THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN WAR TIME.

Waikato Times, Volume 88, Issue 13488, 19 May 1917, Page 1 (Supplement)

THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN WAR TIME.

Tlio (loath i* announced of Mgr. Loh. bedey, Bishop of Arras, who during the war was unceasing in his ministrations throughout his diocese, which lies along the British front, and insisted on remaining in his palace at Arras during the German bombardments.

It was stated at a northern tribunal in England that a local builder who applied for exemption for his foreman had "eight sons of military age and not one was in either the Army or the Xavv."

Lancashire and Cheshire have organised a scheme lor the training of v.omen pardoners in public parks. A serious outbreak of typhus is reported at Fiume. There are over 100 cases, ahd the epidemic is spreading rapidly.

A Canadian firm at Newmarket, Ontario, is engaged in the manufacture of lead pencils, replacing these of German make.

The British Minister at the Hague and! Lady Johnstone entertained British interned officers and their wives at luncheon roeentlv.

The Scottish Horticultural Association have sent four tons of apples to the various naval bas.es as a gift for the men of the North Sea fleet.

Rugby football is becoming very popular with both officers and men in France, and the intor-regimental and parri-on matches aro always witnessed bv an interested crowd of spectators. The game is also hejjjg adopted by French and Belgian troops. Fp to the middle of Decern her the Jews of America had raised over £1.200.000 for the relief of their co-