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Horowhenua Chronicle, 7 August 1916, Page 3

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(.AuijC-ialia-A'i'H- Zealand Cable Service) (-Received This Day 2 p.m.; London, Aug'tust (i. 31. I'oiucaie, after visiting the battleiiold, telegraphed to tlie King of Knglamli that despn-o tile sorrow juid smoriiico .France and her faithful Allies wen! determined to coiitra-ue the war to victory for the right. Davies, the Welsh miners' leader, in a speech at Ebbyvale, said every min--1 ers' agent know there was a pro-Ger--1 man element existing in South "Wales. It attended lodge meetings doing its best to upset arrangements and the scimmj liau become t,u isWioaa mui u siiuuid be seitied lortinvitii. Lile liial iia» tuuuinclea ■-.. m'»l-ji ii..ui ei?, niennjejs ui a society rt n.i uiy,aii.izcu a baud ol ntive mmv.i. ici.- .i.,,,. u liu murciereil u inmer, Jiir. wile and) cliild, u lio accideutuiiy disimDeil the horrible juim-ora»it,ie.-5 oi Liio s.iC.iiay ritiiai. l''our were senteuccci to death. The evidence showed liial tue crime was tiie result oi a liugc. lil.cit trade in liquor, (i.ud has resultti'liiur legksMtion. 'i'ne autiioi ;ties u , - move dtiie trial to Pretoria, fearing that accused would be lynched. •Mew VorK, Aiiy. (■. An mdubtrial commission -comprising twenty American industTil t,u:entilic experts will leave for i'ranco on AiJgusi to investigate .vith a vitw to rebuilding the shattered), ho'iies and »dibceti oi : I'rance; aliso the country'•• it'iiubllltation. Amsterdaui, August 0. Count ileventlow, in the 'Pages Zeitung, urges the Uoveranieut to u&e crops in the occupied territories for feeding Ueruiauy, which would cunbio Uermany to kick out Aiu-ii'can Jood (Joinmi&sions which wero uuf.ieudii.v. (Jermauy gave away valuable imr>- iuatiou to these Ameaican :ood commit.sioneis wiiioh wae mtoieraljle. CReuter's Hervice). lio&don, A'lgiust 'j Two thousflJid Austro-U i uians pud a large number at Bedouin nreg.i.ais are assisting in the attack east of Tort Said. The attack evidently has been carefully organized, but all the weils near the Canal are in >ur hauJc si.d the enemy must bring every drop of water to HoJuaui from Aghratinia by oamek. It is consideredi that Sir Archibald Murray is well able to cope with the situation.