OPPOSING LINES CLOSE.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 253, 28 November 1914, Page 9

OPPOSING LINES CLOSE.

TALK ANB TOBACCO. .SHOULD, FOOTBALL BE ,: -.j..,. SUSPENDED.. ';. -;;'; LONDONj November '26. ' The Press Bureau reports; that the opposing lines are of ten , only forty yards "apart. The strangest situations, arise. Our men and the enemy cOii-' verse, for many of the Germans understand English. The opposing lines hold shooting competitions, and the men: throw packets of tobacco from one to another. These positions are, not unwelcome, the. men being secure from shell-fire. Their artillery are unable to shoot for fear of hitting their own infantry, and. the advanced lines are often the safest spot in the firing-line. The "Pall Mall Gazette" isr taking part in a campaign against the playing of football until the demand for recruits is satisfied. It announces that it will "not publish the results of matches. It considers football a direct impediment to the: raising of, the new armies which the nation requires; Football is an agency for drugging the conscience and manhood cf a huge susceptible portion of the public. The only true sport to-day is t'd be found at the front,.. s ~. "Times" and "Sydney Suh" Services. '.',.;; (deceived November 28, 8 a.m.) In the House of Lords, Lord Haldane,

replying to statements; that the Germans - were receiving signals, coal, and petrol from the coasts of Britain, said the War Office, the Admiralty, and the Home Office were co-operating iu unremitting vigilance to suppress the known paid spy system.