GENERAL ITEMS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 3976, 8 July 1915, Page 5

GENERAL ITEMS.

GENERAL VON LEIPZIG’S DEATH The official version of General vow Leipzig’s death was that it was a case of suicide. [lt was suggested that Von Leipzig had' been killed by some Turks.] General 1 Liman von Sanders has been wounded at the Dardanelles. (Received July 7, 7.40 p.m.), Bucharest states that General von Sanders wears armor of some kind on his body and also on his head. .Ho fears assassination at the hands of the disenchanted Turk. No ono is admitted to his house unless personally known. There is a small sliding panel in the door and visitors are thoroughly examined before being receiver! . The trial of Robert Rusenthal, nr alleged spy, has commenced in camera. A German ammunition factory at Dresden was burnt. Eight peopto perished. The Australian nurses, who arrived during the week, are nrocceding to the Dardanelles, where a base hospital is being created to receive two thousand wounded. Australians and New Zealand at the Dardanelles bitterly complain, that mail matter has not reached them, but is lying somewhere at Alexandria. An Australasian picinc at Hertfiehl was the greatest success. There arc 270 wounded ther thriving famously and intensely satisfied with thentreatment and surroundings. Roomy wooden armxos, each holding twenty-one beds, are being built with feverish speed to accommodate the steady stream arriving in England weekly. It is expected shortly to accommodate five hundred. Possibly they will have to build further annexes. - English neighbors are prodigal in their gifts, designed for improvement of the men’s conditions. Wealthy Australians are equally generous. The men in chorus: "Tell our. friends we are perfectly happy and soon will he back in _ the trenches. Send as many as possible to join us there.” Altogether there are eleven hundred wounded men and one hundred officers in England, distributed amongst a score of hospitals.