MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2296, 2 November 1914, Page 6

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

i EGGS FROM ARCHANGEL. I (Rec. October 31/4.30 p.m.) b London, October 31. 3 A steamer brought eight and a half . million eggs from Archangel to Cardiff, j —("Times" and Sydney. "Sun" service.) ! GERMAN MACHINATIONS IN CHINA. : . (Rec. October 31, 4.30'-p.m.)',' t London, October 31. The German. campaign 'in China has i resulted in the dismissal of the British • editor'of the "Peking Gazette" on the I grounds of his observing an anti-Ger- > i.maii policy.—"Times" and Sydney ■ j "Sun" Service.) /' ■ [ i (Rec. November/I, 10.20 p.m.) '"','. i'r - :■ ' .Peking, October 31. Germans. have bought the British newspapers which ceased publication. Germans are controlling the entire native Press of Peking, and several papers at Tientsin. ' .' '■ OATAOLYSMAL GUN-BURST. , (Rec. October 31, 4.30 p.m.) London, October 31. , A German siege gun. on the Right Wing, being overcharged, exploded. The' gunners and 250 men in the' vicinity were mutilated, -feheir limbs being scattered over a cavalry detachment. Several farm 'houses were demolished, and the gun . itself disappeared,' leaving. a large hole in the ground.—("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Service.) . V ■■•..■,.'"..■.!■ — CHICAGO WHEAT PIT EXCITED. ' ' (Rec. November 1, 3.10 p.m.) . Chloago, October 31. Bidding in the wheat market is excited, 'both to cover and on speculative account,: owing to Turkoy's attitude. REMOVED FROM THE ARMY LIST. (Rec. November 1,10.20 p.ni;) London, October 31, evening. The names of the German and Austrian Emperors and that of the Diike of Saxe-Coburg have been removed from the Army. List. . . : REDSKINS FOR THE FRONT. (Rec. November 1, 10.20 pirn.) ' Ottawa, , October 81, evening. ■ A ooinpany of 120 Redskins from Brantford has joined the Second Contingent. •■■.■ : .' GERMAN CARGOES IN DUTCH' : V INDIES. '•" : :•; ..'■'■•■.■;". ; ■ Sydney, October 31. ■ Eastern files state that the German ships and cargoes interned in tho DutchEast Indies are valued at two millions sterling. .'■ ■■ ... . '.. . ~.. : . "RALPH CONNOR" ENLISTS. London, October 30. "Ralph Connor" (Rev. Charles W. Grordon), the novelist, has ■> volunteered ao chaplain to the Winnipeg Contingeiit. >-("Times" and Sydney .'Sun! , ■■ Services.) . ,'. .. . V ';-.';: ..-. ;•■•.■■'•', • ' CANADA'S AUTUMN WHEAT ; '- ACREAGE. :•.■-.. (Reo. November.l, 2:10 p.m^) ■ ■'■■'.■;.■■: Ottawa, October 30.- : ''The autumn wheat acreage has been increased by. a million acres. ; precautions for neutral ' cargoes. ,:■ Washington, October 80. The Government has instructed the port authorities not to. disclose, except to the Government, the destination of outward cargoes until a-'month :,.-after ■clearance. It is undertsood that this instruction afiiios out of the belief, that immediate information, has. facilitated the seizure and search of neutral ships. German treatment of prison- :;,; ■;;' :.;-...ers.^;•■■..,■■■ ■;• -.;;; ••:-..; • London, October 30.- ; People who have : . arrived; from New Britain complain of the ill-treatment of white prisoners at 3 German hands.,'. ' FOR THE WOMEN LEFT , AT HOME; ■'■■' ' _ , Londonj,October 30..' Lady Jellicoe (w-ifo of the Commander-in-Ohiof of the British Home Sea Fleet) has opened clubrooms at Hammersmith for women dependents' of soldiers and' sailors, the object being to afford cont panionship and counteract the temptations of the. public-houses^—("Times" and Sydney "Sun , ?- Services;)- . : ' GERMAN ; LINERS IN NEW YORK.' ; London^:October 80. The owners of German liners interned at New York have failed'to find American i buyers,, and are endeavouring by means of actions filed against, the vessels to force a sale under, orders of the Courts. ' It is believed; that by this means British : and French ' objections will be avoided. The expense of the maintenance of the vessels is heavy, but the owners deny'that, they are, to be, sold to satisfy English creditors., ■ LIABILITY OF NEUTRALS. The following' cablegram .... (dated London, October 30) has been received from the High Commissioner':— A British provides for the operation of the Declaration of London regarding neutral ships liable to capture if proceeding. to enemy's ports. •'. ■' • : . ;-■ • , Reading in the casualty lists the names.of so many Scots Guards men, I am reminded (writes a London correspondent) of a scene I witnessed at Waterloo when many of these brave men'were entraining for the war. They had : been played to the station by the band with the unfailing " "Tipperary," but after the band had ceased, something , more characteristic .of Scottish soldiers was heard. ' Someone at the far'end'of the train began ".The. Bonnie, Bcimie Banks of Loch Lomond," the old Jacobite song that told of war and. eternal parting, .and it spread slowly down the line, catching fire at each carriago till the whole, train was singing' it. 'At such a momont the pathos of the , words and the lament of the tune (hackneyed though they might be in other; places) \yere inexpressibly touching as the wives of the 'soldiers i>ho wen> there in numbers with their .infants joined in the chorus—'-,■:• . . You'll tak , tho high road And I'll tak' the low road; • And I'll bo. in Scotland before ye j But mo and my true love ~.'■■ .' Will nover meet again . On the bounio, boniiie banks of ' : Loch Lomond.,..■ •' ■ ■[■'■:. : It reverberated in slow waves throaph tho A number of the won were reservists and men who had rejoined tho colours; and so there were more wives and children and more hard partings than I have seen.at other departures during the great .war. But the men. were obviously eager to bo off. Most of them were in high spirits. Ouo who wishcel to pay his respects for the List , . t:mo to the refreshment room was pulled up short with the words, "3o if you like, but you'll liot get back, iihd ban" goes yonr chance of tno Germans." That terible threat was pnouah, : .; .. ' . ■