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w  BRUISH FRONT. THE nRITI FRONT. t OPERATIONS HELD UP BY BAD WEATHER. AIRMEN'S EXPLOITS. I The following reports from Sir Douglas Haig have been issued by the Press Bureau: Saturday, 10.37 a.m. Heavy rain fell throughout the night and is still continuing. On the battle front no hostile counter-attacks have yet developed. On the rest of the British Front there is nothing to report. Saturday, 9.24 p.m. Beyond the usual artillery activity on both sides on the battle front nothing of special interest has occurred during the day. !Wjet and stormy weather continues. The number of prisoners taken by us yes- terday and so far reported is 741, including forty-one officers. Saturday, 9.28 p.m. On the 12th instant the weather could not have been leas favourable for the co-opera- tion of our aeroplanes with our infantry in their attack. None the less, machines went out till four p.m. both in the rain and during fine intervals, and with great diffi- culty succeeded in locating the position of our troops. The movements of the enemy were watched, and a great many hostile batteries were located and reported to our artillery. In addition to this work, over 10,000 rounds were firead by our aeroplanes from machine guns at hostile infantry in trenches and shell holes and on the roads. Parties of mounted troops and convoys of hostile tran- sport were also engaged from low altitudes, causing many casualties and great con- fusion. Only a few German machines were encoun- tered, presumably on account of the bad weather, and little lighting took place in the air. Four euemy aeroplanes were brought down and five others were driven down out of control. Ten of our aeroplanes are missing. The fefv strong west wind and the suddenness with which storms of driving rain came up accounted for the non-return of many of our machines. Several of these missing belonged to patrols which were not engaged in fight- ing, and evidently were lost in the storms. Sunday, 10.40 a.m. The enemy's artillery has been active luring the night north-east of Ypres. Hostile reconnoitring parties were re- pulsed west of Beeelaere and north of Poel- capefle. We carried out a successful raid in the neighbourhood of Hulluch. BATTLE IN THE AIR. I Sunday, 9.25 p.m. J Eastern County troops successfully raided the enemy's trenches this afternoon south- east of Monchy-le-Prcux, and captured several prisoners. On the battle-front there has been con- siderable activity during the day on the part of both artilleries, but no infantry action. The total number of prisoners captured by us on the 12th inst. is now ascertained to be 943, including forty-one officers. Owing to the weather, very little flying was done on the 13th inst. In the fine inter- vals a certain amount of artillery and photo- graphic work was accomplislicd, and the enemv's new positions were reconnoitred. One of our partols encountered an enemy formation of double the number of ma- chines, and a determined fight took place, from which four of our aeroplanes failed to return. Owing to the close nature of the fighting the number of hostile machines ac- counted for could not be determined by our pilots. Other Allied machines, which arrived too late to take part in the fig-ht, saw from a distance several macli-In e s falling out of con- trol. SUCCESSFUL RAIDS, 1 Monday, 10.8 a.m. During the night the enemy heavily bom- barded our position on the main ridge south of Brcodseinde. No infantry action has taken place. In the successful raid carried out by us yesterdav afternoon south-east of Monchy-lc- Preux fiast County troops captured thirty- five prisonere and two machine-guns. About 200 Germans were killed by our iBfantry, and seven of the enemy's dug-outs were ùc- etroyed with explosives. Another successful raid was carried out bv South Midland Territorials early last night north-east of Roeux. A number of the enemy were killed, his dug-outs were de- stroyed, and twelve prisoners were taken by vs. ARTILLERY ACTIVITY. Monday, 9.13 p.m. Later reports show that the number of prisoners captured by us in yesterday's raid south-east of Monchy-le-Preux is sixty-four, including two officers. A hostile raiding party was repulsed last night eaet of Shrewsbury Forest. On the battle front the activity of cur own and the enemy's artillery continues. Hostile artillery has also shown more ar, tivity during the day in the neighbourhood of Lens and in the Nieuport sector. On the 14th inst. there was a slight im- provement in the weather. Artillery work and photography were carried out by our aeroplanes, and one and a half tons of bombs were dropped on Ledeghem railway station and on hostile billets east of Lens. In air fighting three German aeroplanes were brought down and one was driven down out of control. Two of our machines tre missing.
"WE STAfn .BY FRANCE."I
"WE STAfn BY FRANCE." I PREMIER'S DECLARATION ON ALSACE- LORRAINE. Mr. Lloyd George took an opportunity, when roplving to a National Health Insur- ance deputation, to make a brief statement with regard to Alsace-Lorraine. He said:- I cannot think of any statement more calculated to prolong this terrible war than that made by Baron von Kiihlmann in the Reichstag a few days ago, when he an- nounced that under no conditions would Germany contemplate granting any conces- sion to France in respect of Alsace-Lorraine. Let there be no doubt in any quarter a-s to what the declaration means. However long the war mav last, however great the drain upon our resources, this country intends to stand by her gallant Ally France until she has redeemed her oppressed children from the degradation of a foreign yoke. This means that we must husband our re- sources, incur no obligations beyond the strictest and sternest necessity of the hour, an-A when demand., are put forward for im- provements here and there, my answer ift: Concentrate upon victory." When it is won "all the^ things will be added unto you. you.
