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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2353, 8 January 1915, Page 6

Th,e exten,t of unemployment among women in London is shown in the large increase in the number of applications for work rcceivod by the Central (Unemployed) Body for London. For the penod from July to October 24, 8310 applications wore received, as compared with 607 from July 1 to November 8, 1!)13. . The Governor-General of Canada notifies that the farmers of the various counties in Ontario have offered,to Hie Majesty's Government for such use as they may deem best, a contribution'of tlie products of their labour, including mainly oats, potatoes, apples, peas, beans, cheese, and flour. In thanking Mme. Clara Butt for a cheque for £1500 sent to hor as a result of a. series of concerts in aid of the Work for Women's Fund,: the Queen, through her. private secretary, says she "i 6 much touched by the generous thought which prompted you and your husband to give these concerts." The King has sent a present of game to wounded soldiers now under treatment in West Norfolk and Lynn /Hospital, and by direction of the Queen of Norway flowers, fruit, and vegetables iave been sent from Appleton House, Sandringham. >• The.French prisoners of war at Zossen, Prussia, have started a weekly paper ontitled "Le Heraut." The journal is produced entirely within the con- | centration camp and is sold; at one penny ta the prisoners of all nationalities oonfiaod tnero 4 J