MISCELLANEOUS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2344, 29 December 1914, Page 5

MISCELLANEOUS

HATRED OP THE BRITISH DISPLAY AT TSINGTAO Port Darwin, December 27. Obtain Colyer, who participated in the siege of Tsing-tao, where he was wounded, says that after the capture the Germans watched with interest the march past of the Japanese, but when the British troops passed they with one accord turned their backs upon them. The Germans' hatred went so far that officers spat in the faces of the British. , THE YOUNG TURKS. SENSATIONAL PLACARD. Athens, December 27. 'K sensation has' been caused at Constantinople by a number of.postcards posted in the arsenal vilifying the Yoting Turks and describing the latter's policy as disastrous to the Empire and the Caliphate. TRAWLER MINED. IN THE NORTH SEA. London, December 27. The trawler Ocana was blown up by a mine in the North Sea. There was one survivor. ITALIAN BOY SCOUTS,

UNDER STATE CONTROL. Roma, December 27. Owing to the services the Boy Scouts are rerideririg in England in connection with the war, Italy has flecided to transform her Boy Scouts into a national corps under the State's control. IN ECYPT. ' HIGH COMMISSIONERS. Sydnoy, December 25.' . Advices have been received that the Hon. Thos. Mackenzie (High Commissioner for New Zealand) and Sir George Reid (High Commissioner for Australia) have arrived in Egypt. CHRISTMAS GIFTS. FOR CHILDREN IN ALSACE. London, December 27. Madamo Poincare, wife 'of the President of France* is* sending a thousand Christmas presents to the- 'children" of Alsace-Lorraine.—"Times" and Sydnoy "Sun" Services. ■■"■ RELIGIOUSLY QUIET. CHRISTMAS IN ENGLAND. London, December 27. Christmas in Britain was tho most homely and religiously quiot within memory.—"times" and Sydney "Sun" Services. TURKS ANTICIPATING. (Rec. December 28, 5.25 p.m.)' London, December 27. ■ . Visitors arriving at -Athens from Constantinople state that the authorities are ronioving the ' archives.— "Timee" and Sydney "Sun" Services. AUSTRIAN EMPEROR. IN EXCELLENT HEALTH. (Rec. December 28, 5.25 p.m.) London, December 27. Vienna reports etate that Emperor Franois Joseph, who is in excellent health, spent Christmas with his.family at Schonbnul.—"Times" and Sydnoy "Sun." Services. CAROL SINCINC. IN THE TRENCHES. (Rec. December 28, 5.25 p.m.) London, December 27. Tlie wounded in all tho hospitals wovo treaf«<l M> a generous Christmas faro. Thfc Irfiops a!' the front sang hymns

iii tli<? mined cathedrals, and tho British arid Germans joined in carol singing iii. tb6 iieuches.—"Times" and. Sydney "Sun" Serviccß,

SYDNEY PATRIOTIC FUND. TOTAL, £176,233. (Rec. December 28, 8.40 p.m.)' Sydnay, December 281 The Lord Mayor's Patriotic Fund noflP amounts to £176,233. THREE STEAMERS MINED. NEAE SCARBOROUGH. (Rec. December 2S, 9.30 p.m.)' London, December 28. Tkreo Bteamers were mined near Scatw borough. Thero were sonio fatalities. SEIZURE OF WOOL. GERMANS MAKE A HAUL. • ; (Rec. December 28, 10.20 p.m.)'■....' Paris, December 28.. .- The Germans at Roubaix found fifteen million francs worth of raw wool, and) dispatched it to Germany.. , ■ ■■■■ . Roubaix is the Beat of the French woollen trade. '; DANGEROUB CERMAN. ESCAPES FROM GAOL. (Reo. December 28, 11.20 p.m.)' Sydney, December 28, \ The police ' are searching for Johfli. Kuhr, a well-known Germ in inyenton and wireless oxpert, who escaped from,, Newcastle gaol. He possessed alaboraJ tory in his house in a suburb of; New-i 1 castle, containing a large quantity ; off, powerful explosives, also a wireless uw stallation. ' "■'■