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IAfESF WAR NEWS. lI'ER PRESS ASSOCIATION. —COPYRIGHT.] THEi LATEST REPORT. [“BSUTEtt’B” TEIiEGRAM.] _ ('Received This Dav at 10.15. a.in..) LONDON, May :i. The 'British Headquarters’ correspondent says the Germans have not renewed their efforts to advance in Flanders or the Somme., and their objective time-cables indicate they arc finding their task much heavier than anticipated. On Thursday night there was much bombing activity ou both sides, our airmen inflicting heavy casualties. The Australians carried out minor successful operations at Villers-Breton-neux, while the Canadians mopped up a strong post further north. , The British rushed a machine-gun emplacement, clearing it out. IA tremendous crescendo gunfire broke out this morning, -apparently in Lys region. RAISING AGE LIMIT. MELBOURNE, May 4, Tbe. Federal Government is approaching the Imperial authorities with a view to raising the age limit for the Expeditionary Forces to 55 years.
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 May 1918, Page 4
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