GENERAL WAR NEWS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1842, 20 June 1918, Page 1

GENERAL WAR NEWS.

SINN FEIN WAY WITH POLICE.

During a hurling match under the rules of the Gaelic Athletic Association at Thurles, County Tipperary, four policemen who were spectators were approached by a company of the Irish Volunteers, and were compelled to leave the ground. They protested against their removal, and said that they had paid for admittance. The volunteers were armed with hurling sticks. A body of policemen were on duty on the road outside, but were unable to prevent the removal of their companions.

DEMORALISATION AND CRIME

The German newspapers still publish every day fresh evidence of demoralisation and the increase of crime. Statistics are given of the payments made by companies which issue insurance policies against burglary and theft. Payments on account of burglaries increased from £BO,OOO in 1914 to £220,000 in 191(5, and to about £1,000,000 in 1917. Compensation for stolen goods to the amount of nearly £3,000,000 was paid by the Prussian railways in 1917, as compared with a total of only £210,000 in 1914. UNDERGROUND THEATRES. Two underground theatres in which the audience will be safe from bombs and shells have been opened in Paris. One, called L’Abri, or shelter, is in the cellar of a new six-storey building on the boulevards, already classed by the authorities as a first-class refuge. The other is the former Caveau de la Revolution near the Palais Royal Theatre, to which performances of the latter house will be transferred. ONE- A RMED AVIATO R. There have been several instances of aviators who have down with only one leg, but a (lying officer with one arm is probably unique. There is at: the present moment a

young officer who lost his right, arm below the elbow in the battle of (he Somme, and now, after the greatest of difficulty, he has succeeded in obtaining leave to fly. lie has a very ingenious artificial arm of American manufacture fitted, and appears to be able, to do solo flying as least as well as most of his fel-low-pupils. His courage deserves every success.