MISCELLANEOUS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2443, 23 April 1915, Page 5

MISCELLANEOUS

KILLED IN ACTION.' • ' (Rec. April 22,, 9 p.m.) • London, April 22, Lord Cricjitou, the King's fcfluerrj*-. who was supposed to be ft prisoner in Germany, has been killed in action. THE ROYAL EXAMPLE IN AUSTRALIA. (Rec. April 22, 9.40 p.m.) Melbourne, April 22. Archbishop Clarko has renounced the use of alcohol. [Tits Governor of South Australia (Sir Harry Barron), it was reported the other day, had followed tlie Royal example and banished .alcohol from Government House for the duration of the ' war.] ESCAPE OF PRISONERS OF "WAR. (Rec. April 23, 1.10 a.m.) Melbourne, April 22. , Two German prisoners of war escaped • from Morob'e, New Guinea. They ara attempting to reach the Lake Kamu district of Papua. An attack on the patrol station in order to obtain supplies which will enable them to reach Dutch New Guinea is anticipated. HAGUE WOMEN'S CONGRESS DENOUNCED. (Reo. April 23, 1.10 a.m.) Paris, April 22. The feminist organisations here.have denounced the Hague Conference, regarding it as a German propagandist offort. EXPLOSION AT " WOOLWICH ARSENAL. . London, April 21'. An explosion at Woolwich' Arsenal. The cause is unknown. Three men were seriously injured. GIFT SALE FOR A MEDICAL' MOTOR. LORRY. • Sydney, April 22. A sale of gift pictures by Sydney artists netted £850 for a medical motor lorry for the front. "GIGANTIC FRIVOLITY." London, April 20. Professor Arnold Meyer, iq. a pamphlet, asks: If England did not wish for a world war, why did she not provent it P England, Iw added, lacked a deep sense of responsibility, nnd had followed a policy or gigantic frivolity. —'"Times" and Sydney "Sun" services. .•