BRITAIN.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 October 1915, Page 5

BRITAIN.

A CITY OF DARKNESS. LONDON WITHOUT LIGHTS.

Received Oct. 4, 7.5 pjn.

London, Oct. 3. The Streets of London for months have keen gloomy and dismal at nights, but Bow they are darker than ever, owing **> tM. new Tegulations issued at the -Week-end. There are douMy-shaded street lights, and 'buses and taxis rush through the streets and avert collisions in' the most remarkable manner. Houses and public buildings show no outward signs of Ufa and heavy Minds on windows" and fanlights obscure the lights. The« gloom is so deep that where an occasional blind is not drawn the shaft *>f light cuts the darkness like a searchlight. When the police detect such they curtly order, the householder to observe £he regulation. Previously the reflection of a furnace Was a clue to the whereabouts of a itrain, but that is now remedied, curtains obscuring the engine-cab. A Zeppelin commander Iboasted that he could find London by the reflection, like.* silver ribbon, on the Thames. The new. order forbids lights on the riverfront, and all are loyally assisting in observing it. , Searchlights sweep the sky and rest on the clouds an instant, end then there is complete darkness. NIGHT CLUBS IN LONDON. BISHOP'S DENUNCIATION. Received Oct. 5, 1 a.m. 1_ London, Oct. 4. The Bishop of London, in a vigorous denunciation of night clubs in London, declared that- they ■ were mostly the haunts and hunting-grounds of sharks and loose women, and their existence in war time was a national danger. The London County Council, in tion of public morality, had kept the clubs under observation for months, and were now placing evidence before the authorities. The Bishop urged that they ought to deal drastically with the owners of places of amusement which young soldiers cannot visit without danger. Newspapers endorse the Bishop's Statement. A number of clubs have recently been closed, but the police have difficulty in securing conclusive evidence.

RECRUITING RALLIES* Received Oct. 4, 7 p.m. London, Oct. 3. Recruiting rallies have been held throughout the provinces. At Eastbourne 1500 persons in hospital uniform Paraded.