GREAT BRITAIN

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 84, 4 September 1914, Page 5

GREAT BRITAIN

A " BOOM - IN* RECRUITING. DOCTORS OVERWHELMED WITH WORK. London, September 2. There arc many indications of a boom in recruiting in London. The number of recruits on Monday was a record. Hundreds at Manchester were unable to obtain medical examination, and thny formed a procession to tbe 3/>wn llail, where they complained of the ' delay. The London Scottish 2nd battalion has bow 750 members and a third battalion will probably be necessary. Hundreds in the city of London have joined outtide battalions. A total of 583 recruits were enrolled at Newport on Monday, making a total of 2561. Many companies are offering generous concessions to enl&ting employees. Some grant full pay during service. A West County bishop has inaugurated a movement for a footballers' lsgion.

There is a movement among ex-public Khool boys and university men to raise five battalions, increasing eventually to twenty. A hundred recruiting centres tar* beta ojteaed throughout the United Kingdom. One London centre enrolled 15Q men in the first hour. Lord Kitchener has approved the first battalion to be attached to the Middlesex . regiment Received 4, 1.40 a.m. ] London, September 3. ' Since Monday, 60,000 have joined the colors. Lord Kitchener's second army of 100,000 is expected to be completed in a few days.

The Football Association proposes to place its grounds at the War Office's disposal, to arrange for well-known public men to address the players and spectators on match days, and to open recruiting-stations adjacent to the grounds. (If the abov»> figure., are correct, the recruiting certainly needed a fillip, as apparently less than 40.000 offered ;u j neveral week'.) i THK GERMAN ATROCITIES. KING GEORGE'S SYMPATHY" WITH BELGIUM. London, September 2. The King, in reply to the Belgian Mission's address. expressed himself as sliocked at the reports of the Germamn' brutality, and added that he was grateful for the gallant resistance of the Belgians. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT.. Wellington, Thursday. The High Commissioner reports, under date London. Sentcmber 2. 155 p.m.: Official—The return of British casualties of one cavalry brigade and thre« divisions, lemons brigade, shows: Killed. 38 officer*, 127 men; wounded, 57 officers. <129 men; Aliasing. 95 officers, 4183 men. The missing are those not accounted for •ay but include unwounded prisoners tad stragglers, as well m casualties.

"TOMMY" AI>MIRE6 THE FRENCH SOLDIER. AN ADVOCATE OK THE BAYONET. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received 3, U.Io p.m. London, September 3. A British trooper, describing tile battle, said: '"The French are the ones for them. We are too kind. The Krench 'go for* them with the bayonet, ami you just shut your eves.'" BELGIANS' GRATITUDE TO IJRITAIX. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received 3, 6.15 p.m. London. September 3. Belgian Ministers have conveyed (o the King the respectful and ardent gratitude of Belgium for England's resalate aid immediate intervention. GERMANY HEL/PS US. HSR CAPTURED SHIPS MEAN MONEY.

London, September 1. The Financial Times states that there are S£6 German vessels laid up in liritai». Including the cargoes, they arcworth £13,000,W1. A considerable portion of the proceeds represents the bounty to the navy, ami the balance will go to meet the expense*, of the war. The total value of interned German vessels and cargoes in neutral ports is about £47,000,000. A SUSPECTED POSTMASTER. London, September i. Tonlin, postmaster at Fastchurch, his wife and a lady visitor have been arrested. Ilans of the Eiistehureii aviatios school were found in a bedroom. Defendants alleged that they were left by a lodger named Iludd, who had been attending to the electric lighting of the school.

VESSEL SIXK JIV MINK. London, September 2. A mine sank the Danish steamer Emma 45 miles off the Tyne. rUSTER VOIXXTKKKS. Tlereived 3, 0.10 p.m. Loudon, .September 3. The War Ollk-e has approved of a *-h«n.- for tin" lister volunteer®. | VAKIOI'S CAI'LED ITEMS. Reeeived 3. 1t.5 p.ni. I/mdon. September l f'-vi-ninji) - A magistrate sentenced i'i-tfr Dulin to six months' imprisonment lor releasing a (nrn'r-pig'on at Primrose Hill. vera I Cerman and Austrian waiters have lii'ev imprisoned for failing to disclose pos-es-ion of revolvers. I'layers at one British cairn on Siin-,ii-v were conducted with shells firing all aronnd. Grahame White has joined the Naval F'ving Corps as commander. A mine aapk the steam drifter 'Eyrie.