Manchester was having concerns about excessive drinking.
The licensing justices passed a resolution saying that it was necessary for the maintenance of order and the suppression of drunkeness in some areas of the city that the facilities for obtaining intoxicating liquor so should be restricted during the period of the war.
Another 300 wounded soldiers arrived in Manchester most either going to Whitworth street or the Salford Royal Hospital.
It was announced that a Fifth Manchester battalion was to be formed.
The Lord Mayor reported that he had received instructions that morning from the war office, and felt there would be no difficulty in raising the men required.
Seven Belgian soldiers were buried at Moston cemetery after they had died of their wounds in the city’s military hospitals.
Crowds gathered at Albert Square as the procession formed to Moston and thousands, it was said, lined the route.
The news of the sinking of the German cruiser Emden was received with an immense feeling of relief in Manchester.
In Market street when the news was posted, people hustled around in great animation shaking hands with one another and exchanging cheering words.
The boat had been operating in the South China Sea and had sent fourteen vessels to the bottom of the ocean before being sunk by the Russian cruiser Jemchug and a French destroyer.
