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Horowhenua Chronicle, 17 August 1915, Page 3

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Chrouiclo Oitice p.m. biiELLiJ iUW.NS. Loiiuoii, Aligner lij. A subinarmc shelled i'aiton. ilarnugton and \N'hitehavoii, and caused iires at Whitehaveii and ilarrmyioii. ihey were without nialenal damage. There were uo casualties. lA)\\ JiXUIiA^NGJi. .Now Xuvk, August 10. Sterling exchanjie 101 l lour dollars sixty-sovou cents, tho ui ihe history ol Wall-street. GEKMAa AO'KNTS AT WUIUi. London, August ili. German agcnls are ondea\ounny, through iieiitral Lo eiiv dp feeling in i'Vauce that Aiigland is not doiiii? eiiougli. .Uany leading men in Franco are organising a campaign io contradict these statements. THE AUSTRALIAN HOSiTfAL h\ At iho reijtioht ol' the Australian Hospital .Commit-too, Sir John IkLall, Agent-Ueneral lor Tasmania, visited Wiinereux Hospital, and was gratihed to iind the general organization very liigh with excellent equipment and skilled stall. JJ.y the uuurtesy ol the French and liritis'h Ooveninienit> nc visited tlie other hospitals in the district and'iound thai tho Australian had the lowest death rate. He iwis 'ni'ormed the French Keil Cro,vs .'society greatJj needs I'uriids. its'hospitals are most economically managed. IN THE VOto'UES. Paris, Au-gusL IC. A communique- states that in the Vosges the explosion ol a mine in an enemy trench near Auruhaupt-los-la&-Anuirtzwillor ynabletl us to capturo a number oi prisoners ,two bomb throwera, and machine guns. IIANJJT SlNTfill. London, August 10. I'rinco llanjit Singlii lias beeii appointed one ol Bir John aides-de-camp. STEA-Mliß LAU.NUHUD. Tho Howard Smith fcte-anier Macoilon has been iaunclied at I'ort U-laegow. NORWEGIAN VESSEL SUNK. The Norwegian .steamer Albia has been sunk. The crow was landed. THE POSITION IN UUSSIA. Petrograd,, August !(iThe main mass of tlio enemy is in i'-ront of the line Ossovioce-Brow 'Litovsk whero from lorty-tuo to I'orty-iivu army corps are concpiifcratetl. The eueiiiy is trying to precipitate a decisive battlo before the Russians have deployed on the position whereto thoy are retiring, and put themselves on a proper state .of defence. POSTION IN GREECE. Athene, August 10. The Ohambor opened to-day. M. Zav'itea, a Venesselist, was electcOigrceiclgnt against the GoTornmon^^nn^ didato by 182 to 02. '/ , : .'.