speed and escaped. Yet another with earth, a wooden shaft or per Eubmarine was encountered. She

We have seen a one-rupee note appeared to be waiting for the scope running from above the which has found its way to Kashims to come within range the ground. The spectatora were

glass panel to three feet shove Penang. It gives the words one ropes" in eight languages. Fortunately the Kashims manag" thus able to see the neck and Another war product, observes ed to emerge from the dangerous shoulders of the hynotized man. he Peking Gazette.

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