Second Edition CABLEGRAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 31 July 1915, Page 3

Second Edition CABLEGRAMS

I lit KCTItIC TKLRti 11AI'H- COl'XUiam. J [I'Rll I'RESH ASSOCIATION.! THE FOURTH (JF AUGUST. "* London, July 30. Many meetings are being arranged for provincial towns to be held oil August -ltli. to submit devolutions to carry the war to a successful finish. Received This Day, U.-IO a.u. AUSTRALIAN NEWfc Melbourne. July 30. Australia ilay collections iu Victoria, with presents, realised JUIjI.OOj In llobart city the collection were i'oUOO, and in Adelaide City £3000. Received This Day !J. -50 a.m. Melbourne. July 30. The Federal Government is withdrawing its representative lrom the Dominion Royal Commission, because it thinks the commission has not. justitied iu existence. llobart, July 30. Tasmania usually imports cat-tic in the winter, but this year, owing to the heavy experts Victoriawards. a moat famine prevails. At recent sales steers touched t3S His. bullocks £-1 2s. heifers £13 "is. wethers 51s. ewes 375. lambs 25s (id. These are the highest prices recorded lor years past. The Assembly voted CLSOO tor the purchase of an airship. Adelaide. This Day. Mrs Power, one of the recentlychosen women justices ol the peace, has sat oil the bench tor the first time. This is the first occasion in the history of the British Empire that the bench bar- been occupied by a woman. Sydney. This Day. Captain Mean, writing oil June 5 !i. describes the New Zealandcrs' attack oi; Krithia oil St It .May. They advanced with the Wellington division on the left. Auckland in the centre. Canterbury on the right, and w: h Otago division. A general advance of battalions advanced 300 yards, but th-' Auckland division laced a terriole machine gun fire. There was a patch in front ot them known as the "Da.sy Field.'' which not one man in live succeeded in crossing. Finally the Aucklailders were reinforced by ball ol the lOago division. A general advance oi the French. British and Australasians was ordered, after a general bombardment. During lite advance the New Zealanders were pulled up by a tremendous tire iu the "Daisy Field." where the Aucklanders lost thirteen officers. The advance ol the Australians was so rapid that they outdistanced the New Zealanders who met with further opposition in the ••entre. but finally I bey succeeded in joining the Australians after dark. (Received This Day 10.H5 a.m.) THE POPE AS PEACEMAKER. Rome.. July 30. The Pope, in a letter to the belligerents. expresses his determination to devote every activity to the reconciliation ol the peoples now estranged by a iracticidal struggle. lie adjures them to put away the mutual desire for destruction and to reflect that nation.-, do not die it humiliated and oppressed : they prepare' to retaliate by tbi' tranter from .generation to generation of hatred and desire for revenge. He suggests the direct or indirect exchange of views, with an endeavour ii" possible to arrange aspirations -o thai all will be contented,. llis 11 oltr.exs o"neludes: We invite all iriends of peace to unite with un in the desire to terminate the war and re-estab-lish an empire ol light, resolving hence- ( forth to solve our differences not by the sword, but by equity and .justice. (Received This Day 10.10 a.m.) PRINCE OSCAR,'B BOOK. Amsterdam. July 30. The Kaiser'.- son, Oscar, has published a book about, the lighting in the Champagne. lie goes into rhapsodies regarding his troops' superhuman per lormances and daring of the impossible. He describes the French artil lory as terrific, and says that within a comparatively small space ot ground the French fired 100,000 shells in one day. The rapidity of the fire resembled machine gun. The effect was terrible. The Avire omtanglemonts were swept away and the trenches transformed into shallow cavities. Only German discipline, loyalty and heroism could have held out.