MISCELLANEOUS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2406, 11 March 1915, Page 5

MISCELLANEOUS

INDIA'S WHEAT HARVEST. _• Delhi, March 9., J.JIO Indian Government estimate of -J India's harvest is ten and a half milliori,' tons. J

EXPLOSION AT THE ANTWERP i ARSENAL. ; ! Amsterdam, March 9. ' By an explosion at the Pyrotechnic• Arsenal, Anwterp, fourteen personswH-e ' killed, and seventy, wounded, mostly, j Germans. ' .1

DEFUNCT NEWSPAPERS-IN- GEIU u! MANY.

Amsterdam, March' 9. ; '<j It is officially stated at Berlin-that', i 840 German newspapers have ceased publication since the beginning of tha ' war. BRITISH ARMY CASUALTIES. • I London, March 9. :Tj The High Commissioner's daily report'.'j) of the British Army casualties'" in tha 'i field is as follows: —Officers: 2 wounded, j Men: 162 killed, 291 wounded, 10 missing, 32 prisoners, 6 rejoined. . i

PRUSSIAN CASUALTIES OVER A' I MILLION. i; (Rec. March 10, 6.15 p.m.) /'i London, March 10. j The total number of the published i Prussian casualties is over a million.— .! "Times" aud Sydney "Sun" Services. j

OFFICERS BARRED FROM NIGHT CLUBS.

(Reo. March 10, 9 p.m.)

. _ London, March 10. j The authorities have prohibited officers of the' London Command . visiting ;j night clubs, owing to the gambliijs.i, which goes on in these institutions. **'•']

The prohibition is the outcome of a . police case, in which it lvas hinted that V many young officers had been rainef ; by gambling. ' * ' '' '' / •'?

, ' FOOD PROBLEM IN VIENNA, (Rcc. March 10. 6.15 p. 111.)

London, Marcli 10. I Simple recipes are being printed p'i tram tickets in Vienna. It is explain- ■] ed that these arc economical dishes, Jn ! view of a possible famine. It is in- i tended to lielp the poor who may be un- . i able to purchase Hour, butter, and eggs, .1 and have only dried fish, potatoes, and: j rice.—("Times" and Sydney "Sun" ser- '"-i vices.) .1 SECOldb CANADIAN CONTINGENT*j (Rec. March 11, 1.25 a.m.) j London, March 10. ■:<{ The second contingent of . Canadians | has landed in England. -