INTERESTING ITEMS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 191, 21 April 1915, Page 8

INTERESTING ITEMS.

EAGER FOR THE FRAV. At Highgate, George Edward Hales (v 23) „ a. soniwur of litre Royaf Field Artillery, was changed with being a dels erter. 'lt was stated that on the way to the police str ion Hales said lie Joined the Air: y cn the understanding ■that h e was quickly going, ©yet- the water to France, but instead,, he added,. i“I have been messing about Woolwich, for six months, and 1 get properly fed lap with it, so I broke out of barracks.” ;PTe‘ was remanded to awatifc sns escort. SAD dogs:. The annual report of the Manchester Home for Lost Dogs contains the following:: “A pathetic feature of the war is the considerable number of soldiers’ doves which have been brought to the Home for destruction., in seme cases because the dependants were unable to keep the dogs any longer, but in many cases because the dogs have fretted and fined away owing to the absence of their masters, ft is a common sight to see dogs roaming about their usual haunts looking for their; masters who are now serving their | country.’" BARONET UNDER COM (WAND OF EX-BOXER. Private Sir Herbert H. Raphael, Bart.„ M.P... who has enlisted in the 2nd Spcrtmeu’s Battalion of the Royal | Fusiliers, has intimated to his platoon 1 commander, Sergeant Philip Sadd, the c-x-middleweight Midland boxing chain- ; picn, that ho will r ’.v for all boxing | gloves for the battalion when it . moves into camp at Hare Hill, Rom- ] ferd. Sir Herbert is M.P. for South j Derbyshire, for which division he has j sat since 1906. He is son of the late j Mr H. L. Raphael, who was chief j partner of the firm Raphael and Sons, bankers. He is a trustee of the National Gallery, was a member of tinfirst London School Board, is a governor of Guy’s Hospital, and tried to get into Parliament four times before he succeeded at South Derbyshire. He is one of the wealthiest members of the House of Commons.

HEART BROKEN BY WAR. Witnesses giving evidence at an inquest held at Rhyl on' M. Franc de Roever, a Belgian refugee, aged 64. who was found dead in bed in the local Belgian Refv,gees’ Home, stated that before going to Rhy} with his four daughters and a sen the old man had passed through a trying period at Geldredo, near Acrschot, whore he was in business aqia wooden-shoe.'maker. Ho was locked up for some days by the Germans. but escaped, and when be reached Rhyl' with other refugees he -as broken-hearted, and became weaker and weaker. While be did not ■ rmplain, he became very feeble, and idled from mental v-rrry and exhausion follow'dr. 'hock. A verdict of '«- ■ '■••rr.'. na'uval causes was reI turned.