il eum Xeetrail, iid."114111 lois or At Bow-street Police-court Percy Ifty-three. described as of of _"Clarrasest," ware. was lined AHD a charge against him under the Defeats, of the Act. He was of 'collecting communicating information with respect war material and the measures t

Mr. Smmuel Whitbread has died at his r.sidence, Southill, Biggleswade. Be a rtembor of the firm of the well-known Loneon brewers. Born in 1830, Mr. Whitbread represented the borough of Bedford in the Howe of Commons as a Liberal from 1852 to 1895. From 1859 to 1883 Mr. Whitbread

aii BILL. By. altering the fork and mantle (when new) of an incandescent light it is to than double the duration ef light for what it ordinarily costa. First, cut an the bottom of the fork, and the the mantle. them on the burner, burn off the mantle, place in chimney glade, and t

On Christmas Day the following message from the King to his Navy and Army was circulated through the Press Bureau. message was published on that day in Naval and Military Orders throughout tho Empire : "Another Christmas finds all the resources of the Empire still engaged in war

A great haystack fire, which engaged the London firemen in force for six hours, broke out at three o'clock on Monday afternoon at Dover House Farm, Roehampton-lane, Roehampton. Thirty loads of hay got well alight, and, fanned by the gale, the fire blazed with the utmost fiercene

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NURSE CAVELL'S Other important events of tio measurable year, though demanding mention, can only be briely summarised. On the morning of October 12.* Brussels, Russo Case% sentenced to death by a German court-martial for harbouring British and Preach as well as Seems of unlitany

The markets of Irkutsk, in Siberia, are an intending sight, for the products offered for sale are in most cases frozen sblid. Fish. aro piled up in stacks like so much cordwood, and meat likewise. All kinds of fowl are similarly frozen and piled up. Some animals brought into the

Two noble deeds by British officers have been rewarded with the Victoria Cross. The announcements made in the "London Gazette" are as follows: Temporary Lieutenant DAILTWELL. late (Service) Batt. (Frontiersmen). Royal Fuciliers (City of London Regi. meat). Near Madan (East Afric

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