< •'A correspondent of a London paper that exaggerated reports are enr(renfc concerning tho luxurious lives led by German officers confined in Donincton, Hall.'. Ho writes: '-'While tennis ia flayed, io courts have been laid out, ; nor: is .there-any proper .equipment for football or other forms of amusement, except such 'a's-tho prisoners provided (themselves. They are: allowed '£1 a week, and this lias to purchase everythinq the.? want. They.",are allowed to receivo friends at stated intervals, hut »•. .RUard is always present. Ordinary visitors are forbidden., The dietarv is ■ 'pf the plainest description, and there <5s nowhere tho slightest sif»n of luxury. ; The Germans aro never allowed outside j-'tha barbed wire surrounding', the house. :'Any snssestion tliat thev are 'being Jjiampsred is devoid of foundation. Smokins'and cards appear to be chief■ Relaxations."-.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2508, 8 July 1915, Page 5
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130Untitled Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2508, 8 July 1915, Page 5
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