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111 ■ 1 "■ y. CASTLE CINEMA (Adjoiniikg Leedc 08ae.) Monday and Iw Ono Me we*, MARY PICKFORO, ta THE ETERNAL GRIND. A -Very Hwa DTHM la Jfetrr Parte, by the Fuooot PlapeM fita Co. A Piokford Ctaaeof, Qimn tnrf Cky.

OUR RAID AND THEIRS. Thirteen Zeppelins Injure Thirteen Civilians. ONE RAIDER BROUGHT DOWN. Shipyard and Aerodrome Object of Our Visit. I There have been aerial activities by the enemy and by the British. The results are: GERMAN.—Thirteen Zeppelins came. One was de- destroyed. Two persons were killed and 13 injured. Twenty-five houses were slightly damaged in the Metro- politan area, and others elsewhere; two water mains cut, a church was damaged, and a fire was caused at a gasworks. BR ITISH-Hoboken shipbuilding yard (near Antwerp) was successfully bombarded by naval aeroplanes. A large squadron also bombarded with effect the enemy aerodrome at Gistrelles. All our aircraft got home safely. f0-DAY'S BRITISH OFFICIAL. The Secretary of the Admiralty makes the following announcement: On the afternoon of the 2nd inst., the shipbuilding yard at Hoboken, near Antwerp, was successfully I bombarded by naval aeroplanes. On the 3rd inst., the enemy aero- I I drome at Gistrelles was also bom- barded with effect by a large squad- { ron of our machines. All our machines returned safely in both cases. j A STORY OF OUR RAID. Amsterdam, Monday.—The < Nieuwe I Rotterdamsche Couraut learns from its forrespondexit at Roosendal that on Satur- day evening, at six o'clock, Allied aero- planes attacked the artillery depot at Hoboken, Antwerp. The aeroplanes were driven off by a Zeppelin. The casualties were three persons killed and several wounded.—Press Association. Germany has eclipsed her former efforts at {'rightfulness by Zeppelin by sending thirteen airships to the Eastern counties. The net results, as tar as olhcial reports yet received can show, are as follows:— Casualties: Two killed, 13 injured. Damage: Twenty-five houses and out- buildings (slightly), two water mains cut, three horses k-ile(I (all in Metropolitan Police district); elsewhere, cottages and a church damaged, hre at gasworks. Military damage to England; Nothing. Military damage to enemy: Ope Zeppelin and crew destroyed. i THE OFFICIAL REPORTS. I The official reports are a& follow: Press Bureau, Sunday, 2.10 p.m.—The following communique was issued by the Field Marshal in Command of the Home Forces at 1.45 p.ni. (1) Last night's air raid was carried out by 13 airships, and was thus the most formidable attack which has been made ,on this country. (2) The principal theatre of operations was the Eastern Counties, and the objec- tive seemed to have been certain indus- trial centres in the Midlands. (3) The new measures taken for the re- duction and obscuration of lights proved most efficacious, for the raiding squadron, instead of steering for the cities, as in the raids of last spring and last autumn, groped about in the dark nose, looking for » safe avenue of approach to their objec- tive. (4) Three airships only were able to ipproach the outskirts of London. (5) One of them appeared over the northern districts at about 2.15 a.m., where she was at once picked up by searchlights, and heavily engaged by anti- aircraft guns and aeroplanes. After a few minutes the airship was seen to burst into flames and to fall rapidly towards ti??,n earth. The ship was destroyed, the wreckage, engines, and the half-burned j bodies of the '?'rew being found at Cuiney, i near Enfield. f (6) Our experts hope to be able to re- construct certain portions of the frame- work. The large amount of wood em- ( ployed in the framework of the Zeppelin is startling, and would seem to point \o the shortage of aluminium in Germany. (7) The other two ships which ap- proached London were driven off by the dsieoce without being able to approach the centre of the City. (8) A great number of bombs were dropped promiscuously over the East Anglican and the South-Eastern Coun- ties, but complete returns of casualties and damage have Dot yet been received. Indications are that the damage and loss of life are not heavy, considering the number of ships engaged, a great number of the bomlJG dropped having fallen either in the sea or remote country districts. (9) It is hoped that any persons who have picked up fragments of the wrecked airshjp will submit them to General Head- quarters, Home Forces, Horse Guards, Whitehall, London, without delay. If of no val ue in the reconstruction of the air- ship they will be returned to the owners. It should be remembered that the deten- tion of such articles constitutes a contra- vention of the Defence of the Realm Regu- ktions (Sec. 3-5 B). THE CASUALTIES AND DAMAGE. I Press Bureau, Sunday, 6.30 p.m.