STOP PRESS NEWS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 July 1916, Page 3

STOP PRESS NEWS

RJ'X'ttl'lTlM.; STATISTICS. (■Speciai iJossago to 'I ho Curonx-lej. »\ edington. Tnis Day. I lie iUth ReihiorcouioiiU,, which mobilise lor training next weoK. are now oompie.o. As a matter r.i tact, tiioie has been an exco«s of rcgibtuntioiih in some group*. wiiu tlii- result, that the urait for the whole nonunion will into camp over stiengtli. The official liyihi'es o! the l egist i';i tiont- Cor the iI)faiury (all other amirs ui tlie .-.crvico being lull) as at tUite o! Friday. lit!) in»t.. arc as follow : — Uioup Short Shi-. .N'o. 1 Auckland City — .No. 'J Paeroa, — — -No. 3 \Vhanyarei 3 No. t Hamilton Total Shortage lor Auckland ■Military district 8 j Xii.' o Wellington City. 'JO j\o. (i l'alniei.ston X. 34 No. 7 Xapi or -S Ao. 7 a Mastertou -- No. '8 liawera 1' Total Surplus tor Wellington Mil itaiy District. G ( J So. !) Christ church City • No. 10 Timum -1 No 11 Kdiapoi 2 No. lla Groymouth 21 N'o. 12 Xel-on 23 T-otal Surplus lor Canterbury Military District N'o. 13 Dunodin City 17 Xo. 1-1 Tnvereargill 1 N'o l.i, Oaniaru 1 -No. 10 Milton — Total Shortage forOtngo Military I>istrict 10 The total Dominion-surplus for the 19th Reinforcements is 03. Registration for the 20th Reinforeelnents aro now well in hand in most of the groups. The Board wishes to impress on recruitii\« cnmnittees the urgent necessity for keeping up the flow of recruits, an it will be some time yet before the preparations tor bringing uio Military .Service Act in to operation will be completed. This work .'6 now in progress, but in tlie meantime, ana until the compulsory provision of the Act can bo enfoiced, it i.s essentia« there should be no skiCKeniiig off in enlistment*. Wo have now reached the .stage in tlie great .struggle when it is more than ever necessary to maintain our force in the, field at lull strength. BECRI'ITS FROM CHATHAM ISLAND. Wellington, This Day. Major Bernan, .sent by the Government to Chatham Island to inspect- likely recruits, returned to-day. Ho reports that about tifty men came forward. Their physique is gootl. I'-RFACM OFFICIAL RKI'OUT. (Australia- r New Zealand CaMe .tystsociation). Paris, July 17. A communique says that a strong enemy detachment was dispersed ir the neighbourhood of Mouiiu-liois TouTont A coup de main directed against tho trench in the Russian sector ui the Champagne was repulsed with heavy losses. West of Floury .so no clonic:, tro' our troops progressed. 'I wo enemy attacks south of X'omeny in Lorraine were repulsed and some, prisiue/s taken. FRENCH CAPTriiJS OK PRISONERS. A semi-official reports .states thnt from July Ist to the 13th the French captured 235 officeris and 11,741 men. while many guns and war material still lie buried in the wrecked trenches. KOHO OF PRE-WAR CRIME. Amsterdam, July 17. The Aufitriaiis arrested a Serbian named Radovitz, a prisoner of war, and charged him being an accomplice in the murder of Archduke Ferdinand. It is aTV>god thnt Bulgarians,, while ; searching for documents in Belgrade, tr_' ; ; , ' Mothers' Olvc your children "Xa- ! zol' : when tliev hare coughs. colds or ' sore tliroat. Pleasant to take. At- ■ fords quick relief. Most eeono nic«l. j Sixty doses coat only eighteen rtncc. I —Advt.