VALUABLE WOOL PRIZE. I
VALUABLE WOOL PRIZE. I Sir Samuel Evans, in the Prize Court on Monday, condemned several valuable parcels of wool, consigned from Buenos Ayres to the Swedish Army administration at Gothen- burg, in Swedish ships. Cables that were intercepted, said counsel for the Crown, who contended that the ulti- mate destination of the wool was Germany, tended to show that the consignments were intended for "Swedish spinning mills and paid for by credits established by them, but intercepted" letters show-ed that the Swedish firnui were being used merely as channels. No claims had been lodged to the goods, which fonyed part of X380,000 worth of wool which had been seized altogether by the British Government.
LIVE GRENADE IN POST.I
LIVE GRENADE IN POST. I At Hove Police-court, on Monday, Mrs. Beatrice Mills, the wife of an Army officer, was fined X5, and S,5 costs, for sending a live hand-grenade by post from Hove to Newcastle-on-Tyne. Mrs. Mills pleaded not guilty, owing to "ignorance of the nature of a bomb." She said that her husband brought two bomb3 when he came home on leave, and both were considered "done." A friend in her hus- band's battalion asked him to -send a grenade to Newcastle, but as he had no time she did so, in ignorance that the grenade was a "live one. Both grenades, she added, had been shown to a number of friends and carried about freely.
NOTORIOUS DOG THIEF.I
NOTORIOUS DOG THIEF. I At Old-street Police-court, on Monday, William Cook, seventy-two, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for stealing a Pekinese dog, value £10. Cook was said to be a notorious dog thief, and was known by a number of aliases, including "The Chinaman;' and "Don Pedro." He de- clared that he Raw the dog being pursued by a big dog, and he took it for its own protection.
14EVER CLOSER FRIENDS. I
14EVER CLOSER FRIENDS. I Mr. Lloyd George, in a letter which was read at a meeting hold in London to inaugu- rate an Anglo-French Society, said :—"Never before in our common history have the people of the two countries (Britain and France) worked in such close harmony, and whatever will tend in the future to preserve this same good feeling will prove a very valuable work."
I SLEEPY WOMAN BURGLAR.I
I SLEEPY WOMAN BURGLAR. I At Walsall Petty Sessions, on Monday. twelve months' inmrifaoninent was the sen- tence imposed upon a young woman charged with burglary. She got through the window of a magis- trate's house, helped herself to a meal, dressed herself in the housemaid's clothes, and then fell asleep until found.
J I NOVi:UST; DROWNED.i
J I NOVi:UST; DROWNED. i News has been received of the death by drowning in the Mediterranean, of Major Claude Arthur Cary Askew and Mrs. Askew, the popular novelists. Their vessel was at- tacked by a submarine on October 5. I —————
I QUAINT HARVEST CUSTOMS;
I QUAINT HARVEST CUSTOMS; With the advent of the agricultural machinery and the partial disappearance of manual labour from the harvest field, manj of the quaint customs which endeared the season to the farmer as well as to his men are passing away. One old-fashioned Glou- cetershire farmer, however, still keeps uj aa many of the old oustoma as he can. All his wheat, barley, and oats are cut by hand, just as in the days of half a century ago. The first sheaf in each of his wheat fields hf has always cut himself, and the binding oi tying together of it has always been done by his wife. Driffield, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, is one of the few places where the ancient custom of ringing the harvect- bell is still observed. The ringing is to notify the inha-bitanta of the district that the time has arrived for them to cut theii corn. As soon as the Vait is ripened, one of the bells of the pariah rings otit, at. o'clock in the morning the welcome inluna- » tion that reaping time has come; the bell, throughout the harvest, signalising the fall of eventide by again tolling at eight-
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Lieutenant and Quartermaster Harrould, A.S.C., with forty years' good service re- cord, pleaded guilty at Portsmouth to steal- ing Government oats valued at 231 10s., and was sent to prison for six months in the second division. Sir Francis Hopwood, on whom the King has conferred a peerage, will assume the style and title of Baron Hopwood of Rosyth, in the County of Fife, and of Southborough, in the County of Kent. Lady Hugh Grosvenor has written to the Macclesfield Division of the Unionist Asso- ciation resigning the prospective candida- ture of h-er husband, Lord Hugh Grosvenor, captain in the Life Guards, who haa been missing since October, 1914.
