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Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 September 1915, Page 3

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(Received This Day, ~\).dQ a.m.) THE ZEPPELIN RAID. < London, Sept. 8. \ Official.—Three Zeppelins visited the < eastern counties last night and drop- j ped bombs. Besides tne destruction j of fifteen small dwellings, many win- j dows and doors were broken and sev- ; eral fires broke out, but there was jo other serious damage, The casualties •were:—Two men, three women and five children killed; four men, eleven women and five children seriously Injured; nine men, five women and nine children slightly injured; and one man '. and two women missing (believed to be 1 buried beneath the debris). The to- < tal casualties number fitly six, and all I were civilians, except one soldier, i who is reported to be seriously wound- i ed. I London, Sept. 8. Official.—The three raiding Zeppe- I lins were chased by aeroplanes but were not located, although our anti-aircraft guns came into action. Fifteen houses (were demolished or damaged. ien persons were killed and forty-six woun- ( fled. < . i MESSAGE FROM THE KLNG. I The King, acknowledging the British < Association's resolution of loyalty, . writes that the outburst of loyalty which the Association witnessed on visits to Australia, Canada and South Africa, has been gloriously demonstrated by imperishable deeds on the* heights of Gallipoli, in the trenches m Flanders, and the waterless plains 01 South Africa. The King adds that in gratefully accepting the Association's resolution he will do his utmost to briag < the war to final victory, and deeply the valuable services to that end by the men of science. TRADE UNIONS CONGRESS. The Trades Uoion Congress by six hundred to seven pledged itself to assist the Government to the utmost in the prosecution of the war. OZAR AND GRAND DUKE. Petrograd, Sept. 3. The Czar has issued a rescript of most generous acknowledgment of the Grand Duke Nicholas's services. London, Sept. 8. The Czar personally takes the chief command by 6ea and laud. The Grand Duke Nicholas has been appointed Viceroy; of the Caucasus. (Received This Day U.lO a.m.) - TORPEDOm London, Sept. 8. - The-EUertu&n liner -Douro, t<he Norwegian: barque Storesand and the French steamer Bordeaux were torpedoed. The orewe were tared. Paris, Sept. b. The Trans-Atlantic steamer Guate- - ... mala was sunk by a. submarine.

i GERMAN CASUALTIES. i _ 9 Paris, Sept. 8. A communique states that the official lists of German casualties show that the Guards Corps lost 53U officers and. 23,692 men on the eastern front between 15th March and 3let August. ARMENIAN'S MASSACRED. Home, Sept. 8. Armenian refugees stato that 70,000 Armenians, including several Turkish, deputies have beon massacred. (Received This Day V J.-10 a.m.) COUNT DUMB A AND THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT. Washington, Sept. 8. Count Dumba lias caused amazement •in official circles by declaring that lie acted on official instructions. This .statement lias perplexed the administration and the question now is one between the two Cabinets. The Associated Press correspondent states that lie used the passport to shield Archibald, and was carrying besides Count Dumba's letter, messages from Count Bemstorlf. This is regarded by President Wilson and Mr W. Lansing as serious as the revelation regarding Count Dumba's letter. 'President Wilson considers the matter of great gravity ana may demand Count Dumba's recall. President Wilson conferred with Air \Y. Lansing relative to the AustroHiiugarian Ambassador's admission that he was acting on his Government's behalf in seeking to induce Austrian to refuse to work in American munition factories. Count Dumba admitted that the American wne»pondeut bore an American passport while acting virtually as a spy for the Austrian Government. ZANZIBAR'S CONTRIBUTION. (Received This Day ID. 15 a.m. London, Sept. 8. The Press Bureau states that Zanzibar lias contributed £lu,ooo to Great Britain's war expenditure and £3000 to Red Cross Fund. Ninety per cent of the contributors are Mahommedaiis. GERMAN HYDROPLANES LOST. Copenhagen, Sept 8. Three German hydroplanes were lost on the Danish coast. j? ishenien picked up the airmen. FURTHER PROGRESS AT THE DARDANELLES. Athens, Sept. o. The Allied Navy and Army lias been in further heavy lighting at Gallipoli, and the troops have made further progress near Suvla Bay.

EXPLANATION A\ ANTED. , 'ilie Trades Congress lias invited the lit. Hon. 1). Lloyd George to. Bristol to explain his telegram 01 yesterday. DUTCH I'IiRE ON ZEPPELIN. Several of the Dutoh garrisons hred J upon a Zeppelin crossing Dutch terri- ' tory, near Amsterdam. 1 A ERENOH UOAIjILMQUE. A Erench coniiuniuiue states that ' on the nights ol the 17tli and 18th on the western front the general action was particularly lively in the region 1 ol Ypres, in the Artois and in the Argoime. A squadron ol Trench aero- 1 planes launched sixty .bombs on tho ' railway station at Dieuze and the avi- 1 ation camps at St. Medard. J Received This Day, 11.20 a.m. i THE HESPEIiiI AN. London, Sept. 8. Thirty-three ol those iwho were aboard the Hesperian are missing. A wounded Canadian declares that the women behaved heroically, and were unsparing ill their efforts to distribute *feoelts and iu assisting wounded into the ' boats. A girl hysterically remarked "I'ou have heen dying lor us; its outturn now." T URKS DISCONTENTED. Renter's Soli a. correspoauJfcnt reports that the recent lighting at Anafarta is described ih Constantinople as a Turkish victory. The c-itizen6 are sceptical, believing it was a reverse, and they actually are longing for the Allies entry into Constantinople. Probably another Anglo-Trench success will be the signal lor an uprising in Constantinople against the Government. Alii ATTACKS. Paris, Sept. 8. A communique states that live German aeroplanes this morning bombarded the plateau of Maizevillo without doing damage. They also bombarded Nancy where there were some victims. Our aeroplanes, in co-operation with the British naval air squadrons bombarded the hangars at Ostend. ONE AMERICAN LOST. It is now established that one American lost his life in tfie Hesperian. i