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THE SITUATION IN NORTHERN GREECE--A SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN SALONIKA

... THE SITUATION IN NORTHERN GREECE-A SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN SALONIKA The advance of Bulgarian forces into eastern Macedonian territory has concentrated attention on the Greek situation. The Greek population of Salonika has been greatly stirred by the news, and many protests have been addressed to King Constantine. Here we see a crowded street scene in Salonika. A French military band is playing to ...

Published: Saturday 03 June 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 77 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

HELPERS FROM THE OUTPOSTS OF EMPIRE The Willing Responses to the Call of the Motherland

... . ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND.-- Naval Reservists Leaving to Go on Board H.M.S. I This view shows a group of naval reservists proceeding to a war vessel lying in St. John's Harbour, Newfoundland, in order to help in the good work of beating back the enemies of the Empire i I VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA. A Patriotic Demonstration The Battalion, Western Scots, was recruited in Victoria in less than ...

Published: Saturday 29 January 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 573 | Page: Page 20, 21 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WOMEN'S WAR-TIME WORK in the HOSPITALS

... . THE INDOOR PLAYGROUND AT THE HOME ESTABLISHED BY LADY MAUD BARRETT AT RUSTINGTON, SUSSEX The Lady Maud Barrett Home at Rustington was started for the purpose of looking after those children whose fathers are at the war and who have no mothers to take care of them during their fathers' absence. Lady Maud Barrett (daughter of Major-General the Earl of Cavan) is in charge of the home, which is ...

Published: Saturday 29 January 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 129 | Page: Page 25 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

IN THE PETROL WORLD

... . By R. P. Hearne. A foolish attempt is now being made to discredit motor ing as a luxury, and there are wildly sensational rumours anent the holding up of petrol supplies. Our national want of logic is well brought out by an almost simultaneous announcement that hunting is to go on. It has received the semi-official sanction of the genial Lord Derby, who as a sportsman sees a close rela ...

Published: Saturday 29 January 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 741 | Page: Page 30 | Tags: Photographs 

WORKERS FOR THE WOUNDED: What Women are Doing to Aid Our Soldiers on the Road to Recovery: THE RED CROSS AND ST ..

... WORKERS FOR THE WOUNDED What Women are Doing to Aid Our Soldiers on the Road to Recovery. THE RED CROSS AND ST. JOHN'S CENTRAL WORKROOMS The main objects for which the central workrooms of the Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John have been established are to provide accommodation for a large number of voluntary workers and to promote uniformity in methods and pat terns of work amongst ...

Published: Saturday 25 March 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 949 | Page: Page 20, 21 | Tags: Photographs 

IN THE PETROL WORLD: 3,014 TRAFFIC FATALITIES

... IN THE PETROL WORLD By Ro Fo InIsiiPinio 3,014 TRAFFIC FATALITIES The alarming increase in traffic fatalities during 1915 must be mainly ascribed to the darkening of- the streets and to the reduction of vehicle lights. The official statistics show that for last year 3,014 people were killed and 60, 189 injured through traffic accidents in the United ^Kingdom. For 1913 the figures were killed 2 ...

Published: Saturday 25 March 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 582 | Page: Page 30 | Tags: Photographs 

FIRST to be BROUGHT DOWN

... by GUNFIRE. FRAMEWORK OF ZEPPELIN L 77 AS IT LIES ON THE FIELD AT REVIGNY rather, eight-sided frameworks which divide the Zeppelin into compartments appear to have survived. All are bent and twisted into a mass which has to be cut up by the enginee/s L 77 Amid the Wreckage M a persistent feature of all Zeppelins previous to August, 1914 The Interior of One of the Wrecked Gondclas I This ...

Published: Saturday 04 March 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 224 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

War Services of the Canopus and Albion.: The Present and Past History of Two Famous Ships

... War Services of the Canopus and Albion. The Present and Past History of Two Famous Ships We are now able to present our readers with a double-page picture illus- trating an exciting incident in the career of H.M.S. Canopus, the battleship which has figured conspicuously in the naval fighting of the war. The incident illustrated took place shortly after the arrival of enemy submarines in ...

Published: Saturday 04 March 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1813 | Page: Page 19 | Tags: Photographs 

LADY SCLATER'S HOSPITAL SUPPLY DEPÔT

... LADY SCLATER'S HOSPITAL SUPPLY DEPOT. A Group of Workers in the Many-tailed Bandage Room In this room many of the more complicated bandages are prepared. Hip bandages and splint bandages used after surgical operations are made here The Swab Room-- Measuring and Cutting Out the Material In another part of this room the wool for the swabs is prepared. Here the external covering is measured and ...

Published: Saturday 04 March 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 189 | Page: Page 24 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

DOLLONDS

... FOR AN HOUR'S QUIET READ. There is nothing so comfortable. TORTOISESHELL SPECTACLES. PRINCIPAL RETAIL Q-f -I nYCADB QT W ESTABLISHMENT: £l l ...

Published: Saturday 04 March 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 142 | Page: Page 26 | Tags: Photographs 

The OFFENSIVE of the FIVE NATIONS in MACEDONIA: THE FIGHTING ON THE ADVANCED LINE

... The OFFENSIVE of the FIVE NATIONS in MACEDONIA. THE FIGHTING ON THE ADVANCED LINE During the past month there has been a considerable development of activity in the Salonika region, where ever since the conquest of Serbia the Allies had been standing on the defensive. At first the Franco-British troops took up positions near Salonika, so as to oppose as concentrated a defence as possible to ...

Published: Saturday 23 September 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1038 | Page: Page 12 | Tags: Maps  Photographs 

WITH THE HORSES ON THE WESTERN FRONT: SPECIAL SPHERE PICTURE

... WITH THE HORSES ON THE WESTERN FRONT SPECIAL SPHERE PICTURE. Cobyrinhted m the U.S.A. The scene is the corner of a village street on the Western front. There is a little estaminet over on the left. A motor bicycle without an owner leans against the wall. Shells are bursting so hotly just beyond that everyone, horses and men, is taking cover. The scene is well described by Ensign in a ...

Published: Saturday 23 September 1916
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 449 | Page: Page 16, 17 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs