CHRISTMAS IN GAOL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1941, 26 December 1913, Page 8

CHRISTMAS IN GAOL.

, Those whoso unfortunate loi itjw.as j to spend Christmas in gaol were, not altogether overlooked. Seasons of fes-'. j tivity aro not, as a rule, appreciated, by tlioso in durance vile, and woro thov- '. allowed to brood on their lot they would i pass a very doleful time. ■ Yesterday . morning tho prisoners attended 'a' . special Christmas servico at the. Terrace • Gaol, and in. the afternoon the female |. division attended a musical afternoon , arranged for their benefit by a nwnj ber of thoughtful visitors. Christmas I dinner was also raised above the ordinary, in tho endeavour to make the day a little moro pleasant to tlioso .who hail forfeited the right of liberty., •-■ ,-i < DISFIGURED BY STRIKES. % { [ \ FESTIVE SEASON IN ENGLAND. ■\ \ , By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyi i»lit "Times"—Sydney "Sun" Special London, December 24. / The festivo season is disfigured by unsettled strikes at Leeds and Dublin. In addition. 400 platelayers are out in Cheshire, 3000 carters in Dundee, thirty life-boatmen at Gorlcstou, one hundred shop-assistants at Swansea, fivo thousand transporters at Manchester, tlio butchers' assistants at Edinburgh, and tho postal employees at Glasgow. LONDON'S LETTERS. BIG BATCH FOR THE BRITISH" DOMINIONS. ' London, December 24. The Post Ofljoo handled over fifty million letters in tho Christinas mails,' including nearly twenty million for overseas. Three hundred thousand parcels were dispatched to Australia, Now Zealand, South Africa, and India. HUGE FIGURES. LETTERS AND PARCELS FOR NEW ZEALAND. "Times"—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables. London, December 24. Tho Christmas - mail for Australia totalled 2,152,000 letters, and 195,000 parcels. For New Zealand there wero 620,000 letters, and 19,000 parcels. "CHRISTMAS EVE." THE POET LAUREATE'S FIRST EFFORT. London, December 24. Mr. Robert Bridges, tho Poet Laureate, has forwarded to the King a poem entitled "Christmas Eve." This is his first cfFort as Poet Laureate SYDNEY CROWDED. AND MONEY PLENTIFUL. . . Sydney, December 24. Iho city is crowded, and money j s plentiful, tho Christmas trade being exceptionally good.