THE MESOPOTAMIAN CAMPAIGN.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 11649, 18 August 1916, Page 5

THE MESOPOTAMIAN CAMPAIGN.

QUIET AND UNCHANGED. BRITISH AEROPLANES ACTIVE. London Aug. 1(5. The War Office reports: The situation on the Tigris and the Euphrates lines is quiet and unchanged. Aeroplanes are active against the enemy. GRAIN FRAUDS IN GERMANY. Rotterdam, August 19. ™be Berliner Tageblatt says that Nearly a hundred arrests have beau ®ade in Berlin and West Prussia in oonuection with extensive grain hands. Large quantities were sent to Berlin brandeu “machine parts” and “potatoes” and sold at 300 per { '•‘001 profit. i An innkeeper’s wife, who is among j tiie arrestees, possessed 100,000 marks | for the purpose of bribery. | i THE CHINESE REBELLION. A CITY PLUNDERED. BRITISH TERRITORY A REFUGE _ Canton, Aug. 1(5. I loe rebels plnnderetl Shanchun, I on the border of Britisn territory, i hordes of refugees are fleeing to 1 hong Kong.