TO-DAY'S NEWS OF THE WORLD

Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 October 1912, Page 3

TO-DAY'S NEWS OF THE WORLD

[BY KIiKCTIUO TKLKGKAI'H—COPYRIGHT] j [PKU I'KESS ASSOCIATION.] (R-oeoived Thia Day, 11 a.m.) SEVERE FIGHTING IN THE BALKANS. BELGRADE, October 22. The third Servian army advanced to the plain of Kossovo where it was opposed by 40,000 men, chiefly Arnauts, with ten companies of Nizams and four batteries of artillery. Severe lighting followed, extending from Haska to YTelyagalva in the vicinity of Yenibazar. The losses on both sides wer« heavy. The Servians, operating from the north, captured the blockhouses round Sienitza and a number of Turkish positions round Kumanovo. A general attack on the town begins to-day. Troops advancing towards Prishtina were strongly opposed, the defence by the Turks in the Teneshdol Pass baing tenacious. The Servians captured the entrance to the Pass. Atijkns, October 22. The Turks at Diskata were panic-stricken and lied to Serlidge. The Greeks pursued then, and captured a million cartridges. Sub- ! sequently they occupied the heights commanding Grumbova and tho heights of Xirovouno iu Epirus. Loxdcx, October "J'J. Renter states that Turkey ottered to yield Crete, and also to link up the Greco-Turkish railway to Anduce if Greece withdrew from the JJalkan Alliance. HOME RULE. The Government has accepted an amendment removing the Trinity College (Dublin) and the. Queen's University (Belfast) from the contra! of the- Irish Parliament. Mr IJirrell (Irish Chief Secretary) thought that the demand was unnecessary, but Mr Redmond uttered no objection. The Labour party supported the Government in leaving the control uf labour legislatien to the Irish Parliament. Mr Ramsay Mac Donald said the English factory legislation was disappointingly administered in Ireland.