EUROPE IN WAR TIME

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2233, 20 August 1914, Page 5

EUROPE IN WAR TIME

. IN GREAT BRITAIN. , 2000 NURSES VOLUNTEER f V (Rec. 'August .19, 7.50 p.m.).. London, August 18, ev® -ng. The British Red Cross Sociei. ->s registered;'over, . twdi .thousahdi. erii. tiurses, .wlio, havd; volunteered;, for ,'waiv service. • r • • '■ : \ A NEW ZEALANDER STOANDED. (Reel August 26,;,6..40 a.m".) , "" London, August" 19.' Mr.' George.- Ellwood,;.,ofGreytown', New. Zealand, _\vhoi. ja&_studying ..tjia . 'cello interim, was compelleffto'registor: every four days,"and was ' quontly allowed to leave tho country, but was not permitted to take his s 'ce|ld, . He Journeyed to Rotterdam; and tlicn to Edinburgh, where ho: is stranded.- . Mr. Ellwood is a member of the Ellwood triVof musicians, well "known in ; New' Zealand. ■ : TIDINGS FOR RELATIVES. - • (Rcc. August 20, 0.40 a.m.) , v.". ' London, August 19. The British Press Bureau requests tho relatives-of ary Force' to inform the War Office of; their addresses,-so as-.-tojpormit of im-' mediafe communication if necessary. , • FRANCE.; - • * WIDESPREAD UNEMPLOYMENT. ; ' . Paris, August i' 7. The Premier, (1L -.Viviani), announces., tha't the State is adding a bonus of 33 per centum to all- .out-of-work- grants . made, by-existing, trade Unions.' -- The newspapers of'all* parties '; agree - domestic danger -is- threat-., ' ened owing to unemployment. Wtst ie ■- wanted is work, and trade," liofr charity. * , It is" essential-that: the postal and tele--graphio service, should be kept at- £ normal footing, v.", ;•<'. . - DRINKING- AND: GAMBLING \ - STOPPED. (Rec.. August 19, 9.5 p.m.) . - ■ ParlSt■ August-19,;morning., - •The police hare forbidden . ing of absinthe, and'are even'searching! pnvate-cellars. Several cafes have already been r , .' The police, have also prohibited auto-, mittic gambling machines and are sharply. censoringXpublic kinema pictuVe shows. '• GERMANY. ■ '■... 1 " WOMEN WORK IN COLLIERIES.' ; -; ; (Rec. August 19, 5.5 p.m.) , London, August 18. .Women are now being employed in the Collieries; in'the Rhins and Westphalia districts'.—"Times" .and' Sydney '"Sun!:' ; . jITALY. NO SUPPORT FOR AUSTOIA, . ' London, August; 18;:i The American. Pres'sj'evadin? the ccni sor by' courier, states that-Garibaldi's i sou-lias' issupd a manifesto to the youth i- of ' Italy ' dmaring- that should Italy ! make war on'; behalf of Austria, • then ) the working men and women will spreadrevolution rather than let their sons E savings and homes be sacrificed on he i half of an; ally they v j: STR^fe^TOtiltiyiS.''' London, August 18. _ Twelve hundred English' and! 'Americans are still wiable ,to leave Italy and ;' Switzerland.; -;- ci ir