—The following communique was issued by the Field Marshal Commanding-in-Chiet', Home Forces, at 6 p.m., September 3rd:— Careiul inquiries show that the casual- ties and damage caused by the air raid last night were quite disproportionate to the number of ships employed. The number of casualties which have beeu re- ported is as follows:— Killed: One man, one woman. Injured: Eleven men and women and two children. No casualties occurred in the Metro- j politan Police district. The latest ?eoorts show that in tLel Metropolitan Police district 25 houses and some outbuildings were slightly damaged, two water mains were cut, and three horses killed. Elsewhere the damage was very slight, a certain number of cottages being damaged as well as a church, while a fire occurred at some gasworks. No military damage of any sort was eaosed. BOMBS ON PORT SAID. Press Bureau, Saturday, 6 p.m.—The Secretary of the War Office makes the fol- lowing announcement:— The General Officer Commanding-in- Chief in Egypt reports that hostile aero- planes bombed Port Said in the early hours of the 1st of September. In all 25 bombs were dropped, causing some casualties. No damage is reported. With regard to the operations in the Katia district last month, three more machine guns and 15.000 rounds of ammu- nition have been found and brought in. A BLAZING MASS. I A special constable, who was one of the first to reach the scene of the destruction of the Zeppelin near Enfield, told a thrilling story to a Press Association re- presentative. When I reached the spot," he said, the Zeppelin, a mangled mass of ruins, was still a seething furnace, with tongues of flame licking the framework and re- ducing it to molten metal. So fierce was the heat that it was at first impossible to approach at close auarters. Pails of water had to be fetched from a pond in a field some distance away to cool the remains, and the work of extricating bodies was proceeded with. That of the commander of the Zeppelin was first djs- oovered. His left hand was still testing on the steering wheel, but his right hand had been torn away. Close by, the charred remains of other members of the crew were with difficulty extricated from the wire entanglement to which the skeleton- of the fabric had been reduced, and were taken to the outhouse of a neighbouring inn. Upon the hand of one was foend a dia- mond ring. Four engines were taken from the crumpled airship, together with a clock, which survived intact, the hands stopping at ten minutes past three o'clock-half-an-hour after the machine was firi-.t seen to be falling. Another account says: Construction and other officers connected with the flying services were early upon the scene on SiViday morning, and 6pent a consider- able time inspecting the machinery parts of the wrecked Zeppelin which had been recovered Sir Sam Hughes, in mufti, was among the first thero The airship came to earth with such force that much of the machinery, in- cluding the engines (each of which weighs a quarter of a ton), was deeply buried in the earth. The work of digging out these valuable parts from the debris proceeded until dusk. As each piece of machinery was recovered it was carefully inspected, and in a large number of cases photographed from different anglea by a special etaff of official photographers A great deal of the machinery was well- preserved, and would, the Press Associa- tion representative learned, be of great value to the experts. When the villagers of Cuffley rushed to the blazing wreck, the heat was so intense they had to stand many yards away. Standing gaunt in the gL?. were the hugp propellers partly en??dded'm the ground, and tnus they remained until dug out.

