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Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 November 1915, Page 3

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(Received This Day, [).Ho a.m.) NO BLOCKADE Oi' GREECE. London, Nov. 23. The Foreign Office denies the seizure ol Greek ships or any blockade of Greek porta. PERSIAN POLICE REVOLT. Sir Edward Grey, in- the House oi Commons, said that tlie ai'ineiie at Shiraz Had revolted un lor foreign officers and had imprisoned the British Consul and other British subjects. Petrograd, Nov. 23. Teheran advices state that several hundred gendarmes, irregulars and: officers, led. by Germans, made a night attack at Hamadau oi the i'ersion soldiers and Cossacks. The later were forced to retire but saved the town. , THE KAISER'S ADDRESS. Copenhagen, Nov. 2ii. The Kaiser, inspecting von Voyrisch's army, addressed/ the troops. He asked them to send their enemies bac;. with a bloody head until they wero on their knees, which promised to be soon. BIG FIRE IN PARIS. Paris, Nov. 2s. The Bon Marche annexe was completely destroyed. The damage to the stock is half a million pounds sterling and to the building forty thousand pounds. PRICE OF CONSOLS. London, Nov. 23. \ Consols opened at 58.

AMMUNITION WORKS DESTROYED

Ottawa, Nov. 23. An explosion, the cause of which is unknown, but is believed to be the work,of alien enemies, occurred at tho plant of the Canadian Explosives' Company oh Parry Sound, in Ontaria. l'lie plant occupies three square miles oi ground. Five one-storey buildings, used for the storage oi cordite that was manufactured in large quantities, were obliterated. There was no loss of life, as the employees left before tho explosion, the force of which partly wrecked the railway station. In view of tho suspicious nature of the occurrence, 150 men of tne Overseas Contingent was dispatched, and a cordon thrown round the "works. BIG GERMAN GUNS FOR. GALiLIPOLI. Bucharest, Nov. ii 3. It is reported that two 16J inch guns have been landed in Bulgaria Tor Uallipoli. GERMANS AT CONSTANTINO." I A Constantinople message states that I the first contingent of German troops I have arrived. General von MackoaI sen is expected to command them. (Received This Day. 10.5 a.m.) LORD NORTHCLIFFE AND THE EVIL ONE. London. Nov." zo. It was cabled in the lit. lion. D. Lloyd George's bristol speech oi September 10th, that he wished trade unionists would subject the Daily Mail to bainbardinent._ Lord Northclilfo requests a correction according to the Times report which reads "you subjected the Daily Mail to a bombardment which shattered (laughter;, and you dropped high explosive bombs irom the clouds oil the hard headi of Lord Northeliffe (renewed laughter;, ami if there is anything left of him, it simply meaas another proof, that he some liow or other is in confederation with the evil one (laughter.)" (Received This Day 11.25 a.m.) HUNDRED PEOPLE DROWNED. Rome, Nov. 23. The river Salso rose suddenly after a cyclone, and carried away a bridge at Lieata, whereon many were standing watching the torrent. One hundred were drowned. "Many large buildings were undermined and collapsed. FOR INVASION OF EAST AFRICA. Capetown, Nov. 23. General Smuts, in a rousing speeo'i, predicted to obtain in a few days the necessary men for the East Africa contingent. South Africa is unprotected by distance, like Australia, and must remove the dianger or a Greater Germany. Great Britain's example, where millions of soldiers had come forward voluntarily, made him proud ot tlio British Empire. AERIAL COMBATS. Paris, Nov. 23. A communique reports nine aerial combats in Belgium, the Champague and the Argonne. Wo brought down seven of the machines and routed the remainder.