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GENERAL' NEWS.

Late Mr. Raymond Asquith,

Sir William Collins, M.P., unveiled a portrait of the late Liedtenant Raymond Asquith at the Liberal Club, Derby, recently sad paid a fine tribute to one whe, but for his untimely death on the battlefield, would now have been occupying Bir William's seat in Parliament. A telegram was read from Mr. J. H. Thomas, M.P.. regretting his inability to attend **to do honour to the memory of one mourned not only by Derby but by the whole country,'

Irish Postal Warning. Warning has been again given that any postal psoket sddressed to Ireland which is observed to contaio, or is suspected to con- taip, arms or ammunition will be stopped. If there is any explo: sives, dangerous, or noxions substances is sny packet, or any sharp instrument not properly protected, or any article likely to injare either other postal packets or Post Office servants, the sender will, apart from any penalties which he may incur under the Defence of the Bealm Act, enb jeot himself to prosscation under The Post Office Acts,

The Volce Photographed. In the last of his Ubristmas lectures at the Royal Institution Prof. J. A. Fleming" explained that by an invention of his own the vibration of the buman-voice upon the diaphragm of a tele phore receiver or on a phonograph zecord could be "reproduced and shown on the lantern screen. An apparatus connected with the motor of a gramophone could cause the voice to make rays of light-in fact to photograph the waves of the human voice. To illustrate this be placed a record of God Save the King

ca bis gramophone, and the resulting voice circle paraned its grotes quely irregular course on the screen amid the load langhter of the audience;

Territorials Claim. The City of London Territorial Force Association at its meeting at the Mansion Honse recently decided to ask Lord Derby to zoceive a deputation arging that: se the 1914 decoration was to go not only to the 100,000 men who "took part in the retreat from Mons and the battlea of Ypres and the Marne, but to all troops, some 360,000 who served in Frazca between certain dates, it should'

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Munition Girl's Adventures.

te awarded also to Territoriale Sat-Leat J. M. X Choller, off who were mobilised and sent the Regiment du Gonee, son of

Barneh Spach, a happy faced overseas. It was stated that con. Obellot, of Shanghai, has been wil of 10, is one of the girl siderable forenees and dies ppoint boncured by two citations in werkers to whom the King and ment existed amongst Territorials Frenos army orders. On Novem. Queen spoke daring" a visit to a st the arbitrary rule of the Wather 21 last, he took a brillian wunition factory in the London cffite which excluded many from

part in the attack by wavea cfares on Dec, 13.. participating in the decoration.

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the dangerous work and afterwards worked heroically liked William Holt, 23; Peter Fasco,

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better than any other," she 22; William Barnett, 20; Robert organising the

positions ander a most violent said later, and I replied, Lewie, 17; Jobn Tarner, 18;

bombardment.

the King's amarement, Robart Defriend, 15; Morris

Well, I have been blown up Gevelt, 16; Hyman Cohen, 18;

At the Old Bailey recently three times, your Majesty, so I and Nathan Mercado, 16, were Vincent Francis Roberts, 21. have got used to it. And so I charged at the Thames Police

soldier, sentenced to 18 have. The fret fimer I was very Court recently with being con cerned together in stealing and monthe hard labour for big lucky. A pot of a certain chemical receiving from some person un amy. It was stated that pri- dropped in my shed and the Foner, a member of the New plosion blew an arm off the known 126 Army discharge Zeeland Expeditionary Force, girl standing next to me, but 1 badges, 11 leather belt, 2 rezor

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