GREAT BRlTAIN

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 122, 16 October 1914, Page 5

GREAT BRITAIN

i,i \ UOOD BRITISH CROPS. i Times and Sidney &,in bemteu. Received 15, 6.40 p.m. London, October 14. The British crops are well above the average. Replies irom farmers indicate no great increase in acreage under sowing. BELGIAN WOUXDED IX ENGLAND.

ACCOMMODATED IN PRIVATE [ HOMES. ( Received 15, 9 pjn. London, October 14. Hundreds of wounded Belgians have arrived at Folkestone and have beem distributed among the hospitals. Many of the refugees have been despatched to toe provincial cities, apd others drafted into private homes, of which 20,000 were offered for their accommodation. if 2JEW; DESCRIPTION OF TOllilY ' ATKINS.

V < 'M CURIOUS CREATURE." PBCT THE BEST FIGHTING MAN IN" THE WORLD." iT- ' and Sydney Sun Services, y Received 15, 6 p.m. London, Oetober 14. An officer in the veterinary corps writes: "The British soldier is a most curious creature. When he goes to war he gives away most of his badges and all distinguishing marks to his dearest girL He loses his ihat, and replaces it with a chauffeur's cap. By not washing and not shaving for a week, he Bakes himself look like a tramp. Then, without the slightest warning, he proceeds to sow that he is the best fighting man in the world."

OUR DEBT TO BELGIUM. INSURING AGAINST RAIDING AIRSHIPS. MLLIOtf OVERCOATS FOR RUSSIA. London, October 14. The Times does not endorse the Morning Posfs criticisms of Mr Churchill. It states that the composition and equipnent of the Antwerp force was open to comment, but the expedition was not part of any military operation, but rather an attempt to demonstrate the deep concern of this country for the heroic sufferings of the Belgian people. Extensive insurances for damage by bombs are being effected in London, the rates being 2s fld per cent, on dwellings and 5s per cent, on premises in congested areas. Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, October 14. li London firm lias received an order for 1,006,000 khaki overcoats for Russia. The Times, in a leader, said the appeal on behalf of the refugees needed no recommendation. Belgium was more than our ally. She had been brutally ravaged because she kept her word to U3 and civilisation. Every nation that would suffer by German supremacy, namely, every civilised nation in the world, was in hei debt. . , ,5.,;j 'gi