News From England

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 315, 15 June 1915, Page 5

News From England

WAR AND EDUCATION. MEN BETTER THAN EVER. (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) Received June 14, 6.10 p.m. London, June 13. Lord Sclborne, at a recruiting meeting at Godalming, said that in the first week of the war a general, on the eve of his departure for the front, confessed he went with forebodings. He said he knew what modern war was going to be like, and thought that our men, now that they were educated, would never face what their forefathers faced, but the prophecy was wrong, for our men have faced more than their forefathers were ever called on to face. CAREER OF A SPY. Received June 14. 11.40 p.m. • London, June 14. The Daily Mail's inquiries Ri to Tribich'B career show that he was guilty of theft at a Jewish mission in the . East End and of the forgery of a bill which a mor.evlender made. Ew.u-i June 10. 1.10 a.m. London, June 14. Th'uich failed in 1911. His liabilities were £l7,l'lS. Seebolmi Rowntree was creditor for £75 JO. He employed Tribieh to make investigations of .the social conditions on the Continent. > CASUALTIES. Received June 14, 11.40 p.m. London, June 14. The week-end casualty lists are 100 officers and 3500 men, including colonials and Indians at the Dardanelles. VOLUNTEER MUNITION WORKERS. Received June 14, 11.40 pm. London, June 14. The volunteer munition brigade began 'week-end work at Woolwich Arsenal and were occupied in the rudiments of cartridge making. GENERAL HOME ITEMS. London, June 13. The British Weekly predicts that Mr. Churchill, when the Dardanelles campaign is finished and when he has made a few more speeches, will go to the front, preferring a soldier's life. It adds that* it is doubtful whether Britain will permit it to be believed that Mr. Churchill and driving energy arc inseparable. Mr. Augent (Nationalist) has been elected member for College Green (Dublin) vice Mr. Nannetti (deceased), 'beating Farren, a Laborite. This is the first contested election since the war. The Belgian Committee has received £IOOO from the Otago Patriotic Association and £4OO from the Wairarapa. All the skilled men on the Clyde have been stopped from enlisting. It is estimated that sixteen thousand Scottish engineers have already enlisted. The organisation of the Clyde munition workers is proceeding with thoroughness. The powers of the Board of Control of the liquor traffic include the prohibition of sale and the establishment of refreshment rooms. The board may make provision for the prevention of the practice of treating in any aTea. The maximum penalty is six months' imprisonment or a fine of £6OO.