ENGLISH ITEMS.
THE ANTI-GERAIAN EIOTS.
M.P.'S AT THE FRONT
LONDON, October 27. Thirteen of the Deptford rioters havebeen committed for trial.
Tho Institute of Industry and Commerce proposes the formation of a trado bank, supported by tho leading English bunks, which will advanco 60 per cent, to contractors of good repute. There aro 134 racmbers of the House of Commons i,erTirt£ st tho front; they include P-o Unionists ar.d 2."i Liberals, but no Nationalists or Labour members.
An appeal js being mado for meat extracts for tho British wounded, on the battlefield. It is stated that tho thock of injuries following long marches and laborious trench work on insufficient food, produces dangerous physical depression, and if this wore, immediately relieved, many lives would bo saved.
Tho Archbishop of Canterbury, speaking at Bromley, said tho country ivas in gravo danger of a serious breakdown in regard to intemperance, duo to friends "treating" soldiers, in tho belief that they wore giving them kindly encouragement, and tho increase of insobriety among women whoso men woreat tho front, due to excitement and distress. As a result of their anxiety for news, women crowded into hotels, not for the sake of drink, but seeking information. »
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Press, Volume L, Issue 15111, 29 October 1914, Page 7
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