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PREMIER AND THE FARMERS GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR BRITISH AGRICULTURE. i Replying to a deputation of farmers, Mr. LJ.oyd George appealed to them, as the representatives of a great industry, to assist the Government at a very critical stage ia the prosecution of the war. It was no ex- aggeration to say that farmers were fighting on one of the most important fronts in that war, and if that front was broken by the enemy the whole of our defence would col- lapse. He was not making this appeal because of any apprehension or anxiety on the ground of submarines. Earlier in the year he felt very considerable anxiety on the subject. However, very largely owing to the skill, the thought, and the courage which had been put into our operations, he was in a position to state definitely that the submarine menace was a rapidly diminishing one. Our net lorisas for the la3t month were less than at any previous period of the last twelve months. Our apprehension was attributable rather to the fact that the available stock of food in the world was less than it had been for years. He believed this was a great opportunity for British agriculture, because once we made ourselves self-sustaining in this country he hoped we should be able to keep it up, and probably they were achieving in war what they would not have accomplished in fifty years of peace. When the President of the Board of Agri- culture, the Secretary for Scotland, and the Secretary for Ireland started their campaign for increased cultivation, and made their appeal to the farmers of those countries, we were down by very nearly 300,000 acres as compared with the previous year. In this countrv that deficiency was converted into a balance on the ri-ht side of 380,000 acres; that meant that in the spring he practically added 700,000 acres to his cultivation. In Ireland there was something like 700,000 acres, but there they had more lalxmr avail- able, and in Scotland they added quite a considerable number of acres. He thought it a highly fcreditable performance. "Believe me," said the Premier, "this war is depending more and more on these little islands. Month by month, week by week, I can see tho burden falling more heavily upon the shoulders of Britain: but I can also see Britain straight-eiiing up to bear it. And what is true of Britain as a whole I believe Is true of the agricultural community. Once they realise that this war is a war that Britain has primarily got to put through with that old spirit, with that resolution, with that power of endurance which has so often saved us in the past, I believe the farmers are going to help us through."
AN UNWANTED CHILD.
AN UNWANTED CHILD. At the Old Bailey George Thomas Vogat, twenty-two, an air mechanic in the R.N.A.S., pleaded guilty to encouraging and CI. aeavouring to persuade his wife to murda their child. Mr. Cecil Whiteley, prosecuting, said thai prisoner in a letter wrote: Unless anything happens to her (the baby) before then I shall not come b London, and never intend to. There only one way that anyone cannot saf anything, for there are hundreds of-casts where children have been dead by tie mother accidentally lying on them duriig the night, and then you would be free (f any extra trouble. Mr. Justice Shearman said that pribone seemed to be irresponsible. It was a mo.t extraordinary case. The letters to his wie were half inciting to murder and half aboit football. Yogans was sentenced to 8X months' imprisonment.
MAIMED HERO ASSAULTED.
MAIMED HERO ASSAULTED. At Old-street Police Court John Norrù. a refreshment house-keeper, summonei Emma Kahlow, wire-stretchei, Felthanw street, Hoxton, for assault and breaking a window. Prosecutor, in tears, said he hal forty-three wounda and could not get i living because of the likes of these women A policeman found Norris (who has lost at arm and a leg) bleeding from a wound in th; head, caused, he said, by prisoner strikinj him with a bunch of keys. Norris declared that the trouble anos when he refused to serve the woman and a companion. They had repeatedly caused dil. turbanoe and damage to his shop. Prisoner was committed to gaol for It month .with hard labour.
STRANGE WAYS OF FISHING.
STRANGE WAYS OF FISHING. In Nigeria during the dry season, when the rivers, are rivers no longer, the mud-fish arc dug out of the river bottoms with spade ur pick-axe. On the west coast of Ireland men go fishing with a gun, sunfish-shootihg L,cin-, quite a recognised form of sport in Galway and thereaboutti. Shark-sheoting is a diversion peculiar to New South Wales, and the revolver if often used to finish off a too obs-tinate halibut by the fishermen of the Pacific Islands. The Don Clacks in the winter season will gallop along the banks of the frozen rivers, and thus scare the fish into n-t3 nl-eady laid for their reception. On tiie L" -ies of California great squids, or cuttle-fish, are captured by mounted men, each armed with a hooked pole. Plunging into Burf, the horseman spears his fish-a bid-oits creature, but valuable foi bait—and dashes shorewards at full speed, dragging his prey behind him. Some of the Poly- nesian islanders improvise a very effective trawl-net by swimming into the water in a Sreat semi circle, each man bearin a palm branch. Holding their branches downwards they swim shorewards in close formation, thus forcing the fish into shallow water, where their capture is easy.
