2 DECEMBER 1916, page 3

Admiral Du Fournet, After Some Discussion - , Modified...

his original demand. The - ultimatum • embodying the rabrixnuan demands of the Allies required that ten- mountain batteriefnehoukl be handed over by December -1st and the rest......

We Note That The Board Of Agriculture Have Sent Out

a notice calling public attention to the urgent need that exists for the assist- awe of women, not already connected with agricultural industry in the work Of food production,......

Bank. Rate. 6 Per Cent., Changed From .6 Per Cent.

July 13th.......

The Times Of Monday Published A Report That Austria Proposes

to establish a South Slav counterpart of the new kingdom of Poland. The purpose of this is of course to legalize the conscription of Serbs to fight against the Allies. Such an......

The Lambeth Borough Council Last Week Discussed A...

in view of the need of more men for the Army, the Council should make no more claims for their employees to be exempted. A copy of the resolution—which, however, was afterwards......

We Regret To Record The Death On Friday Week Of

Sir Hiram Maxim the fertile and racy American inventor who became a naturalized Englishman. He was best known as the creator of the Maxim gun, the first of modern machine guns,......

We Regret To Record The Loss Of The Hospital Ship

` Braemar Castle,' which was sunk by -a mine -or torpedo in the Aegean Sea, near the place where the ' Britannic' was sank. She was - bringing wounded' home from Salonika. Only......

In The Commons On Monday The Board Of Pensions Bill

was se severely criticized that the Government agreed to remodel it in accordance with the wishes of the House. Mr. Hogge moved an amendment (it was only one of many on the......

Lord. Grey Of Falloden Has Sent An Admirable Letter To

the Belgian Minister in London on the subject of the deportations in Belgium:— "Your Government will not expect from their Allies any elaborate expression of the horror and......

The Demonstration At Larissa Yielded A Dramatic Episode....

the Royalists laid themselves on the railway in front of a train loaded with artillery that was being sent south in response to the Allies' demands. We have read lately of the......

On Saturday Last General Sir William Robertson Visited...

and unveiled a War Memorial to the hundred and sixty old boys who have fallen out of a total of twelve hundred serving in the British forces. In his brief but admirable speech......