Second Edition Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 65, 21 June 1916, Page 6

Second Edition Great Britain

AVIATOR FALLS 500 FEET. ADELAIDE MAN SERIOUSLY INJURED. (Received 1.50 a.m.) London, June "20. Lieutenant Morey, of Adelaide, a Rhodes' scholar, was flying at (iosport when his machine collapsed and he fell live hundred feet. , He was seriously injured and is,now in hospital. ANOTHER PICTURE OF; HUCHES. BERLIN ARTISTS DRAWING. AUSTRALIA'S "SHIRT-SLEEVE'' POLITICIAN. (Received 1.50 p.m.) London, June 20. The Cologne Gazette calls Mr Hughes Australia's "shirt-sleeve ; 'politician," who admits that the. reason for the war is to eliminate the-German competitor. What this backwoodsman meant when he was addressing members of Chambers of Commerce was that Britons are lazy and incapable compared to Germans, and the world had been set ablaze to choke thenrivals to death. AWAITING JELLICOE'S REPORT. KITCHENER CONDOLENCES. (Received 1.50 p.m.) London. June '2O.

In the House of Commons Mr McKenna said Admiral Jellicoe's despatch had not been received and lie could not say when it would be published. The Speaker announced the receipt of resolutions of sympathy on the death of Lord Kitchener i&m the. Russian, French and Greek Parliaments. Mr Asquith gave notice to move a resolution., re Kitchener .^Wednesday.