1918-09-28 — Page 3

GENERAL NEWS.

Fainted Before Tribunal After having spoken about half. :· doxan words at Shoreditch Tribunal an applicant fainted and had to be carried out of the rooms. The same thing happened when ha was last before the tribunel, And the town olerksaid that that west he had had four fta: Onį the ground that it would be waste of publio money to send the man into the Army, and that it would be druelty to order him to be regraded, he was giran 12 months' exemption.

Madx Bread Strike. *** A general strike begsa, st Donglaa recantly owing to the withdrawal of the bread subsidy. Nearly all business was suspended, and the trams and trains stopped. Demonstrators compelled the shope which remained open to close. Osptain Houghin, s member of the House of Keys, who was at his coal office, was mobbed, and he and his daughter were rescued with difficulty. The Liverpool steamer did not leave, and the port is idle.

Lauder's Way With Pacifists.

Mr. Harry Lauder, "in acknow ledging a welcome home by the London Robert Burns 'Ulab_re- cently said that in his American tour, he had travelled 36,000 miles, visited 98 cities and addressed over two million people. He had collected £26,000 for the Harry Lauder Fond for Scottish soldiers. He understood that pacifiets were arranging a pro. cession through London. "I the Government don't stop it," he exolaimed, **let as do it. These people ought to be ran into the Thames. To cut their throats would be too quick for them. We are fighting a desperate war and desperate messures must be taken -against this sort of thing."

Half a Million Workers Combine.

With a membership of mora. han half a million organised workers, engaged in between 70 and 80 indoetries, the Workers' Union, the National Amalgamated Unica of Labour, and the Municipal Employees' Association have decided to amalgamate their forces. The three, sociation have "taken a favourable vote on the scheme, and recently a meeting of the representatives of the unions named was held at the St Pancras Hotel, "Mt-Charles Dancan, M.P., Mr. J. N. Bell, 'M.P., and Mr. P. Peranan have been sp pointed joint secretaries. report will be drafted on the best means of amplifying a scheme which has already been agreed on in outline.

An American Patriot. Dr. A. L Boyce, originator of "Boyce's Tigers," has just sent a letter to the chairmen of several local draft boards, says the Nar York Boming Post, offering the use of his drill grounds and his rifles without charge to any local board that finde it convenient to use them. In the coares of the letter be mys: "Gen. Growder. has asked the boards to give their men the opportunity to drill before going to damp, and seversi of the boards bave ordered their man to attend Dr. Bɔyce's olszons. There classes remain under the jurisdiction of the military.com. mities of the local board, and a representative of the board chenke! the attendance of their men. Dr. Bayos merely farnishes the use of the drill gronada and rifles, and, if desired, drill masters."

Supplies 4361 Hospitals. The hospital supply servios of the American Red Cross int France, ia providing for 4,361 hospitala, situated in 1,509 cities, according to an announcement. made by the Red Cross recently, To these hospitals is sent whet ever is needed-surgical instru- ments or appliances, equipment, drugs, bedding, clothing, and oven' * games • of cards sud dominoes. More than 12,614,000 artioles have been packed and shipped from the distribution lation in Paris since January, 1915. There are 186 employees at the distributing headquartere

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