CABLEGRAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 May 1915, Page 3

CABLEGRAMS

[UIEUTIUC TiiLEailAl'H —COPYRIGHT.J II'EU I'UliSB ASSOCIATION. 1 I KIiNG YliSl'LS Is.TiUIOW. lucj King visited liurrow. (.ilovcivvd iins uay J.iU a.m.; SUGAII SiiGrUAGE. I Sydney, This Day. Tlie Hon. D. Hall .stated that tho Colonial and oihor Sugar Companies already had ordered shipments ol sugar to meet the shortage. J'lie belling prices depends on the remittance or otherwise oi the duty. The Hon. \Y. M. Ungues admitted that the wholesale houses in Melbourne were not possessed ol 150 bugs ni .sugar. iiicy uere entirely in trie hands oi the Colonial Sugar Company, who were restricting supplies. SMALL SLIU'LLS X-.APEC i'KD. The ilon. \\ . lioiioau anticipates mat in oi tho iuu , and tlio dniugiii the liiiancial year wilt did \i ilii a small .surplus. MOW ZiiALA.XDEK YTOUNDED. Private C. It. Duke, reported wounded, is iin ai'hiiecL, formerly of New /ifaland. IS THE COMMON WEAI/ni PAKLIAAIExNT. Melbourne, Tins Day. hi the Senate the Enemy Contracts Annulment Jiul was .pas.seu through all stages. 'I In- Jloiijse discusi-sed tlie censorship Criticisms in Parliament, which although censored for the newspaper, are permitted to appear fully in the llaiisard. The lit. lion. A. lusher agreed u> consult the Opposition respecting the future policy. The fU. Hon. A. iusher stated last night that the Government had not received, any official intimation oi a rupture between Italy and her erstwhile Allies. The earlier announcement referred t-o Ital.v's decision to intervene. In the lloiise the Lommoiiwealth Parliament objected to uie Government's secrecy regarding uic Expeditionary forces, and advised a secret lueetTug of l'arlinment uhercal -VLinisLer.s U'ouhl advise meinuers as lo what ua.s transpiring. (Piecoived This Day 10.1") a.m.) SHIPPING. Sydney. This Day. •Sailed ai midnight, the Maheno. AT THE PANAMA EXHI--IJITIOX. Mr Nielsen lias cabled that the Australian wool exhibit at the I'miama'Exhibition was awarded the l.iand I'rize am! New Zealand second prize. GENERAL IUUDGKS'S DIvVTII. Melbourne. This Day. General Gbdley has cabli'<| his division's sympathy at the irreparable 10.-s sustained by .the death of tJeneral Bridges. L«-.}ition, Slav 21.

It appears that flenerni Bridges was shot in tlie upp(>r part of the while inspecting the trenches on the hills near Sari Bahr. probably by :i

sniper. A doctor nearby immediaiely attended tlie wounds, which wore of the severest find bleeding profusely. First' aTrF ii'iis rendered find lie was earri.'d to the beach where lie was it tended to again carefully. It. ivas realised that lie was mo,st seriously mounded and great difficulty «s expel ieneed in stopping the bleeding. He wa- plae<>d on t!ie hospital slilp wliore ererythiny: possible was done, but the doctors were unable to stein fclio flow of I)1ood. and growing; weaker the\ General ]ias«ed away quietly liofore roachirip Alexandria, whip his aide-de-camp. Colonel Foster, who was slightly wounded. l>v his bedside. The sTiip arrived yesterday morning and tTie funeral in the afternoon wa.s most imowing to the quietness of tin , .surroundings and simplicity of . the ceremony. The coffin was shouldered by Australian?, and was followed by General Maxwell, four other generals, Lord DuiTToy. and many officers and about sixty men. He was laid to rest in tlie military cemetery. When the "Last Post" was sounded there was hardly one dry eye. I here was one single wreath, a beautiful one from Colonel \lahon. VTCTORTA'S WOTVi, CT,TT\ The Victorian wool clip is 70,000,002 lbs. eonrpared with 80.2ti0.<i201hx the previous season.