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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 100, 29 July 1916, Page 6

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Press Associations-Copyright, Austra- ' hah and N.Z. Cable Association, j (Received 1.5 a.m.) London, July 28. A proclamation prohibits the importation of opium and cocaine. The Prize Court awarded the captain and crew of the E 5 £IOOO for sinking an' enemy auxiliary at B.orkum Tsland. The Ell was awarded £■4330 for sinking a Turkish torpedo boat, battleship,- and destroyer bf ■ tween May 23 and December L', 1915. • The E 16 t was awarded £625 for Milking an auxiliary off Heligoland. .■Mr. Ginnell', M.P., was fined £U|O or six weeks' imprisonment for visit- ' ing prisoners. • , General Lake reports-that the situation in Mesopotamia is quiet and unchanged, except that two gunboats were fired on from both banks of the Euphrates in the neighbour of Khidr. Our gunboats replied, inflicting several casualties. Earl Grey, speaking before a meeting of the Colonial Institute, said they 1 would have more confidence in • fch& Empire's future when it was believed that a statesman representing the virile Oversas Dominions ww:Jd sit in council with the Motherland's statesmen when'peace terms were discussed.

A Berlin communique states: After intense artillery fire, the, British made ' strong attacks near Pozieres and Foureaux Wood, but they - 'broke down, completely. Bitter fighting occurred at -Lbrigeval and Delville Wood, but the enemy did not progress. I Two Russian army corps vainly attacked six times on ! the SkrobowaWygoda front. Russian attacks north-east of Swihinchy temporally gained ground. I The Austrians drove the Russians out of advanced 'positions near Postomyty. '•Berne, July 28i Herr Batocki, German • Food :Minister, orders thogeneral consumption of milk to be "prohibited in Germany after all has been reserved for infants and invalids.