AIR FIGHT OVER OSTEND.
AIR FIGHT OVER OSTEND. Admiralty, Sunday. On the 13th, owing to unfavourable Weather, operations by naval aircraft were restricted. One of our fighter-patrols, however, dur- ing the forenoon shot down an enemy machine over Ostend, which was observed going down in flames. a
AIR SERVICE CHANGES. —.—
AIR SERVICE CHANGES. — — SIR D. HENDERSON "LENT PO. SPECIAL WORK." An important change in the command of the Air Service is announced by the Secre- tary for War, as follows:- Lieut.-General Sir David Henderson, Director-General of Military Aeronautic. having been deputed to undertake special work, has been lent for such service, and has thereby vacated his met on the Army Council. Major-General J. M. Salmond succeeds him as Director-General, with a seat on the Army Council. Maior-General Branckner, at prwnt Deputy-Director of Military Aeronautics, has been appointed to a command abroad and fc.r the present his place will not be filled.
FAMOUS MANSION DESTROYED.
FAMOUS MANSION DESTROYED. The fine old Elizabethan mansion at Mells Park, near Frome, the seat of Sir John F. F. Horner and of his ancestors since the dissolution of the monasteries has been de- stroyed by fire. The stables and the electric station were the only portions of the build- ings saved. The mansion was completely gntted, though the old main walls and the front in some parts appear little injured. Sir John Iforner directed the salvage operations, which were greatly hanypered by heavy driving rain. The mansion had re- cently been refurnished and refitted, and the damage is estimated at many thousand pounds.
TRAWLER DISASTER.
TRAWLER DISASTER. Three men have been killed and four in- jured through a boiler tsplosion on the Grimsby trawler King Harald. The trawler was leaving dock on a fishing voyage, and had only just got. into the dock basin when there was a terrible explosion. Every man on deck but one waa blown overboard, and two engineers who were below and the steward who was in the galley were killed. The ship was wrecked, and sank within A few minutes.
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Described as a professional exemption ex- pert, Kenneth J. Baber, a general service man, who was said to have made appeals to Tribunals "all over the place," was at Waltham Abbey handed over to the Army as as absentee.
BALKAN LIVELINESS. I
BALKAN LIVELINESS. I 143 BULGARIANS TAKEN PRISONERS. I War Office, Monday. Salonica (Struma Front) .-On the morn- ing of October 14th Scottish troops carried out a very successful raid on the village of Homondos (five. miles south-west of Seres). Aft-ar a sharp fight 143 prisoners and three machine-guns were captured, our own casual- tie-H being very light. Doiran-V ardar Front.—The enemy's ar- tillery has been active. South-west of Lake Doiran we have raided the enemy's posi- tions. Our aeroplanes have dropped bombs on a dump at Cestovo (north-west of the lake) and on a railway train entering that place. -0
.ARMED CRUISER SUNK.I
ARMED CRUISER SUNK. I FIVE OFFICERS AND FIFTY-ONE MEN I LOST. H.M. armed mercantile cruiser Cham- pagne (Acting Captain Percy G. Brown, R.N., in command), has been torpedoed and I 3unk. Five officers and fifty-one men loet their lives. H.M. mine-sweeping sloop Begonie (Lieu- tenant-Commander Basil S. Noake, R.N.), is considerably overdue, and must be con- sidered as lost with all hands.
SUGAR HOARDER FINED
SUGAR HOARDER FINED At Kingston Petty Sessions, Bertie Whit*- away, an underwriter at Lloyd's, walo finel £10 for having iii his possession more suga* than the amount required for ordinary ue in his houehold. Alfred Turner, a gardener, said that, whom the family were away the cook showed hin about 150 pounds of sugar. When his mas- ter returned he was dismissed, and he t-ktfi wrote to the Food Ministry about the 6Ug. The defence was that the sugar was boiglt ( last November—before the date of the Sugm Hoarding Order—but it was admitted th:t twenty-eight pounds had been obtained sine April 9, the date of the order.
COUNTESS FINED. I
COUNTESS FINED. At Faringdon Petty Sessions, Counta Hachberg, of 33, Charles-street, London, Y was fined .£10 for that she, being an encity alien travelling more 'than five miles fran her place of residence under a travelling pc- mit, did unlawfully fail to report her ariKvil and departure at and from her destination, Buckland House, Faringdon, Berks, tie residence of Lady Fitzgerald, on the 12h and 18th of September, under the Alieve Restriction Consolidated Orders. The Countess Hochberg, a sister of Lord Fermoy, married Count Frederick Ma.i- milian von Hochberg, son of the Prince )1 Pless, in 1905.
M.C. FOR ZEPPELIN FIGHTER.
