GENERAL ITEMS.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 October 1915, Page 5

GENERAL ITEMS.

AN OLD SJORY. DEAF MUTES FOR THE FRONT. (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) London, Oct. 7. The Amsterdam de Courant states that Germany is sending deaf mutes to the front in special companies commanded by signs. Most of the reinforcements on the West front came from the training camps, not the Eastern theatre.

Kiel! refugees affirm that the AustroGermans at Poliesie branded many male inhabitants of military age on the right arm in order to prevent their escape. THE ALLIES' LOAN. (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) London, Oct. 7. Subscribers to the American loan include: Sir Ernest Casscl, one million sterling; Kuhn, Loeb, and Co., five millions; the Schwab and Dupont families, seven millions; John Rockefeller, two millions; and Otto Kuhn, one million. MINERS AND COMPULSION. (Times and Sydney Sun Services.)_ London, Oct. 7. At the annual conference of the Miners' Federation of Nottingham, Mr. Smellie presided. In the opening address lie opposed ctnTpulsory service being used to cover the bringing in of industrial compulsion. INSTRUCTIONS TO RECRUITERS. (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) London, Oct. 7. The War Office has instructed recruiting committees to take whatever steps are considered most effective to induce men required for home service to enlist. The assistance of local authorities has been promised. The instructions are; "You should sec that no man is aide to complain that he is not wanted because he has not been fetched. You should report men refusing to enlist in the army, where they are so much needed."

FREXCH ARMY FUJLY EQUIPPED. (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) Received Oct. 3, 5.5 p.m. London, Oct. 7. Paris reports that the Senatorial Committee inspected the army stores and were satisfied that whatever the rigors of winter may be, the army will not be short of supplie*