ITEMS FROM LONDON.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 11 August 1914, Page 5

ITEMS FROM LONDON.

LONDON, Aug. 9. LorS Goscken has arrived in T«i *i that t}ie Koenigin Luise had been engaged in mine™f gJ°l 6e7 eral bef«re Germany declared war. Lord Kitchener's appeal for army recruits has been 2e nerously responded niJ 1" Lbyd • Ge? >r2e> in House ofthat the Bank of England had garnished (attached) £5,608,000 oaid in ozi forep accounts. Tele 2 ranl» from all jarts cf the country showed no «gn of the hoarding o f gold, and trade was assuming normal conditions. Ihe Archbishop o f Canterbury has offered the use of Lambeth Palace. Ihe Duke of Sutherland and many nobles have offered their country nouses as hospitals. The Government war insurance rate has been reduced to four guineas. Ihe Daily Chronicle's Milan oorresponde.nt says that Montenegro has declared war on Austria _ . LONDON, Aug. 10. lne liraes, m a leader, says that Americans are beginning to appreciate that Germany's rise to the power and influence hitherto enjoyed by Britain would be a development inimical to American interests in the Carribean bea, South America, and the Pacific and also a menace to the position and freedom of the United States as a power. At a meeting at Belfast, Captain Craig announced that 100,000 Ulster volunteers had offered their services to the (jrovernment. The Army Council announce that if the war lasts under three years men enlisted in the regular army will be discharged with all .speed. Life assurance offices are charging an extra rate of five guineas on existing policies in the navy and seven on new policies. The increases are three guineas and five guineas on army policies. West End actors are offering as special police for performing duty from midnight until four in the morning. The German banks have discontinued business, but have applied to the Government for a license empowering them to Father Ross, at Westminster Cathedral, said Catholics were satisfied that Britain had never waged a more just war. ROME, Aug. 9. The officers and crew of the Goeben and Br^slau left their wills and property with the German Consulate at Messina. The crews dressed the vessels' yards, and with bands playing the National Anthem they proceeded to sea. Eleven hundred were aboard the Goebon. II Secolo states that Hungarians crossed the Danube, but were driven back, losing five hundred. Many were drowned. BRUSSELS. Aug. 9. Skirmishes occurred between French and German cavalry in Belgium and Luxemburg;. The Germans were defeated, and lost a number of prisoners. The French army is reported to have advanced well vi» towards Belgium .