M.C. FOR ZEPPELIN FIGHTER. The "London Gazette announces that he Military Cross has been awarded to LieLt. Win. Wallace Cook, New Zealand.Forces aid R.F C., for conspicuous gallantry and sill in an attack on a Zeppelin. He ascended from his station during a strong wind, thick mist, and low clouds, Sid showed great determination, eventualy giving up the attack when sixty miles ut at sea. His return journey was hazardcis, but with great skill he eventually effecte< a landing in a field within a quarter of a rile of the coast, having been in the air five nd a half hours.
IFORTUNE-TELLER FINED.
I FORTUNE-TELLER FINED. At Lincoln Police Court, Elizabeth Htrrl- son, widow, was fined £ 2 for telling fortmes by cards and glass globes. A woman who parted with 48s. for her own and her daughter's fortunes to be told said that Harrison informed her flat her husband would not be sent further ato France because his legs had given way. I The daughter was told that her young ian was visible in the crystal playing a mtttfc organ. He would return to marry her.
ITWO NEW JUDGES.
I TWO NEW JUDGES. The King has been pleased to approvethe appointment of Mr. Arthur Clavell Sater, K.C., and Mr. Alexander Adair Roche, I.C., to be Justices of the. High Court of Jugioe, King's Bench Division, in the room reoec. tively of the late Mr. Justice Low and Mr, 1 Justice Ridley who has resigned.
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On the sewage farm at Uckfield So fin-t crop of peppermint has been grown, and over 81b. of oil has been distilled. A fall of roof occurred in top seain o the Ellistown Collieries, Leicestershire, killig a boy named Harvey and injuring hrc< oters.
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IN LIGHTER VEIN n THOMAS JAY. ILLUSTRATED BY J. H. LCNJf. I We all have our little hobbies, th<;cgh they vary with different people. I 12ave never yet understood how some people get called sportsmen. If a man in a bathing- suit rushes through the market-place of one town on to the next he is callcd a Marathon runner, and they decorate him with medals. If the same man did that sort of thing near a hospital they would take him carefully by the hand, drape a strait- jacket on him, and &end for his friends. Personally. I do not think I could ever make any great shakes of a hobby out of gas-bills, but when the wife and I were sailing through breakfast the other morn- THE GAS BILL. ing, along came the gas-bill. It was nicely printed, so .1 don't suppose I ought to grumble, but I do think in in this age of politeness that to people who have few bright spots in their I i v-cs the gas bill might be handed in with a little more politeness, instead of being allowed to butt in without any sort of introduction. Be- t-ides, there are some people who never get .pn with strangers. Now, if everything was as we should like it, the thmg would be done politely. Some- thing like this would come along from the gas com pany: "Dear James,—Just a few lines to let yoa know we are still all right. Wf hope you received the gas we have been sending you of late. It is jolly good gas, /•JU know, old chap. You should try some in your tea. If you are not satisfied with the quality of the brand you are receiving we will send along our traveller with a few samples of our better brands. By the way, we should like to have a few pounds off the account, as we want to buy a few lengths of piping this week. Kind regards to the wife. v ours, The Gas Collector." Or we might obtain from the Postmaster- General a letter along the following lines: "Sorry to trouble you, old chap, but we are in an awful hoie. Can you let us have the JE4 due on telephone account by Tuesday next, as the uniforms of our telegraph mes- sengers are almost a disgrace? Besides, as you know, James, our telephones are so apt to snap if subscriptions are not paid up; so if you see a man coming up thv path with a pair of w.Ie-cuttcrs you will know. By i tho way, I played Winston one hundred-up last night, and he simply romped home, but I managed to make a fine break against Teddy Carson. Yours ever. Remember me to the wife-The Postmaster-General." In- stead of the usual policeman-blnntness of a jury call, something along the following lines would do quite well: "Dear Old Thing,—The Lord Mayor requests th, plea.sure of your company at the Court to- morrow. As we want to make a good show before a new judge, please bring your side- whiskers, eyeglasses, and a day off. Na need to book seats by telephone. Cheer-o." If you, dear reader, are anything like me, it happens to you about twice every day in the Tube, that some well-meaning fellow, with a pure face and a boiled shirt, rigs a dead fall for you. He catches you, so to speak, with your gun-sight lowered, by say- ing "Nice day," and you begin to realise that many a voung man with life all be- fore him has been wrecked on that phrase. It may be a nice day, and you know that as well as he. In any case, if it isn't it is none of your business. Then he starts tell- ing you about his marrows. Let me here and now give due notice that any man who again mentions the word marrow to me will compel his heirs and assigns to call upon the local crematoria to find out what day will be quite convenient. When I hear mention of the