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Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 August 1916, Page 3

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('Received This Day 2 p.m.) ISRITISH STfTil- A i;\'W : ' • ' London. All 11 i 'X. Douglas llaig re-ports tli.it. we further extended our <j;ain.s noi tli-w > st of Bazontin le I'otit and found, trench e.s greatly damaged and full of dead. ADVIOK TO GBR.MAX SOLDIERS. faris. August I'S. A circular found on :i prisoner slates it is tin' duty of every «oldier to economise food and forage nnd so counteract efforts to starve us. They should satisfy only t-lieir natural needs and eat all the crumbs. "Toil have ritrht generous rations but need not eat. all. Don't cat for the sake of eating, II is your duty to band in all leaving anfl apparently useless articles sueli as tins, old clothes. bags, leather ,;ind metal." THE SINKING OF A SWEDISH STEAMER. Copenhagen, August 18. The captain of the Swedish .steamer Ru-guaick. blown mi in the North Sea, while hound for Rouen with a cargo of iron, declares the Germans at Gothenburg smuggled nil infernal machine aboard. WTrivVl FRAUD AH R KSTS IN PRUSSIA. Amsterdam. August "IP. Arrest?; in connection with the. Prussian grain frauds include high officials of the Hope,rial wheat office and the president of the wheat office at Tuchel, Prussia.. MORK DEPORTATIONS REPORTED. Ha gue, August lt>. Tt is reported from the frontier that the Germans compelled I'2oo inhabitants ;-o leave Olinrleville. Tbcy passed through Aix le Ohnpellc towards Germany.

OAJ.TALV FR Y ATI',S D.EATiI. Berne, August 16. Germany received the lit. l:lon. Ji. 11. Asqmth's statement regarding the death of Captain I'ryatt with Im/Ms oi suvago deriniou. 'I lie Zeitung states if rein tious lie not resumed it will he hecause Germany ha.s decided to bn.N.ott tlii' t:i-im;niil English. Tiie Alig.-maine Zeitung states: "We and not the British G i veriiuiout sIkiII decide ivhon diplomatic relations e. iI: he resumed and what the terms Mi di lie." The I ■. !11. vr .h-clai e.s : "\Y ■■ ili'S|)ite KnglandV tiiroats. I hoy mean nothing. We shall fdiool as many I'ryatts a* uv can ci.teh. The IS.i; - •'< ivjo.ees as intensely." the french itEi'mrr. I'aris. Augn.st Id. A eommunhpie static tiiat our lire look, ii.iiiiv rounter-attiieks :!n;i::lKt winnow petitions Mouth-east ol .Ma-urcpas. attack, alter violent fighting, drove out the Germans from part of I'ioiiiy. 'I lie Gentians remain in oecu- - a 1 -on of a small pari ol' the ruin'; in , h<> eastern oiitski'ls. We .-II hsi ant ially progressed betu eon Thiauinont an.l Floury. AN i:\l I'll All C' DKM.U,. Washington. August I ~ 'I'lie firilish Embassy emphatically d~nies that the censorship of mails is UM'd to obtain secrets. WATOFIIXG FOB THE SFM.MART XES. From Norfolk. Virginia, it i.s 'reported that two Briti~h submarines have t'oyio -il to America and are walcliin.:.' Ihe for the Deut.sclihind and liro-■m-a. EXPORTS TO SAY F DEN". (Renter's Service). London, Angu.-t I The King has signed an order-m----counci] prohibiting all exports to Sweden except under a guarantee that they will not reach the enemy. MCRF. KAWIIUQFAKES IN" IT n v Rome. August IS. Renewed eathfpiakes have been felt ,i t Ane iiia. Florence. Ferai'a. I'l'A 1 lAN OES'F.ft AT. VOVVOF!!. General Tit ta luga. was severely ■\nii'ihil by a >'u i per aI. Gorizia. r rKn "tii'ss iWifHTirN 1 CHAM) NATIONAL AI FETI NG. C 'I, i'i,s|. ■!; a ret.. Ties Day. The con ■;•! i!' I■ i: dav of Ihe Grand National meet ill": is being held to-da\' ill I'rne wealher. with the going fair. Results : — Av !o-bii ry "steeples. -Cr'tic 1. Ikimai 2. Nita 3. All k' a rred. Critic had [kouai's measure on rounding the turn ind won cnmfortablv hy three leicjhI'ime, ornin 12 2-5 sees.