OUR KING AND QUEEN

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 106, 11 January 1915, Page 5

OUR KING AND QUEEN

VISIT WOUNDED INDIANS. (Rec. 8.25 a.ra.) LONDON, Jan. 10. King George and Queen Mary .visited 1100 wounded Indians at Brighton. It was a most touching sight. Many of the Indians conversed freely with the King, and with: smiling faces they all testified their grateful pleasure at the visit. TRe Kixig and Queen also-visited the British and Belgian v/ounded. JOY IN INDIA CONFIDENT OF VICTORY IN EGYPT. (Rec. 5.50 a.m.) ROME, aJn. 10. An Italian steamer reports that the greatest enthusiasm prevails in Calcutta. Everyone is confident of victory in Egypt. SOUTH AFRICA ALL REBELS ROUNDED UP. (Rec. 8.50 a.m.) PRETORIA, Jan. 10. It is officially reported that all rebels in the Transvaal have been rounded up. TURKS AND ENGLISH PRISONER. (Reed. 8.50 a.m.) LONDON, Jug. 30. Two Englishmen for attempting fe escape from Bierut were sent to Damascus in chains. CARDINAL MERCIER'S PASTORAL. READ IN ENGLISH CHURCHES. (Reed. 8.50 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 10. Cardinal Herder's pastoral was read in several of the Roman Catholic churches in England, THE PORTE HARD UP. CONFISCATING BANK FUNDS. (Reed. 8.50 a.m.) SOFIA, Jan. 10. A telegram from Constantinople says the Porte’s finances are apute. ; The Cpnstantinoule Board of { Ottoman Bank has been placed provisionally under the. Curasorium .In rim- j the war. In order to provide fine.--’ j relief the Porte evidently intends e - i fiscating all funds. GERMAN MUNIFICENCE, GIFT TO GENERAL HINDENBI3RG (Reed. 8.50 a.m.) BERLIN, Jan. 10 The Municipality has approved the expenditure of fifteen thousand ma as a gift to General Hindenberg.