THE WAR.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 June 1915, Page 2

THE WAR.

I_*LECIBIO TiuyillfB —COPYHIOHr 1 | p>B PBESU AfIBOPiAXION.I l ON THE ITALIAN FBJONT. 'Home, June 28. Official.—There were principally artillery combats on all fronts, the Au6fiffans using asphyxiating shells on the greater part of the Isonzo front. ENEMY'S OFFENSIVE FAILS. Petrograd, June 28. Official.—The enemy brought great forces into the lighting line on ZawikhosT front, but their offensive failed. • Our troops after stubborn resistance on the Hobrka-Zurawno front, are fallon Gmailaipa. We captured in ißobrka region during the counter attacks, 1600 prisoners, including 4(3 officers 1 and two machine guns. VIENNA VIA AMSTERDAM. Amsterdam, June 28. Au Austrian official report says:— _ Our troops after several days' lighting I captured the advanced posi- ; tion and reached within storwing dib- ) tancc of life main position. .On the heights east v f and eael of Mikolajow. Jinaliv penetrating Ins line at several points uonr aud south of Bolerka, where we ejected the eneiry from an adjoining frontal position. Since early on Sunday morning the Russians have been retreating along the entire front, and are alfio retreating north of Zokieff and north of Raiwaruska. One of our submarines on Saturday sunk an Italian torpedo boat in the North Adriatic. ARTILLERY DUEL CONTINUES Athens, June 28. The artillery duel on the Gallipoli Peninsula continues with undisputable superiority for the French artillery. Pans, June 28. Except for violent artillery duels north of Arras it is quiet on all fronts. CASUALTY LIST. K If.IT/FTP IN ACTION—PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING. Canterbury Battalion. Private H. ESI. Campbell. Private H. Marr.' Private R. <E. Watkins. Private C. C. Gibbs. Private C. ißose. TcrTJ.rcn IN AOITOIN—PREVIOUSLY REPORTED WOLFED. Canterbury Battalion. Private B. Collins. Private P. S. Coote ' Private G. G. Porter. K,TT,T,TCn IN ACTION. Private E. J. Campbell. Private J. (Lyndhurst. DANGEROUSLY ILL AT MAI/TA. Canterbury Battalion. Private W. H. Keith Murray. WOUMDtBD. Canterbury Battalion. Private T. H. Cunnard. Private G. Holderness. • Private F. G. Summertield. Private C. Hyslap. Private A. J. Gridley. Private G. B. Baketwell. Private G. G. Buckley. Commercial. . • LEVIN STOCK SALE. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report having held their usual weekly 6tock 6ale at Levin yards last Wednesday. We offered a fair yarding of both sheep and cattle. A good clearance was made at the following prices:— Sheep.—2-tooth store wethers 17s Bd • to 18s 6d; cull lambs 6s 7d. Cattle Fat and forward 3-year steers £8 9s 6d; light fat cows £5; springing heifer £7 10s; heifers in oalf £4; store oows (low condition) 325; weaner heifers 2os 6d; 2-year Jersey bull &5; Pigs.—Fat porkere 30s to 325; light ibaconers £2 13s. WOOL .AND SKIN SALE. Messrs V. and G. Turirbull and Co., Ltd., report that at the fortnightly sales of skins and hides, held on 25th Instant, very little .woof was offering. Combing sheepskins showed an advance of Jd per lb. Prices tor other sorts were on a par with last sa'e rates. Hides showed an appreciable difference in sellers' favour, whilst tallow declined in sympathy with the London . mafiet.