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PRIN CE JOACHIM'S RECOVERY. United Pbess Association. (Reoeievd 8.40 a.m.) Amsterdam, December 2. 1 Prince Joachim, youngest son of the Kaiser, has recovered from his wounds and has returned to the Eastern front. "TIPPERARY” PROHIBITED. AMUSING COMMENT ON SECRETARY’S ACTION. (Received 9.40 a.m.) New York, December 2. Owing to Secretary Daniel's prohibition of naval men singing, “It’s a Long Way to Tipperary,” the New York press makes merry. The World asks why anyone wants to sing when a man like Daniels heads the navy, and states that it is absurd to vsuggest the song is a violation of neutrality any more than is the. Blue Danube waltz, God Save the King, and the . hymn Gott Exalt de Kaiser, which Godly churchfolk sing on Sundays. The latter might | )e a temptation to those not neutral-ly-inclined, and naval chaplains ought therefore to get it stopped.
REBELS REPULSED ON SUNDAY.
(Received 8.40 a.m.) Pretoria, December 2. Official: The rebel General Weasel's commando on Sunday attacked Commandant Emmett, when the * rebels were repulsed, three being killed and eighteen wounded, and live loyalists wounded. Commandant Trichart captured fourteen rebels elsewhere. Among Commandant Emmett’s prisoners are Captain Vaudam, Wessel’s adjutant, who is a well known character, having been prominent in the capture of Harrismith,
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 288, 3 December 1914, Page 5
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210General News Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 288, 3 December 1914, Page 5
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