TRIBUTE TO LLOYD GEORGE. In a recent article on Mr. Lloyd George in the Greek paper, Patriae," the writer of the article, M. G. Ventiris, gives an ac- count of an interesting conversation he bad with M. Venizelos. M. Bentiris says: One sunny afternoon in early spring, when we were walking together on. the Island of Speteai, I ventured the remark that Europe had not produced statesmen of sufficient ability to oonductthis world struggle. The leader of the Liberals (M. Venizelos) assured me that I was mis- taken, and he mentioned to me the name of Mr. Lloyd George. He defined him as the type of oontemporary political prophet.' He had made his acquaintance. He was certain that the Welsh lawyer with his passionate Southern eloquence had in his blood the stuff out of which statesmen are made. I "His was a prophetic physiognomy, combining the special virtues of the pro- phets of religious and th epropliets of poetry with those of the superior states- man. Do not worrp, dear friend," said M. Venielos with an enigmatic twinkle of his blue eyes. In LLcrd George England liajt what she requires. Perhaps even hu^lBiiity will find in him whu.t it needs." —Proas Association-

TRADES UNION CONGRESS OVER TWO-AND- TttREE-QUARTIR BILLION MEMBERS REPRESINTED. THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS BIRMINGHAM, Monday. The 48th Trades Union Congress open(Vt in the Town Hall, Birmingham, to-day, under the presidency of Mr. Jtlarry Gos- ling, Amalgamated Society of Watermen. There were 730 delegates present, repre- senting -a membership of 2,850,000. Mr. Gosling in his presidential address said that to prove conclusively that intoer- nationalism was certainly not. dead, they had the pleasant duty to perform of wel- coming fraternal delegates from America, Canada, France and Belgium. They gave their oversees delegates the heartiest pos- sible greetings, both blood and rnce, kins- man and Allies, with which we were united in the sacred and solemn compact which would restore international obliga- tions. In future be trusted they would receive fraternal delegates from all our Allies and their fellow-trades unionists in the Dominions across the seas. Many in- stitutions which they had imagined to be proof against all change had been thrown into the melting-pot. They had seen trade union practices, built up and endorsed by generations of trade unionists, given over as willingly as thousands had given their lives, be- cause such wag deemed essential for the purposes of national defence. Labour had been the personification of real patriotism. Contrast the conduct of the workers with the conduct of the ship- owners, food exploiters, war contractors, and ofciier profiteers, who had scrupled at nothing, so long as it secured their en- richment, FOOD SUPPLIES. In respect to the scandal of the food supplies, he was not going to pretend that the course indicated by the Government was going to be satisfactory, even to the more moderate among trade unionists, unless and until, the authorities were going to take such action as might If* necessary to protect the purchasing power of their wages. Labour had to fore- go its period of rest and recuperation, ¡ but no one asked the shipowner

I MISSED VERY MUCH. I Swansea Haulier Killed in Action. Private Samuel Davies, of the Welsh Regiment, was killed in action in France on the night of August 24-25th. Before joining the ranks he was employed as a haulier by Mr. R. Gabriel, and lived at No. 1, Scyborfach-street, Swansea. It will be remembered that he drove the gun car- riage at most of the military funerals in Swansea. He was well known and re- spected, and in a letter to the wife of the deceased the commanding officer of his company said, I know it is a loss which cannot be replaced, but may the fact that he died thus nobly at his post be of some consolation to you. Both officers and men of this company miss him very much."

I TOWNSMEN'S MOTHER. The death has occurred at Bryn-street, Brynhyfryd, of Mrs. Merriman, who was 82 years of age. She is survived by her husband, Mr. Edwin Meniman, and her three sons, Mr. James Merriman, Bryn- road, coal merchant; Mr. W. J. Merriman, the G.W.R. agent at Swansea Valley Junc- tion; and Mr. E. J. Merriman, Terrace- road.

I CANADA'S "HOUSE." Ottawa, Saturday.—The Duke of Con- naught relaid the corner-stone to-day of the old Parliament building in the new structure to replace that destroyed by fire. Fifty-six years ago the Duke's brother, King Edward VII., laid the same stone. The Duke paid a tribute to Canada's 350,000 men.

KNOW IT WAS A P.C. At Neath on Monday William Biggs, Cattle-street, was charged with assaulting P.C. Barrett on Saturday night. The con stable said he spoke to defendant, who was creating a disturbance, and he kicked him in the stomach. He closed with his assailant, and in the scuflfe he was hit by defendant, who behaved in a violent manner. "All correct," said defendant, but I didn'f know lie was a policeman when he caught me by the scruff of the neck." A jfine of 40s. was imposed.