word I bant, and hell hath no fury like the way I bant. I shall wait quite calmly until the victim gets in the words, "Nice day. By the way, old chap, talking about marrows- As soon as he reaches that word the bell will ring. I shall strike him where his hair parts i n the middle with a golf club or a hatchet. I shall rnp madly on is p r o s trate form, and leave just enough of him to enable his friends to pin a few flowers to him. It was a Wood Green man who started this marrow business REPRISALS. by fathering a marrow which climbed a tree and knocked off the apples. Then an Isle of Wight man succeeded in growing a marrow which weighed forty-three pounds. Of course, I have heard of larger marrows grown in the tube, but that is by the way. I have been told of marrows grown in Suburbia that were real heavy-weights, so much so that they were kept as family pets. On the other hand, I have heard of marrows which, if all were true, ought to be muzzled, before they catch rabies and rush about biting people. Others have told me so much about marrows that they seem to be able to do almost everything except go, to work. They were all excellent hill-climbers, so much so that they ought to have been fitted with non-skid covers and foot brakes. J Only the other day one man told me of a marrow he had lost. Perhaps it was stolen or 'had strayed. It was a green tabby marrow, and when last seen was making its way towards Redhill. I think it answered to the name of "Cyril." Marrows nowadays climb trees and chase the neighbours' cats. I say it is time a halt was called. Some writer ought to save humanity before it is too late by writing a book on "Why Marrows Leave Home." Marrows ought to be included under the Defence of the Realm Regulations, so that they may be shot on sight. Do you wonder that my forehead is corrugated, that crime it written on my face, and that I grip a heavy stick when some fiend in the 'bus says "Talking about marrows
CHEVRONS FOR SERVICE.
CHEVRONS FOR SERVICE. DISTINCTION FOR MEN WHO FOUGHT IN 1914. The War Office announces that a chevron or chevrons (to be worn in uniform) will bo issued for every soldier who serves overseas in a theatre of war. Soldiers who entered a theatre of war in 1914 will bo given a red chevron, and those whose services in a theatre of war began subsequently Lo 1914 will be given a blue chevron. A soldier will become entitled to wear a chevron as soon as it may be prac- ticable to issue it to him after he enters a theatre of war. An additional chevron (blue) will be given for each aggregate of twelve months' such service. Thus a soldier who has served (e.g.) in France for twelve months will re- ceive two chevrons, and for twenty-four months three chevrons, and so on. The above will apply to officers as well as other ranks. Only service on full pay will be reckoned as qualifying service for this purpose. Detailed regulations on the sub- ject are being framed, and will be issued in due course.
MR. BIRRELL TO RETIRE.
MR. BIRRELL TO RETIRE. At a meeting of the North Bristol Liberal Association, a letter was read from Mr. Bir- rell announcing his intention, to retire at the next general election. "I am more sorry than I can say to have to sever, though not immediately," Mr. Birrell wrote, "a tie which I have found so pleasant, but I know full well that I no longer possess those re- serves of strength which the experience of nine contested elections has taugnt me are necessary for those exhilarating occasions."
EARL'S SON KILLED.
EARL'S SON KILLED. Captain the Hon. Henry Feilding, Cold- stream Guards, youngest son of the Earl and Countess of Denbigh, has died of wounds received in action. He was twenty- two years of age. He went to France early in 1915 with King Edward's Horse, and subsequently served on the Staff in Egypt for a few months. He then returned to France, and transferred to the Coldstream Guards, with whom he served for about a year. His elder brother, Lieut.-Commander the Hon. Hugh Feilding, R.N., was killed in the battle of Jutland. Lieut.-Colonel Vis- count Feilding, D.S.O., his eldest brother, has served in France since September, 1914.
LEFT HORSES DURING RAID.
LEFT HORSES DURING RAID. In a London Police-court on Saturday a carman was summoned for leaving his cart and horses unattended in the street during an air-raid. The defendant's plea was that,, an air-raid was in progress, and a policeman had advised him to take cover,' and he left the van for a few minutes to take shel- ter near by. The officer in charge of the case agreed that the man was sheltering form the raid, but the police were of opinion that it was the driver's duty not to leave his horses. The magistrate agreed, and in inflicting a nominal fine of 2s. 6d. observed that apparently the occupation of a carman had now. become a dangerous one.
CHRISTMAS PARCELS FOR FRANCE.
CHRISTMAS PARCELS FOR FRANCE. The War Office announces that Christmas parcels for the troops in France, which are to be sent through the Military Forwarding Officer, Southampton Docks, should be de- spatched as early as possible, and in no case later than Deoember 1. If they are' de- spatched later delivery by Christmas Day will not be so probable. Parcels must be over lllb. and under 56lb. in weight.
THEFTS FROM RAILWAY.
