MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 16 September 1918, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

[PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. —COPYRIGHT. J ANOTHER HUGE STRIKE. LONDON, Sept. 15th. The Lancashire and Yorkshire spinners have struck. Upards of fifty million spindles will he idle to-morrow if the strike is prolonged, and will affect half a million people. The workers demand tin increase of 10s weekly, with an equal wage for men and women.

THE PRESSMEN ABROAD. SEEING GREAT THINGS AND NEW. (Received This Day at 9.50. a.m.) LONDON, Sept. IS. Tho Australian and New Zealand Editors are being interviewed by many English newspapers. They speak in glowing terms of the Allied efforts on the West front. The Australians, after visiting tho Australian bnttlefront in the vicinity of Pennine, joined the New Zealanders, and spent several days with their troops in the region of Bapaume. They also went to Ypres, Arras and Vimv.

j The editors were received by General Haig. They visited also Portieres, [ Albert, the Marne and Vesle and wit—jf nessod the shelling ul Messines and ! Kemmel from Vimy Ridge. They saw the British guns punishing the Gor man support lines after the evacuation of Lens and the New Zealanders the same day had driven out- the Germans. They saw the wounded receiving their first dressing, and saw many German dead, who presented a gruesome sight.

The party traversed a distance of 150 miles and appreciated tho opportunities of meeting Generals Morrish. Lawrence, Rawlinson, Horne and Russell, and were received ',-by M. Poincare, (President), and M, Clemoncenu., (Premier).

The editors were greatly impressed hv the spirit of the Allied troops. They learned the full facts regarding the doings of own divisions, and returned with high hopes for the future, following the splendid British, French, and American offensive. They regard the present situation as extremely sat--1 isfnetorv. ( i SPOILING TILE GERMANS, j (Received This Day at 1.5. p.m.) | Washington, septemzer 11 | The United States has seized tho Vir- • gin Islands which were once considered ! a potential German naval Base, and S will be used by the American Navy.

A SUCCESSFUL MUSE. PARIS, September 15. A long range gun emplacement has been discovered in Cordil Wood. It transpired that the Germans camouflaged a dummy long range gun nearby and left the real gun uncamouflaged. Several shells hit the dummy.