... Concrete Foundations.” LINCOLNSHIRE RUMOURS CONTRADICTED. Lincoln has had its share of the German spy rumours. It has been sofily, almost fearfully, whispered that Hartsholme, Sudbrooke, and Swallowbeck, have been the centres of vast stores of conerete ...

... LOCAL CHAT It would be valuable indeed if some of the | alarmist rumours, such as the one which waa' so widely circulated on Saturday, could be traced to their source. We were told—and the statement was disseminated with the celerity with which bad news ...

... a time of nervou=ress, in which every reverse was magnified, the policy of our naval authorities was criticised, and the ** spy mania ”’ led to every hamlet sedulously guarding its waterworks. That period is now over, and the nation has stiffened its back ...

... damaged_ It is this last suggestion that makes the rumour a little suspicious. The Germans are always announcing accidents of this kind with quite different motives from those apparent in the rumour. In any case, each a tire would be unlikely to stop ...

... the ::fk the popular Bairnsfather’s cartoons will be wn. It was rumoured some time ago that Max Linder, the famous cinema comedian, had been killed at the front, but whether Dame Rumour is false, as usval, or no, Max will be seen on the screen at the ...

... trustworthy news, is now the land of rumours, Yesterday it was stated that the Princess Tatiana had escaped. from Siberia, and was on her way to New York. The Evening Standard now states that there is • persistent rumour in Russian that the ex-Tsar and his ...

... for a war with Turkey ‘with three Great Powers on the Greek side. ~ Locally there is less of that feverish absorp‘tion of rumours which marked the early ‘stuges of the war. A well-founded scepticism prevails, and stories of disasters to British arms (by ...

... LONDON CORRESPONDEtiCE. 80 FLEET STREET. LONDON, MONDAY IGAIT. Since botkrday morning London lips full of rumours about startling in Ireland. When merubshe maw Mr. Ds& is his place on the Treassry Bench this afternooa they were, to some extent, reassured ...

... of The World attempt. were made by two London inns whose ammo are howiebold words to wore eites in k‘ etreet, so that rumour apparently eta not • lying jade an usual. attempt* showed great foresight, mho formed • demonstration of hopes that ere held`in ...

... showed how completely they have failed to imbibe the traditions of naval service. One point worth noting is that the enemy’s spy service, though slow, is still fairly efficient. Our Admiralty kept the affair secret—for obvious reasons. The Germans seem ...

... evening was made the victim of a * German spy '’ scare, and was obliged to seek the protection of the police. The man was respectably dressed, and was first noticed resting under a tree in High Street South. A rumour was circulated that he was a German, and ...

... All the arms which had been seized were lost. but a larnge quantity of ammunition wes destroyed. THE LATEST RUMOUR. For several weeks past a rumour has been circulated in the United States to the effect that Sir Robert Baden-Powell is undergoing imprisonment ...