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Horowhenua Chronicle, 30 March 1916, Page 3

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(Received This Day 8.5 a.ni.i j UERMAX PAPER'S OKITIOISM OF HON. W. HUGHES Berne, March 2<J The Fiankfurter Zeitung says thai, tlie Hon. W. • Hughes is pop.ilar m Engla.'.'.ci, because, ma country rili u by deli)' s,cgues, the loudest s'.o'UlT ultini:ite.y boeo.:nes hoar.se. and the public welcomes fi-fsh voices atter Major Churcliilfi and the IM. Hon. l>. Lloyd George. Loixl French and Lord Kitcliener have failed, and a man from the Antipodes, girted with a, lpnd voice, is hailed as the saviour or the Empire. BRITAIN'S ATI? 13EFEXCE. In the House of Oommons the Rt. Hon. H. J. I'ennant promised a judic-

ial onquiry into the charges made atrainst the siir defence service by Air Billings, M.P. • HELPING SOL"'FP>R. The Government Ims decided to make ■r«>troßpeabLvp the proviisilon to relieve soVliers of rent. r;i_tes, lnsuraneo. and other (ontraoJVrffiTv'ar t : 'ine whereto the State e-ntrifintion will be substantial. KQUAL SACRIFICES FROM ALL DEMANDED. The Unionist War Committee, numJieidng l") 0 menibYis of the House' 01 Commons, with Sir IC. Carson as oha-ir-. man. hne deiiiaiidedi tlint the Government obtain men for military service on the system of enforcing equal sacnliees' fro in all men of mil i.ta.ry age. It also iirajes the Governaiient to relieve married" recruits of civil obligations. If the Government's answer be unsatisfactory Sir Edward Carson will move in the House on the subject. RUSSIANS CLEARING THE WAY. Tho Daily Chronicle's Pe-tvograd correspondent says that a big Russian advance is impossible at present as the floods soon will stop operations. .They merely are clearing the elevated groundi in order, tha.t wiien tile waters subside, the Germans will be unaiblo to re-occupy it. A RUSSIAN C(»r\IU.XIQTTTC. A cominuni(|iie ;iys that the Germans made furious counter attacks northwest of' Postnvy. We exploded thirteen miin-x north of Boyaiis in Gailieia and rushwl two enemy trenches, killed the" survivor?, and destroyed five guns. Ou.r toj-pedoers sunk ten sailers cu the Anatolian coast and ignited a munition depot. THE FIGHTIXG ON THE ITALIAN FRONT. Rome, March 29. A communique reports, fierce and desperate lighting tor forty-eight hours northwest of Gorizia. The enomy on the twenty-sixth ooiicentrated an intense artillery fire on our trenches at Grn.feiibtirg and tonnc'ied ma§t violent attacks, whereto otir centre yielded. We counter attacked next evening and re-c-aptu-red the position atter repeated sunjrimiary charges. .Mr Adiu. of Heatlferlea, offers a reward for the return of a. sandy-coV-oitrod sheep-dog, loat in Levin

OREEDE AND THE ALLiIKS. Athens. March 29. 'Hie Hestia says that two JJriiihn cruisers, filled with troops, arrived ui Wilda and the olliceis landed <nul visitedi the. Consul at Ganea. Tou more allied warships were sighted off C'anea. 'Vhe paper adds that the Allies are preparing to land troops. Other reports fi'om Ca-nea states that

a personage attacked to the JJribisU consular service visited the' German Consult and pretended to be a German supporter and offered to reviclual tJie Hwinan submarines. The Gorman Consul prcceived t'lio ruse and <lieno:iiiccil tlie visitor to the Greek authorities who hnprisioned him. Five allied warships arrived at Canea on Sunday and demanded his release also the surrender of the German Consul. The protect after communicating with the 'Jovemnierit refused ihe demandi and i" allied equadron initiated :i b« ckade. A.EROPJ.ANE FUM) IX INDIA. Delhi. March 29. Tile Punjab Aeroplane Kund closed with a total - of C 90.000. r llie Government lias puri-hase'l forty-three a rnioured; aeroplanes. ■■■■■ll !■■ lrl7T-'-l ~™