PRESS CENSORSHIP IN AUSTRALIA

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2467, 21 May 1915, Page 5

PRESS CENSORSHIP IN AUSTRALIA

QUESTION IN BRITISH PARLIAMENT. London, May 19. Questioned in the House of Commons respecting the censoring in Australia of Press news which had been published in London, MY. Walter Roa (Junior liord of the Treasury), on behalf of Mr. Lewis Harcourt, Teplied that the responsibility rested with tho Commonwealtli Government. KILLED IN ACTION MAJOR CAMPBELL, OF CHEVIOT HILLS. Major Campbell (14th Hussars), a New Zealander, has been killed in action.

Major William Robinson Campbell, D.5.0., was the lieir of Sir Charles Campbell, Bart., of Cheviot u llills, North Sir Charles " married a daughter of the Hon. William Robinson. Major Campbell was born in November, 1879, and entered the Army in 1899. Ho served in the South African War from 1899 to 1902, and was present at the relief of Ladysmith, including the operations of.sth to 7th February, 1900, and tho action at Vaal Kranz; in the operations on tho Tucel.i Heights and tho action at Pieters Hill; took part in the operations in the Orange Freo State, including actions at Houtnek and the'Zand Rivorj in tho Transvaal, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Diamond Hill; ap:ain in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, iinelndinc! actions at Belfast; in t'ho Orange l!ira- Colony: also in the operations on llto Zululaitd frontier of Natal. For a time he served as adjutant of the 1-1 Hi llussars. Ho was mentioned in dispatches, • and received the Queen's Medal wjth. seven clasps nnd (fie King's Modal with iwo" clasps. Major Campbell was married in 1907. VISCOUNT. WKN'nOVRR.. London, May 19. Viscount Wondoypr, who was wounda.l > i'i' f ' s nll , 1' I'iday, died of complications following the amputation of nn arm. V|?rtmnl . WVndover .was the eldest can bw of tin M*«uii*,At.

oolbbluio, bottsr known as Earl Cap* rington. Governor of New South 'Wales from 1885 to 1890. BRITISH ARMY CASUALTIES THE DAILY LISTS. The High Commissioner London. May 19, 3 a.m. Army officers killed 27, wounded 41, missing 89; men killed 142, wounded 202, missing, 3. Dardanelles: Army officers killed 2, wounded 12; naval officers k'lled 2, wounded 1; men killed 2, 'wounded' 128. London, May 19, 1.25 p.m. 'Army Casualties.—Officers: Killed 51; wounded, 99; missing, 2; prisoners, 8. Men: Killed,■ 134; wounded, 276. Dardanelles.—Naval Men: Killqd, 8; wounded 181; missing, o. (Bee. May 21, 0.50 a.m.) London, May 2Q. Killed in action—Lieutenant Walfenden. Wounded—Lieutenants Gatliffe and Coe, and 240 non-commissioned officers and men. Eeported convalescent—Lieutenant Cook and ono man. ANGLO-GERMAN DENOUNCES WAR METHODS j HUNS REBUKED BY SIR ERNEST OAfiSEL. (Reo. May 20, 11.10 p.m.) • London, May 20. Sir Ernest Cassel, in a letter to the newspapers, denounces the German war methods. Sir Ernest Cussel, G.C.8., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.0., P. 0., was born at Cologne, Germany, and was the son of Mr. Jacob Cassel, banker, of Cologne. He married an Englishwoman. Sir Ernest Cassel wears the Order of the Crown . of Prussia (First Class), and the' Order of the Red Eagle of Prussia (First Class); in addition, is a Commander of the French Legion of Honour, Commander of the Royal Order of Wasa of Sweden; wears Turkish and Japanese Orders also.