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Evening Star, Issue 15907, 13 September 1915, Page 6

The Germans are reported to be putting a heavy tax on bachelors. There was a time when Great Britain did the same thing. In the year 1694 an Act was passed "for carrying on the war against France with vigor," whereby every bachelor above the age of 25 paid yearly Is, and an additional sum varying with his rank. When the steam trawler Yarmouth arrived at Grimsby recently it was reported that when some 50 miles from the- Spurn the second engineer, Fred Wilmore, who had just ended his watch below, jumped overboard. The vessel was at once brought about, but Wilmore made no effort to save himself, and, calling out "Good-bye," threw up his hands and sank.