THEFTS FROM RAILWAY. Seth Frith, sixty, railway storekeeper, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment at Old-street Police-court on Saturday for stealing 56lb. of butter belonging to the L. and N.W. Railway. It was stated that the company had been compelled to under- take nine prosecutions last week against their employees.
FATAL FLYING ACCIDENTS.
FATAL FLYING ACCIDENTS. Captain M. Mackenzie, twenty-eight, and Captain Andre Gerba, thirty-three, of the French Flying Service, were killed in a fly- ing accident on the South Coast. Second- Lieut. Aubrey de Tessier, R.F.C., met with a fatal flying accident in South-East Essex.
FOOD ECONOMY CAMPAIGN.
FOOD ECONOMY CAMPAIGN. In connection with the national economy campaign there is to be formed a League of National Safety, with a membership of a million. The campaign is being directed by Sir Arthur Yapp, who points out that people may start economising food now, without waiting for the official openi^ ng of the campaign. Here are some points which he hopes they will ob.-jerve:- Economise in the use of all cereals. Don't serve bread at midday meals un- less it is specially asked for. No one should have more than one egg at a meal; to have more is unfair to other people. There is tremendous need of economy in butter. t. Butter and jam should not be eaten to- gether. Give up the early morning cup of tea. Don't make tea too strong. Economise sugar by dispensing with the open bowl from which supplies can be drawn unchecked. Have only one fresh meat meal a day. Iflk would be a great help if the voluntary rationed amount were served at table. The meat position may become serious unless economv is exercised. And do not forget to have a weekly potat-o day, without bread.
SPY DANCER EXECUTED.!
SPY DANCER EXECUTED. Mata Hari," who was shot at Vincennes on Monday, was the nineteenth spy executed in Paris during' tlt war. "Mata Hari" before the war was supposed to be a Hindu dancer, and she drew people to various Montmartre music-hal? by so-called serpent dancing. There really was nothing Indian about her. She was a Dutchwoman named Gertrude Zelle, and at one time was mar- ried to a Dutch officer, from whom she had long since been separated. The suppesed Hindu dancer proved a very business-like epy (says the "Telegraph"). She was tried and convicted by court-martial last July. It was proved at the trial that she was a regular paid German spy, and figured on the salary list of the German espionage. She was in Berlin when war broke out, but soon came to Paris. After that she travelled two or three times between Paris and Holland and Switzerland, and was proved to have met in neutral countries German chief spies. She had also received large sums of money from Germany. She succeeded ia Paris in getting into "touch with certain persons in I political and military circles, out of whom > she endeavoured to worm information. She made a full confession of her work as a spy before she was shot.
2,000 PER CENT. INTEREST.I
2,000 PER CENT. INTEREST. Sarah Wheeler, of Acton, who was stated I to have lent small sums of money on which she charged nearly 2,000 per cent. interest, was fined X5 and a guinea costs at West London Police-court for failing to register as a moneylender. She stated that she worked to support her fifteen children, and that her husband was in the Forces.
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Workers engaged in the manufactured iron trade in the North of England have been conceded a further advance, bringing the wages to 671 per cent. above the stan- dard. Mr. J. Taylor, of Brentford, who has been in he employ of the local Council for thirty years, has been congratulated by the King on having six sons serving in the Army. One of them has just died.
NEW BLOW TO RUSSIA.
NEW BLOW TO RUSSIA. GERMAN LANDING IN THE GULF OF RIGA. — 9- — DREADNOUGHTS ENGAGED. The Germans have landed considerable forces on the island of Oe&el, in the Gulf of Riga. The enemy's operations were carried out under the protection of strong naval forces, including a number of Dreadnoughts, and there was some fighting between these ships and the Russian ileet. The news of this important German offen- sive was contained -in cfficial telegrams issued in Petrograd, which were as follows: On October 12, under cover of naval forces, several times superior to our defend- ing detachments, tho enemy landed detach- ments on tho coast of the Gulf of Tagalaht, on the north of the island of Oe.sel. Another detachment was landed near the village of Serro, on the southern part of the island of Dago. Tho coast batteries were silenced by the powerful firing of the enemy Dread- noughts. The enemy activities have been rendered difficult, however, by the moles which we have constructed, and owing to bad visibility. The garrison of Oesel is en- gaged in fighting- the enemy forces which have been landed. All fteasures are taken against these invaders.