SOLDIER'S HARDSHIP. A discharged soldier named TTnwin, who has been twice wounded in France, told the Enfield Tribunal on Saturday that, after being employed at the Royal Small Arms Factory for several months, his badge had 00eI1 withdrawn. He had been out of work for three weeks and could not obtain a job. In addition to his wife and family he had his mother- in-lay to support. In granting conditional exemption, the chairman said it was disgraceful that such a man should be discharged from the factory while hundreds of single men re- mained.

I THE SINGLE MEN. Commissioned officers are to be ap- pointed to visit factories at Birmingham and ascertain to what extent young single men now in possession of badges and cer- tificates may be released for the Army. The Army Council have notified th-at healthy men in factories are to be sent to regimental depots, their places being taken by others of moderarte physical vigour. $■ -—

I WAR PROSPERITY. Sir Gilbert Claughton, chairman of the London and North-Western Railway Com- pany, speaking at a conference at Dudley on Saturday to 'raise further help for wa.r funds, said in Dudley alone wages cheques at the bank for May, June, and July were over JS500.000, or 68 per cent. more than the corresponding" three months of 1914, before the outbreak'-of war.

WHY HE WAS FED UP." When George Parker -was charged at Tottenham on Saturday with being an ab- sentee, he said that he was passed at the Bruce-grove Recruiting Office, Tottenham, for home service only. He was then sent to Mill Hill, where a doctor, scarcely looking at him," passed him for general service, and he was sent to Northampton for training. The battalion doctor there put him on light duty, aad ever since all he had done was to burn paper and pick up match sticks. TTe could do no marching, and, being fed up," he deserted. The magistrate expressed sympathy, but handed Parker over to an escort.

]TO-DAYS WAR RESUME? ♦ ———- I Leaderw Office 4.50 P.M. There has been another great Allied ad- vance on the Somme. We have taken the villages of Clery and Le Forest, Guillemont, and part of Ginchy. In the new Somme, victory there have been captured 2,000 prisoners, 12 guns, and 50 machine-guns. It is stated that the Greek King has con- ceded the demands of the Allies, which include control of the postal and tele- graph services, including the wireless. Thirteen Zeppelins visited the Eastern Counties on Saturday night. One was brought down and destroyed with the whole of her crew. There was no mili- I tary damage. British naval air squadrons have success- fully bombarded the shipbuilding yard of Iloboken, near Antwerp, and ht. aerodrome at Gistrelles. The Rumanians, who continue to make excellent progress, have up to date taken 1,800 prisoners. A Rumanian mayor and police authorities have been installed at Braseo. (Kronstadt). Measures are being taken to cut off the retreat of the German forces in German East Africa. A rumour than Denmark was about to join the Allies greatly upset Berlin.

ANOTHER ZEPP GONE? Copenhagen, Monday.— Fishermen returning to Es- berg last night reported that on Sunday forenoon, outside the territorial water limit of' the Sylt, they saw five Zep- pelins going in an easterly direction. At eleven o'clock, another Zeppelin appeared going very slowly. The crew was engaged in throwing ar ticles overboard in order to keep the airship afioat. The Zev?elin. which was severely damaged, is supposed to'?-tvc fallen on the water between the Sylt and the Sehleswig const.—Exchange Special. f ( < I i

COAL FOR ITALY. The Swansea Chamber of Commerce held a special meeting on Monday after- noon to consider a report, of the repre- sentation of delegates that recently waited upon the Board of Trade with regard to the Mitrges-ted limitation of coal prices and freights to Italy, the same as has been done in relation to French parts. Mr. E- P. Jones (vice-president) presided over a large attendance of members, who view the mnrked importance of the proposal. The report, which was private, was favourably received. It pointed out that the Board of Trade representative (Mr. Hepworth) was of opinion that it was not necessary to carry out the scheme. They thought that the committee appointed to deal with the coal exports to France would carry out the new proposals, though it was quite possible there might be sev- eral additional members elected who were closely associated with the trade of Italy. Upon the suggested maximum rates it is believed that these might be slightly in advance of the current levels, as it was quite probable that buyers in Italy had been holding off in the hope of the scheme coming into effect, and thus bring into operation artificial depression in prices for the time being. The Chamber of Commerce, it is under- stood, is now expecting the Board of Trade decitv.on upon the whole matter, but the proposed scheme, it is contended, will not come into operation before the end of the J month-

