News From England

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 305, 3 June 1915, Page 5

News From England

IfIANCHESTER COTTON FIRES. j ■ , IMMENSE DAMAGE CAUSED. ,y. ""' Received June 2; 7 p.m. '*\. TCimes and Sydney iiun Services.)) *' \ . London, ■June 1. Immense destruction was caused by ;'«otton' : :*»es at Manchester. It is believed 'they were caused 'by inccndta,ri3m. ELECTION OF MINISTERS UNNECESSARY. Received Jane 2, 6 p.m. London, June 1. The Government will introduce a Bill i- on Thursday making Stfce re-election of Ministers unnecessary during the war. to enable new Ministers to take their THE UNIVERSITIES' PART. Received June 3, 12.40 a.m. - • London, June 2, ,; Headmasters of Oxford Colleges are in favor of universal service. Cambridge has formulated a scheme of enrolling students tumble to join the colors to ! assist in chemical and industrial work. TRAMWSY STRIKE OVER. Received June 3, 12.40 , . London, June 2. The tramway strike has terminated. ' CANADIAN CASUALTIES. Received June 3. 12.40 a.m. London, June 2. To-day's Canadian casualties list show 236 dead, 22!) wounded and 560 missin" NEW LORDS OF ADMIRALTY. NEW FffiST SEA LORD. "OLD 'ARD 'EART." Sir Henry Bradwardine Jacksea, who has succeeded Lord Fisher as First Sea Lord of the Admiralty, has w been detailed-on.special service since the outbreak of the war. He was previously commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean, and for two years before that he occupied the important position of Chief of the War Staff. The new First Sea Lord is 60 years of age, being born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, in 1855. He entered the Navy in 1868, and during his 47 years' service he has held many distinguished appointments. From 1905 to 1908 he was Controller of the Navy. He was subsequently appointed to the command of the sixth cruiser squadron in the Mediterranean, and held that position" until 1911, when he was appointed to the command of the Royal Naval College. He has served an numerous technical committees in connection with the equipment and design of warships. He i was the first in England to put to practical use Hertzian waves for wireless •telegraphy, and has done much towards introducing, perfecting, and organising it, especially in its early stages in the }' British Navy. Admiral Sir Arthur Knyvet, who re- ' . mains at the Admiralty in an advisory capacity, was First Sea Lord from 1909 to 1012. When he retired from the "\ Navy in the latter year—having reached the age of 70—he had given nearly 57 years of his life to the naval service of his country, a term of service exceeding that of Loth Fisher by two montlis. Sir Arthur Wilson commanded the principal fleet in home waters continuously for six years; he filled the office of Third Sea Lord and Controller for three and a half years, and that of First Sea Lord fc for nearly two years; he won the Victoria Cross, and he refused a peerage. The occasion on which he won the Victoria Cross and became the "idol of the navy" was at El Teb on February 2'.), 1884. Under Rear-Admiral Sir William Hewitt he was landed in Egypt with a total force of 3800 soldiers, seamen, and marines, and on February 29, 1884, they encountered about 10,000 of fhe enemy at El Teb. The British forces were arranged in the form of a hollow square, and"when a party of men with a Gardner gun advnnced out from one corner a body of the enemy at once made it rush for the party, and for the gap they left in the square. Captain Wilson, as L he then was, got to the breach first, and began to lay about him with his sword. At the second or third thrust the blade snapped off, but with the hilt in his right hand and the bare knuckles of his left he bowled over half a down speararmed savages, saved the party, and kept the square intact until a body of York and Lancasters came to his support. Sir Redvers Buller described it as the most courageous action he had ever I seen. A strict disciplinarian, Admiral Wilson is' nevertheless universally trust- • ed hv the whole fleet, and the navy's t opinion of him is well summarised in the nickname—forbidding, but with yet a touch of love in it—"Old 'ard 'eart."