—Admiralty, per Wireless Press. SHORE DEFENCES DESTROYED. The following communique was issued on Sunday: During October 12 the enemy, who landed on Oesel Island, succeeded in occupying a part of the island. Towards the evening of October 12 it was observed that enemy motor-cyclist detachments were approaching towards Orrishaf, in the eastern part of the island, and they attempted to capture a pier on Moen Island, but were repelled. The fight with the enemy's troops who have landed still continues, and his advanced detachments are pressing our troops in a south-easterly direction. The landing of German troops on Oesel Island was continued on October 13. The region where the disembarkation is taking place is guarded from the sea by very large enemy naval forces. Simultaneously with the landing on Oesel Island, several enemy ships engaged our shore batteries on Dago Island. According to information to hand, four enemy torpedo-boats were sunk by the fire of this battery, and one enemy cruiser which was firing at this battery ran aground. Our battery was completely destroyed by the overwhelming gun-fire from the enemy ships. This enabled the enemy to land a small detachment on Dago Island, which, 'however, was unable to maintain its posi- tion, and promptly returned to the ships. Since the morning of October 13 our ships have successfully hindered the enemy's naval forces from entering our waters between the Dago and Oesel islands. In the course of engagements during the last two days our ehipe have suffered no appreciable damage. Whilst he has landed troops the enemy also continues his usual mine-sweeping along the Courland shores of the Irben Strait. During the numerous aerial reconnais- sances and engagements in the region of the Oesel Island our aviator Galaktionoff brought down an enemy aeroplane which fell to the ground.—Admiralty, per Wireless Press. ARENSBURG OCCUPIED. On Monday the -following. cfficial com- munique was issued — Yesterday fighting for the possession of the island of Oesel still continued. Fol- lowing the reports of October 13, Arensburg was occupied by the enemy at 7 p.m. The advanced detachments were observed the day before to be four to six miles from the town. Enemv naval and aerial forces are ener- geticallv supporting their land operations, and are attacking north and south of the island. In the south a Lquadron of enemy cruisers, torpedo-boats, and trawlers at- tempted to force the catranee of the Irben Channel. Further movements in thQ, Gulf of Riga are covered by our long-range artil- lery from the island of Gesel. The northern group of enemy warships dispatched a squadron of torpedo-boats be- tween the islands of Oesel and Dago, which pressed back our patrol boats in the direc- tion of the Moon Sounds. Our naval forces, reinforcing the patrol boats, acoepted battle, and the enemy retired. A third group of enemy warships, con- St. LstI* n of cruisers and torpedo-boats, ap- proached after noon the south-western coasts of the island of Oefyei and bombarded an unimportant part of -the coast. Enemy submarines were observed several times at different places in the Baltic Sea-Ad. miralty, per Wireless Presis. ENEMY'S CAREFUL PREPARATIONS.. The Petrograd Correspondent of the "Morning Post" says: Ine German opera- tions were carefully prepared beforehand both by air and by sea. The position of every Russian battery was perfectly well known and the disposition cf all the troops thoroughly ascertained. The sea work in- cluded 0 a very clever piece of trickery. IR-eval is over 150 miles away from the point chosen for landing on Oesel Island. But Russia has a minor observation point on the sea some fifty or sixty miles away. It possesses a difficult, tortuous, long channel of approach, which, behind the minefields at the entrance, was carefully buoyed. The German light craft succeeded a little while ago in creeping into this channel, where » they cunningly altered the position of the buoys. The result was that when the Rus- eiap scouts next came out several got ashore. There were no losses, but I understand that for a certain time Russian scouting was dis- located very effectively, and thus insuffi- cient warning was given of the German in- tention to attempt a landing. The actual operation was hidden by fog. The latest German success along the line of least re-sistinco has no immediate effect upon the situation of Petrograd, say authoritative experts, who also represent the German movements in the island of Dago as only a feint, and as part of the combined operations whica have secured the island of Oesel. There are, however, circumstances which militate against this domfortablei view. Russian experts pay little attention to the possibilities of sea warfare. Petrograd bv land will certainly be no nearer in a militnrv sense, even after the Germans have secured the islands of Oe-sel and Dago, but they might unquestion- ably make excellent effective use of both. for operations by sea of several kinds. The experts omit to mention also that the Ger- mans are evidently now in possession of the eastern entrance to the Gulf of Riga, thua sterilising everything within. a
EAT MORE POTATOES.
EAT MORE POTATOES. Sir Arthur Yapp, Director-General of Food Economy, appeals to everyone to make aa much use as possible of potatoes and fresh vegetables, in order to conserve breadstuffs. He asks all caterers to serve only half- portions or rolls of bread, or only to serve bread on request, other than. at the mid-day meal. ————- 0-
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A memorial tablet to Roger Bacon, the thirteenth century philosopher, has been uil. veiled on the old city wall at Oxford, close to the site of the Greyfriars Monastery, where he lived in 1230 and was probably buried. A bust of Captain Marryat has been pre- sented to Ealing Library by Mr. R. F. St. Andrew St. John, a local resident, whose mother was a cousin of the novelist. The City of London School involved the .Corporation last year in a loss of £ 5,619, the City of London School for Girls. a. less of and the Guildhall School of Music a lots of £ 3,613.