RUSSIA'S BIG BATTLES I GERMAN ATTACK IN RICA REGIUI REPULSED BY LETTS. MORE HEIGHTS CAPTURED I RUSSIAN OFFICIAL. 1 Petrograd, Sunday afternoon. Riga Front.it the region oi Riga the Germans attacked our Lettish battalion, who by a counter offensive drove the enemy back and inflicted severe losses upon him. Galicia.—In the direction of Zolocbov (? ZIOCJSOW) and Ralicz battles are raging. The Carpathians.—South cf Rafailowa (taorth-west of the Jablonica Pass), in the region of the Kapul Mountain (South- ern Bukovina), and aloo in the region of Dorua Watra (Southern Bukovina)" our troops drove the eunmv his fortified positions, and captured several heights. The enemy counter-attacks, which had as their object the re-capture of the lost positions, were repelled by our fire. Here 300 prisoners fell into our hands. Caucasian Front.— In the region of the village of Oghnut between Mush and Erzinjan) fierce fighting continues. Owing to our pressure the enemy has been put to flight at some points. Turk- ish attacks in the region of the village of Ckormuk were repoxied by our fire. In the battle around this village we cap- tured one more gun.—Wireless Press. I ANOTHER PEAK SEIZED. German Admission. The following enemy communique was issued on Sunday:— Archduke Karl's Front.—East and south-east of Brzezany (on the Upper Zlota Lipa, in Galicia), in local fighting enemy attacks were repulsed at some points. The battle is still proceeding. In the Carpathians Russian attacks yesterday were principally directed against Magura (N.E. of the Jablonica Paes) and the positions on the heights to the south-east, but they wtate unsuc- cessful. On the other hand, the Ploska heights (further west, 4,471ft., a peak on the crest Off the mountains) south of Zeilona, after several fruitless attempts by the enemy to storm it, remained in his hands. On both sides of the Bistritz iu the Rumanian border territory German and Austro-Hungarian advanced troops came into contaot with the enemy's troops.-R,e titer.

I A DENMARK RUMOUR. Intenvention Story That Upset Berlin. The Hague, Friday (received Sunday). —The Tageblatt saysIt was ru- moured in Berlin yesterday that Denmark is going to join the Allies. The papers are authorised to deny the rumour, which is greatly upsetting political and financial circles in Berlin, Frankfort, and Hamburg.

ITRAGEDY AT MUMBLES. Visitor Found Dead With His Throat Cut. A sad holiday tragedy has occurred at Thistleboon, Mumbles, the victim being John Charles Lobb, aged 54, whose address is given as 42, Eaton-sq., London, and who is said to have been engaged at that address as a butler for 24 years. Deceased came to the Mumbles on a holiday about ten days ago, and stayed with his son-in-law and daughter at Lea Cottage. He wa.s ap- parently in his usual health on Monday morning, and had made arrangements to spend the da.y with his family at one of the bays. About 8.30 a.m. he went up- stairs, with, it was thought, the intention of preparing for the day's outing. A little later his daughter heard a noise and rushed upstairs. Failing to gain an entrance she called her husband, who burst, open the door, and found the deceased lying on the bed with his throat cut. Dr. F. de Coverley Veale. and the police were called in, but life was extinct.

ILIEUT. J. HUBERT ROBERTS The Republic of Venezuela, South America, has appointed Lieut. J. Hubert Roberts, R.E., F.R.G.S., to represent it as Consul-General in Wales after the war. Lieut. Roberts is a son of Mr. David Roberts, J.P., Swan sea.

I U.S. STRIKE STOPPED. Washington, September 2.—The Labour leaders have rescinded the strike order without awaiting President Wilson's sig- nature to thp Adamson Bill, which has passed both Houses. As passed, the measure does not increase the membership of the Commerce Commis- sion, or authorise the operation of the rail- roatds by the military. The other features previously mentioned are retained.— Renter.

