BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS".

Grey River Argus, 22 September 1913, Page 5

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS".

(By Electric T.elegraph—Copyright). (Per Press Association.) ';:•'•' • SIR EVELYN WOOD INJURED. v LONDON, .Sept. 20.. Field Marshal; Sir 'Evelyn Wood was riding near Harrow when' a motor j frightened; his. horse .which, jumped a •hedge, landing in : barbed wire. It then turned a somersault,. Sir ; Evelyn. 'iVood su'stainejd (doncussion of ithe brain but is progressing 'satisf actorHy. ■; ' iy THE ROYAL SUICIDE. ... . JvBERLIN^ Sept 21.r. Princess' Sophia,; Saxeweinerwill be cremated. Hans Bleichroder attends the; ceremony. . A ROYAL'GUEST. PARIS, Sept 2I; y King Co;nstantine has arrived for the manoeuvres. ,He- lunches with ■M. Poincaire i the Elj'sie Palace to-day.; A BANK/FAILURE. / ■■'. -BERI_IN f 'Sept 21. • The Hanisectic Bank at Hamburg has suspended three directors, viz..; Cramer,. Von Klansbrach,- and Reinrich have .been arrested for 'falsifyiher accounts. The ..-share capital is •ahundred nd 'twenty-five thousand and there Were thirty thousand: deposits which are lost. ■ "A TALENTED ' MUSICAL DUO. LONDON, Sept 20. 'Madame Melbahas sailed, for America where M. Kubelik ioiais her in a hundred concerto. . -'...- THE NEED OF ARMIES. LONDON. Sept 20. Sir Gilbert Parker; a notable journalist and ah'thor. at. the. Canadiain Club banquefat Winnipeg said that conscription would never, be likely to be introduced into Britain. .It .was absolute^' inconsistent with Britain's. .whole history, but the-Home army was a need "to; Britain as well as' to Ganada. Australia, • New, Zealand and other Dominions, r because • in the Avorld's .revolution, one never could •tell what might happen. . :