The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1916-11-04 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

THE PASSING WEEK.  In sot of great gallantry, by which two lives were saved, wee performed recently in the port of .Eibanghai on board the steamer ghenglong of the China Nasigation Co. Kr. llfaains, the chief officer. Iheacing that two coolies had been evercome by poisonous fumes in a tlr., imam. th diabely went to e spot, follow by Mr. Oretig, the second engineer, and entered the bank, where, he was immediately overpowered-by the fumes. Thereupon Mr Craig mused himself to be lowered into the lank. Three times he entered it, and with great difficulty suoceeded in bringing out the two coolies and Mr. Mathias quite inset. sible. One of the two coolies has since died..  0 • •  The Prime Minister on Tuesday evening. informed Sir C. Hunter, M.P., bh‘t the number of British csirilians killed or died of wounds or shock to date is 589, drowned 3,410, injured 1,699. • • • •  The King has accepted a copy of the edition of shaheepeare's works which will be given to each soldier disabled in the war in memory of Lord Kitchener. The gift is being made through a special commi,tee of the League of Empire, of which Sir Sidney Lee is chairman and Mrs. Holman-Runt hon. treasurer. The volume has been E peel 117 bound and contains is book-plate bearing the name and regiment of tiie disabled man. _  • • • w •  Lord Parmoor, at the C.E.T.S. amnia' meeting on Tuesday, mentioned that some years age when sentencing an old cffender to a term of imprisonment he arranged to take the man into hie employment on his coining oat of prison.. Ife had emp:oyed the man for several years and never was there a man who in every sense was more thoroughly reformed. • a . •  Sentence of six months' imprisonment W4B _passed at Middlesbrough on Tuesday on Kate Turnbull (35), wife of a soldier, who was charged with neglecting hr five children, the medical officer stating that two of them were prachically skeletons sad had hem permanezitly ainjuiled.  Mr. C. Sydney Jones, a member of the firm of Alfred Holt and Co., shipowners, of Liverpool,, has given .tB,OOO to endow a Chair of CLsa4oal Archaeology in Liverpool University in memory of his father.  The Eaohequer returns for the period from April let to October 28th show receipts amounting to .422119,163,406, as compared with £1211,588.711. The expeditor° for the period wee £1,131,0E8,509, against £797,875472 a Tear ago. it • • •  David Davies, the man who attacked a doctor who was on the suer to attend his father. was tried before Mr. Justice Lush at Carmarthen Assizes on Monday. He was found guilty of murdering Dr. Glyn Jones, but the oourt pronounced him insane. Be made a statement to the ixtlice that be had told the doctor his father was better and that there were plenty of vaga. bonds going a! out. poitonini people.  A vicar who was publicly thrashed by his siaesman brought the case into court at Smethwick on Tuesday. It was stated that the anoctieed, vrhilst home on leave from the Army, found that his wife and thrce children were in the habit of making auricular confession to the vicar, and he Ptmngly objected to it. He now expressed regret that his indignation had carried him away, and the ease was withdrawn, the defendant Paying caste. - _ _ _  • • • a  Mr. Benjamin Gregory, until form years ago senior partner in a leading firm of Cheltenham auctioneers and estate agents, died on Sunday at the age of 76. On retiring from business he devoted himself with encli iiiccess to the study of astronomy as to pass three examinations of the Royal Society with the highest honours. He was 'Dammouldy elected a Fellow of the 'Royal Astronomical Society.. • • 4 •  The "Vorwaerte" announces that the Berlin Omnibus Company have deoided to employ women as drivers until the en] od the War. Twenty-two women have already named the necessary examination and are entering the service of the company this week. Practically all the male drivers are serving in the Army. Street Danger-Spots.