FRENCH IMPORTS. I The French Government have prohibited all importations into France and Al- geria of certain classes of merchandise. The French Government have, however, agreed to allow the importation into France and Algeria from the United Kingdom, under licences, all goods of the prohibited kinds, provided that they are of British origin. The French Govern- ment have established an office in London to issue licences for the importation of British goods of th" kind affected on ap- plication being made by the exporter of ,the goods, which application should be [transmitted to the office through the re- 6Uect-ive chambers of commerce.

A NEW ADVANCE 1 0 Big Gains Despite Stubborn Stand. i French Take Many Guns. British Headquarters, France, 1.50 p.m. —The fighting yesterday between the Somme and the Ancre was very severe, our advance being stubbornly -or the enemy making repeated determined coun- ter-attacks, supported by heavy artillery niing. Our advance was almost everywhere suc- cessful, and most of the enemy coupter- attacks, which coust him very heavy lo&ses, completely failed to shake the hold of our troops on the ground won. THE RESULT OF THE FIGHTING IS THAT WE HAVE CAPTURED THE II ENEMY'S DEFENCES ON A FRONT OF 3,000 YARDS, AN AVERAGE DEPTH OF 800 YARDS, INCLUDING THE STRONGLY FORTIFIED VILLAGE OF GUILLEMONT. In Ginchy, the whole of-which was at first captured by us, we were compelled to give ground, but have retained our hold on part of the village, despite heavy counter-attacks several times during the night. Our line now runs as reported in last night's communique. Over 800 prisoners have already been brought in. THE EARLIER NEWS. Earlier news, with details of the ground won and a map of thEf scene of operations, appear on Page Four. TO-DAY'S FRENCH OFFICIAL. lo the north of tire Somme the enemy did ont attempt during the course of the night any retaliation in the conquered positions, which our trops are actively organising. The bad weather has slackened oper- ations. Up to the present 14 guns have been taken from the enemy, and more prisoners have been brought in. On the right bank of the Meuse, there has been grenade fighting in the region east and north-west of Floury We have integrally maintained our gains of yesterday. The total number of unwounded prisoners taken by us in this sector exceeds 400. All fresh attacks by the enemy directed against our positions at Bois Bux Chapitic have been checked by our fire. A little further to the east an attack in force by the Germans was caught under our curtain fire at the moment of attempting to de- bouch. The enemy was obliged to return precipi lately to his trenches, suf- fering appreciable loss. The night was calm on the rest of the front. THE BALKANS. On the Struma front and in the re- gion of Lake Doiran, there was intermittent cannonading and ac- tivity on the part of patrols. To the west of Lake Ostrova a Bul- garian attack was easily repulsed by the Serbians. There is nothing to report on the rest of the front.

I SULLIVAN'S FATE. 1 Home Secretary's Intimation to Petitioners. All the efforts made to obtain a reprieve for Daniel Sullivan, locally known as "Big Dan," who murdered his wife by kicking her to death at Cwmeanol-street, Dowlais, on Saturday night, July 8th, have proved unavailing, and as arrangements stand at present he will pay the full penalty for his crime on Wednesday morning next at 9 o'clock. Yesterday Mr. F. E. Stansfield, of Merthyr, received the following letter from Mr. E. Black well, of the Home Office With reference to your telegram and letter on behalf of Daniel Sullivan, now under sentence of death, I am directed by the Secretary of State to inform you that he has given careful consideration to all the circumstances of the case, and I am to express to you his regret that he has failed to discover any ground which wo-&Id justify him in advising his Majesty to in- terfere with the course of the law."

RACECOURSE RIOT. Tie winner of the first race at the Blay- don (Newcastle) meeting on Saturday was disqualified because the jockey failed to draw the proper weight after the event. The crowd wrecked the weighing-room and did other damage, and the meeting had to be abandoned.

