MISCELLANEOUS NEWS

Timaru Herald, Volume CI, Issue 15443, 4 September 1914, Page 7

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS

A TRAMP ABROAD. SOLDIERS ASTRAY. GET HOME CLEVERLY. Received 11.40 p.m., Sept. 3rd. LONDON, Sept. 3 (a.m.). A number of British soldiers have reached Folkestone who were cut off from their regiments at Moiis and wandered into the Gorman lines. They were forced to bury their arms and uniforms, and hiding by day and walk-" ing by night reached the coast in six days. Many wounded—already' nearly a thousand—continue-to arrive in London and other towns. Most of the wounds are not serious. A mine sunk the steam drifter Eyrie and six of the crew were drowned. The Duchess o[ Sutherland's hospital continues its work at Namur. Prayers at one British camp on Sunday were conducted while shells were firing around them. Graham© White has ioincd the naval flying corps as a commander. MORE ZEPPELIN BOMBS. DROPPED IN ANTWERP. Received 11.20 p.m., Sept. 3rd. ANTWERP. Sept. 3. A Zeppelin hovered over the city for four hours. Searchlights located it. At. dawn bombs were dropped. These wounded twelve persons and damaged Red Cross buildings.

AMERICAN PEOPLE. SUPPLY HOSPITAL SHIP. Received 5.5 p.m., Sept. 3rd. NEW YORK, Sept. 2. Americans have chartered the line? Hamburg for a Red Cross hospital. She is sailing to England to help the wound, ed of all nations. j An operation will be performed o.<x [ Prince Albert shortly, and there is no cause for anxiety. It is now stated that al though the pavilions of the Leipzig Book Exhibition were burnt, the British ' Commissioner removed the British loan collections prior to his hurried departure from the city. | ! i I