SMALLPOX IN GERMANY

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3037, 26 March 1917, Page 5

SMALLPOX IN GERMANY

n Washington,. March 22. It is reported that there aro 30.000 cases of smallpox in Germany.—Aus- ' N.Z. Cable Assn. A MILITARY OFFICER'S OFFENCE THE EOWELL-PRICE CASE. Sydney, March 23. Lieut. D. H. HoweU-Price has been found guilt? of forgery and uttering. I Sentence was reserved.—Press Assn. ' [Lieut. Howell-Prioe was charged "with knowingly claiming tho pay of Lieut. Downes during November, 1915, vhik> Jhe was lieutenant-adjutant or 6fee Light, Horse. Tho police prosecutor stated that ho understood accused .■was lieutenant-adjutant of the 9th light Horse from April to July, 1915, and he was alleged to have submitted iolaims for pay for the whole unit from of demobilisation till tho following November. v Hβ drew money whioh allegedly approximated to £50,000. Hβ l«ft the Defence Force in Septemberj last medically unfit.] DROUGHT AND LOCUSTS RAVAGES TO THE 'ARGENTINE JSIAIZE OBOP. (Rec. March 23, 5.15 p.m.)' j Buenos Aires, March 22. It is officially announced that owing 'to tho drought and the locusts about half the maize crop has been ruined, ffho net production is estimated at 1,500,000 tons.—Router. ' fTiie (Sable bows in this issue accredited to , the.London "Times" has appeared in, th&t journal but only where expressly Stated is ench mewß the editorial opinion of Ifiie "Times.")