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Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 February 1916, Page 3

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■ London, Feb. 22. The Berlin autontles a.re limiting tjie jaie of Ijutter to a quarter oi a pound equally Co oa<jli ptirson, obtainable on presentation oi a card. Basle, February 22. It it authoritatively statedi irom Vienna sources that Russian aeroplane dn.jiped thirty .iambs 011 the Austrian staff headquarters. * Nmv York, Fab. 22. London advises that under the .cover of the guns of warships, Russian transports are landing largo forces on tlie Armenian coa&t. seventy miles east ol Trßbizont!. against a feeble resistance. Russian troops are being transported .from fiatoum where they have been in readiness for several months. The fact that they were not used in the earlier stages of the campaign in Turkish Armenia leads to the belief that the Grand Duke Nicholas has a fresh army with which to pursue an aggressive campaign against the Turks in Armenia, driving ttiein towards Constantinople and Biritit.li Mesopotamia. Paris, Feb. 22. M. Poincare and M. itriand gave the heartiest of welcomes to tfie Hon. Air. Bryce and a deputation oi 21 British Parliamentarians who have come to demonstrate the sympathy existing between the two nations. Petrograd. February 22. The Turkish" killed, wounded and prisoners at Erzeroum are estimated at 40,000. Zurich, Feb. * 22. The army cold storage and meat reserves at Schelmigheim. near " Strasburg, were mysteriously burned. The damage is estimated at several million marKs. Rie dc Janiero, Feb. 22. The steamer Tennyson, bound irom Buenos Ayres to New York, arrived at Marranhuo seriously damaged by on explosion in her buskers da© ttouiifernal machine or a German ship's shell. One ' Englishman, one Dutchman andf an American were killed.

Auckland, This Day. At the Supreme Court Charles Edward Haden. a barrister, was charged with forgery and obtaining £1 10s by using a cheque Known to be forged. He admitted the charge and stated that he had been drinking. He had reimbursed the man Whose money he had used and asked ior leniency, stating that he had thrown away all prospects of advancement in his profession for t Tarty shillings. Sentence was deferred. "Wellington,. This Day. Herbert J. Smith, general manager for the Phoenix Fire Insurance Company, was waylaid by two men while going to his home in Bidiwell-street, Wellington, on Monday night. He refused to give up his purse, whereupon the men attacked and kicked him. After he had been rendered insensible, he was rolled down a .bank? where he lay until 4 a.m., when he regained consciousness. tie was severely Injured on the face, head and body. • Wellington. .This Day. Indications are'for variable and moderate breezed but southerly moderate winds prevailing and veering by south to east; weather cloudy t-o- overcast at times. The barometer has a- rising tendency, but will fall after from 24 to 36 hours.