GENERAL NEWS.
Women Bearers at a Funeral.
For the first time women be srem ufficiated at ́s fügeral`at Drvises recently. Six women, in overalls, dressed like men carried the coffin of Bheda Pearce, who was employed at a local munition works, a hundred others following.
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Resigned Position with
American Red Cross.
Mr. Julean Arnold, U. S. Com- merical Attache, haeresigned his position as American Red Groen Organiser, and will not visit Vladivostook an sanounced a fow days ago, Mr. Arnold recently re- osited the following telegram from Mr. Catler, manager of the Foreign Division, American Red Ozon, Washingter:"We are deeply grieved that you cannot ko sloog with your invalusbla Red Cross 'work. Your sohiers- ments have been beyond praise."
Lady Accidentally Shot. The Central China Port of the 17th in mys-A nd event occurred yesterday morning at 7· o'clock, the news of which cast' S deep gloom over all the com- munity: Miss E. M. Byrne, sister of Mr. E. G. Byrne, of the firm of Sohiele and Byrne, who is a prement with the forces in Frence, while handling's loaded revolver, abot herself. Medical balp was mediately called but the case was beyond remedy. The funeral took place at the International Cemetery at 7 pm. and was largely attended, Miss Byrne had resided with her brother in Han- kow for many years and was one of the best known and most popular ladies in port,
"A Remarkable Coincidence. Of remarkable coincidences raveled by the war this one, we think, will be hard to best. A giri whose fiancee was fighting in France was asked by him to send out a photograph of her soldier
other. She forthwith sent one taken in a Yorkshire town a year ago. It was a enspehot of the brother and V.A.D. nurse who had been specially kind to him while undergoing convalescent treatment there. This was for warded to a base hospital, where the girl's fiancee was recovering from & wound received in the recent cffensive. On its receipt the wounded soldier was amazed to see that the puree in the photo was the one actually tending him at-thst momstn.Daily Chron. Velo.
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Vegetable Leaves for Soup. A neutral traveller from the givea A graphio Rhineland description of conditions there. He says: "I was standing in the New Market, the basinese Elusive Bridegroom.
centre of Cologne, when a bomb Heeting one day in Hyde Park dropped. Warnings were not Albert Coalfield, so Ameriosa given in time and numerous pez bayonet or a few odd bombs and motor mechanio, and Eve Hamil eone were standing waiting for thelle to decorate the walla cf One bomb fell fall upon their home. An army order long too, chambermaid, were married trams. the next at a registry office. The the trama etation and others fell since issued bat oply very recent day after the wedding Csu'field eo close it was evident that the ly pat rigidly into effect, for bids disappeared. Five days later be raiders were making an organized the carrying off of these trophies wrote from Cardiff, where he was attack upon the street railway from the bettlefield, and now staying at hotel in the name system.
hawk eyed military police walch "The streets were cleared as if the leave boats.. of Sergeant Major Brooks. The women went to Cardiff, sad by magic. Ifd to a celler and brenght her elusive bridegroom did not lave it for five hours.
But all the orders in the world and all the precautions ever back, but he again disappeared "The resumption of the cffensiva invented will not stop fouvenir, Yafter she had treated him to served to restore to a considerable hunters. And the Tommies hava lunch, bought him eigarettes, and extent the people's courage. the craz worse than the "nimble- paid for a shave. At Marylebone, When the Aisne front was broken fingered gentry who need to where he wae remanded recently through huge plecards were die specialize in railway strape, hotel on a charge of stealing three gold played saying that 60,000 Eag-soep and towels and chipe of ringe valued at £30 belonging to liah had been annihilated. Extra granite from old csatles, Hamilton, Caulfield was said to editions of the newspapers, which, To carry the stoff home the be a deserter from the Royal usually faich twopence, were torn soldiers will try all sorts of end- Marine Artillery.
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The General Commanding the again be resorted to if the war The result for all who cannot buy continues, when not only may illicit rations is stomach trouble. Moroccan Division states that the the Peking notes depreciate, but Deaths in factory towns are Russian Legion fighting in FrancS There is sicksesa merita the highest praise for its even the notes issued at other numerous.
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