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Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 January 1916, Page 4

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(Received This I>ay 8 a. 111 A

WAR, LN THE AIR

London, Jan. 2fi 'I lie Admiralty announces that a teport received from Duuk rk states that two aeroplanes rr.pp d bonin.s on Dunkirk this morning. A German seaplnne was loiced into the water, by a British machine, northcast of Nieuport this morning. (Received This Day 8.20 a.m.;

BRITISH v. GERMAN AIRCRAFT.

J London, Jan. 28. 1 The Hon. Mr Tennant. in the House of Commons, announced; that four military aeroplanes pursued the Kentish coast raiders who were too distant, to overtaken. He aefded that during the past, tour weeks thirteen British aeroplanes had been lost on the western front and nine or eleven German. We

used 128 machines iu our raida, while tile enemy used only 20. The luimbei ol our aeroplanes, crossing tin- enemy lilies wtui 122/, against 3XO enemy aircraft crossing ouis. All the auvraU lights over or behind the enemy fines owing to ate westerly wind. The Germans, when hit, planed down, whilst ours couki not; therefore it was impossible to give a correct comparison oi tlie actual losses

PEACE, Li N POP ULA 11

Soldiers converted a peace meeting at iiisliopsgate into a recruiting meeting. The pettce speakers were heckled,, greeted with a torrent cl howls ami hisses and tumult, lollowed by Uie soldiers culling ior tfirec cheers tor tlie men in tlie ireficTies! Then a lauce-eorporai disked the chairman to appeal lor recruits, and tne chairman uecxuiesced.

A GREEK (ON VICT ED.

Basil Panderi, the London partner ifi a Greek shipping firm, was charged with 'trading with the enemy. The prosecuting counsel said,the defendant cabled ,-113000 to liis brother at Piraeus knowing the latter would send it to Constantinople. Defendant pleaded ignorance of the law. He was lined £450

BELGIANS UNDER SUSPICION

Two Belgians have been remanded at -Brentford on a charge oi having been found near a military station. Evidence taken in camera showed that the prisoners were seen neat a gunstatioi'i

THE KUT EXPEDITION

The Press Bureau states that General Lake reports that an armistice was arranged 011 .January 22nd, lor tilt! removal of wounded and the burial ol the dead,. During forty-eight hours the Tigris has risen seven feet at fvut, and prevented any movement of troops by haul. General Townshend reports that he has sufficient supplies. The troops have not been further engaged.

SIX DAYS" TALK

iSii" Edward Carson made a remarkable address in his appeal uii behalf ot .Slingsby. His address already iiad lasted six days. lie reviewed the evidence, favouring the contention that "Teddie" Slingsby was a changeling. The judges commented 011 Sir Edward's amazing effort ol uieinory.

HAM I'EREI) BY !• 1,001)8,

Amsterdam, January 25. TTood waters continue to rise, and the levels are higher tnan those or the great floods o! 1825. The situation in many of the new areas is serious. Houses are to be evacuated, by order of the authorities.

THE TURKISH DEBACLE.

i'etioguid, January -o. liie hist I'urkisii poniuon.s in liie L>:iuea»us were stormed l>y tie.' Rubslaus oil Neu 1 ear s Day. liie Ttussiaha, advancing by liighu met. a lei - 1 ible biizaaid, ana floundered ikrougn snowa'llt'ts; Liien ciawleu 011 all-lours, ami completely suiprtsed, Hie Turks, liie latter used rockets and searchlights, which were useless iu the thick snowstorms. liie snow-covered Russians, invisible, fell on the enemy with the bayonet, and panic seized the J inks, who had not believed an attack possible. 'liie Russians remorselessly pushed on, and so'un the whole Turkish army of one hundred battalion.-, was on the inn. Mourned Cossacks, iresli trom -Vtanehurini, &wepr. Liie •country, cutting down the fugitives" and digging prisoners uui 01 aie.r hiding 111 the villages, passing by iiimd ieds of frozen gioitps wlieie they had huddled, l'nr ai'uuh and had died a.-, they slept

■BRITISH Mll .IT AR 1 (SERVICE BILL.

London, Jan. 25. The Military Service tsiil was earned 111 the HoUnc of Commons without demonstration It was rend a first time in the House of Lords. Mr Sintuionds. in speaking 011 the third reading, justiiiedi the voluntaryists opposition to the measure being maintained to the end; otherwise, he said, the Government would not rea--lize there was any opposition existing in the country. Mr Thomas, a railway iepresentative, similarly insisted that large sections ol trade unionists opposed compulsion. Mr IJonar Law. in the closing debate, commented 01; liie changed tone ot tlie debate since the bill was in tro.ii ted. I Tie su. p.cion that the bill would be used to secure industrial compulsion had oeeii removed. The Government was delighted nith the restraint shown by an sections of the House. He liopeti that every memuer of the House ot Commons would do his best to preveut industrial trouble, if threatened.

SUCCESSFUL AIK RAID.

Salonika, J an. '2b. I tie ail' laid at 'Mmmstir surpassed that of Stuttg. r.. A view ot 190 'miles was cover vl. ;uid the . raiders crossed several ;rreat ranges of mountains whereof tli ■ enemy was occupying tho ridges. forty-five mnicliines left the aerodrome at . o'clock in the mprnuig in .regular squad rilla, mid after tuo hours' flight re.iched Monastir, where the Germans and Bulbars were concentrated, r'V>fu(j;uip: from (lie winter iir comfortable town buildings. A section of aeroplanes dropped 200 bombs and ciiised many tires. Gun planes heavily .shelled the GennauBulgar headquarters. carefully avoiding buildings used as Hospitals. Wiio/i the squadron, flying in regular orde circled over tlic totvn preparatory to returning it saw ••loinls of smoke rollitiii up from many places. Meanwhile a squadron had, droped K'O bombs op Gevghelli with similar results.

THE GERMANS' STORY.

London. .lan. W. A Berlin wireless says ■ —One o* our seaplanes on the nights of January 22ud and 23rd bombarded the railway station, barracks and docks at Dover. On tho afternoon of Januaiy 23 two

of our seaplanes bombarded: the airship sheds at Houghan, west ot Dover", causing a large fire. Sixteen French aeroplane's bombarded Gevglielli afresh. There weie one hundred victims and considerable damage was inflicted on the Bulgarian positions.

V FKENOH 81 COE^S

Athens, Jan. 23. Ad,vices from Constantinople state that a l'rench submarine, at the Bospliorus end, during December, torpedoed the Imperial yacht Ertogroul seriously damaging her. The Allies continue the landing of Serbian troops at Corfu.