TO-DAY'S NEWS IN BRIEF The Kitchener Memorial Fund now amounts to over < £ 262,000. Three Europeans were killed and a British officer was hurt in a railway colli- sion near Saharanpur, in Agra and Oudh, India. Last week 466 war savings associations were affiliated to the National War Sav- ings Committee, bringing the aggregate to 6,919. Breven-Coloncl G. L. Holdsworth (Re- serve of Officers) and Major G. C. B. Payn- ter (Scots Guards) are gazetted temporary brigadier-generals. Maj or the Rev. W. E. Wingfield (Reserve of Officers) is appointed temporary lieu- tenant-colonel while commanding a bri- grade of artillery, dated May 17, 1916. ,I Men going into theatres and mushalls, at Leeds and on to football grounds at Birmingham were asked by -the police to explain why they were not in khaki. The British Sportsmen's Ambulance Fund offered five ambulance motor-cars to the King of Rumania, who replied that he was much touched at this proof of sym- pathy. The Austrian Government has seized all stocks of coffee exceeding half a ton, and prices have been fixed at 36. 4d. per pound for roasted and 2s. 8d. for raw coffee. On behalf of 45,000 members, the Rail- way Clerks' Association has applied for 20 per cent. increase of wages for all qualified members of the clerical staff, including women. An insurance expert declares that the .whole system of actuarial calculation has been upset by the war, which has. already necessitated the paying out of more than £ 8,000,000. The Hungarian Prime Minister, Count Tisza, announces that if the Opposition does not stop its criticism of the war he will suspend the sitting of Parliament till next year. The Metropolitan Asylums BoSrti on Saturday bought a road train comprising steam tractor and three six-ton trailers so that it can save money by doing its own haulage to asylums. At the funeral on Saturday of Charlea Waller, aged seventy-seven, Torquay's last Indian Mutiny veteran, his medaJk were carried on a cushion by a soldier who had fought in the Crimea. I Rumania, having stopped the export of all supplies to enemy States, Austria has i prohibited the use of fresh barley for brewing purposes, and has instituted a third meatless day per week. At their own request, the British pri- soners interned in Norway have now been permitted to work. A number have been engaged on the new railway line at the same pay as Norwegians. At Gravesend a boy named Crook died from lockjaw through a knee wound caused by falling on a otone in mud near a stream, a most unusual place, said itbe coroner, to find a tetanus germ. Sweden is now an armed camp with 300,000 men ready to take the field at & moment's notice, says Mr. Nels Krogen Wattson, on his return to Butte, Mon- tana, after a visit to his old home at Gothenburg. Notwithstanding the action of the Ger- man Government, about 150 children, I looking very weak and ill," arrived at1 Flushing from Belgium on Saturday. Some of them had not eaten potatoes for six months. Captain W. A. Redmond, M.P., eon of Mr. John Redmond, M.P., has airived in London disabled from the front, having dislocated his shoulder, broken hie collar- bone, and hurt his ankle through falling into a communication trench in the dark. Mr. P. A. S. Franklin, of the Intftma. tional Mercantile Marine, states that the war has developed the necessity for a line of fast American steamships in che Trans- atlantic service, and the time is coming when the present American liners will have to be replaced. Tonbridge Guardians have received a letter from the Local Government Board saying separation allowances will be granted dependents of conscdentaops ob- jectors engaged on work of national im- portance who would otherwise need charity relief. The French police need an asphyxiating gas bomb to capture alive a demented discharged Algerian soldier, who, armed with a rifle, was hiding in a subterranean passage of Fort Mont Valeria, on the Vetera outskirts of Paris, and shooting at everyone who tried to dislodge him. A married woman, aged 32, died in. Sunderland infirmary on Saturday morn- ing. She was found with terrible injuries to the head, and a blod-etained stick was lying near. The woman's husband is also in the infirmary, eufferlaw from diriocow ankles. It is alleged that after leaving the house he ran to aneighbouring bridge and threw himself on to the railway line. A collision which occurred near Sheep- ness on Saturday night, between a motor cycle and a taxi-cab, has been attended with fatal results, Lieut. L. L. De Sen. niere Smith having expired at the mili- tary hospital, Sheerneie, from injuries. Lieut. Smith, who had returned home to duty after being wounded in France, was drivrg the cycle, and Lieut. Met- calfe, whj vas riding with him, received slight injuries,