At about 11.22 last evening the City Fire Brigade received a caff 1o sup-' press an outbreak of fire in the Bodega restaurant, 138 Lambton Quay. .Both the building and its contents were severely damaged before tho fire was finally checked. The building was occupied by Mr. Dan. M'Farlane, and owned by Mr. G. H. Fairbairn, proprietor, of the Occidental Hotel. The origin' of the outbreak is unknown as everything was in order at 5.80 p.m., when' the occupant who was. last to leave the building locked up. The Yorkshire Insurance Co. hold' a policy of £650 on the contents, while tho, insurance on the building was not known', last night.
While a few educated Moslems ara on tho side of the Allies, the, bulk' of Islamic sympathy (according to the Jerusalem correspondent of the "Daily Mail," writing on September -8) is for tho Germans. Ever since the visit of the Kaiser to Turkey.in 1898 tho German Emperor has been regarded as-tho protector of Islam in tho world. The; masses believe him to be Moslem at' heart but Christian in appearance for political and 'geographical purposes. A: Moslem now6paper declared the other day that the Kaiser had sworn to say, his Friday prayers in Paris very soon. But besides this far-fetched creed of the masses, Turkish officials are openly in sympathy with the Germans. Tho Military Governor of Jerusalem, who is a staunch supporter of Young Turkish ideals, called tho journalists,of tho city round him and actually prohibited them from publishing any telegrams that.were unfavourable to-Gxsrinan success. . ' : ■ I; For protection against smallpox, dipfc. thena, and other infections, nut lluvb drops of SANDER'S EUCALYPTI EX* TKACT on loaf sugar, and allow it to dissolve in month. Sander's Extract in effective, pleasant.* •
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2302, 9 November 1914, Page 6
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305Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2302, 9 November 1914, Page 6
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