MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 April 1918, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

A NAVAL RAID. Received, th.s day at 8.45 a.m. LONDON April 14

German Official—British monitors him aeroplanes on the night of the 12th, at • tacked the coast of Flanders, and bom barded Ostend and bombed Zeebrugge Our batteries replied to the attacks. An enemy torpedoer approach Ostend. but was shot, set afire, and abandoned, and captured with its full equipment. The- Admiralty says the. reference above is to a small motor boat that is missing. AIR COMMAND. Received, this- day at.-8.45 a.m LONDON April 14. The Press Bureau announces that Major'General F. 11. Sykes has been appointed Chief of the Air Staff, orf the resignation of Freinchard. <

TOTAL CASUALTIES. Received, this dnv at a.m, LONDON, April 14. Official—The latest figures of the Pa lis air-raid, states the casualties wen twenty six killed and seventy-two in jured. ;

GERMAN BATTLESHIP ASHORE(Received. This Dav af 8.50. e n COPENHAGEN April 14. It is reported that the German ha tile' ship Rheinland is aground at Aaland is- _ lands. Another source states the ship struck a mine and sank. 1 j EMPEROR, CARL’S STORY. This Dav at 8.50. a.m.) AMSTERDAM April 14. It is now semi-officially admitted at Vienna that Emperor Carl sent some kind of a letter regarding Alsace-Lor-raine. It is officially stated that the letter as officially published, in Paris, was falsified. \

GERMAN PHIPR SUNK. (Received Th'<= ’'tv nt lO.lfi •>" > •AMSTERDAM April 14. It is rumoured flirt three Gorman ships were smile westward of Maas Lightship. A, German torpedoer "ns mined '’"< 7 sunk at Zoehrngge. The crew were rescued.

CAUSES TROUBLE. v*vl r l'N I v r ' ». • *• LONDON April 14. Hie effectiveness of the ’ raids in .Germany are illustrated liv l 1 " 1 foot that tlie Second "Chamber of Bavarian T)iet unnnimouslv resolved to request Government, to urge the Imperial authorities to try to arrange the cess" tion of hostile air raids outside of mili. tnry operations. THE GUN* AGAIN.

PARIS April 14. The long range b'ombaWmont entered a. new phase after firing during the day they renewed the bombardment at midnight for an hour. There wpre in. casualties.