SIGNIFICANT!

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 111, 13 January 1915, Page 5

SIGNIFICANT!

PROHIBITION OF 'NIGHT BAKING IN GERMANY. PARIS, Jan. 12. The prohibition of ginhbt baking in Germany threw 13,000 bakers idle, and caused general alarm and dissatisfactiocn, because the people understood that the food supplies were equal to any emergency. BRILLIANT ATTACK BY FRENCH. PARIS, Jan. 12. Prior to the capture of Perthes, » brilliant attack was made on Gorman reinforcements coming from Grand Free to prepare fresh positions behind where the Germans were being heavily shelled. A battalion of Alpine Chasseurs with a mountain battery stumbled on the enemy’s outposts, who were bayoneted or captured, without a shot. The march was continued to the enemy’s encampment in a hollow. Searchlights were turned on the unsuspectlng Germans, and the Chasseurs with the bayonet charged. A lucky shot from a French gun fell among the German batteries and blew up a quantity or ammunition, to the discomfiture of the enemy, who were considerably the superior, in force. The French withdrew and regained their lines. THE VON DER TANN. NO CONFIRMATION OF SINKING. LONDON, Jan. 12. An Independent Service message from Vancouver says no confirmation has been received of the reported sinking of the Von der Tann, and that naval officials are disinclined to credit the report. " ’ THE MISGUIDED TURKS. .. APPARENTLY DETERMINED TO ADVANCE ON SUEZ CANAL. (Times and Sydney Sun Special Cables) . (Reed. 5.20 p.m.) PARIS, Jan. 12. Ottoman loaders in Syria, inspired byGermans, seem to have decided to attempt to advance on the Suez Cana!, They are massing great forces and Immense supplies, but the projected movement westward is very r slow, PANIC AND TERRORISATION. INCREASING IN CONSTANTINOPLE. (Times and Sydney Sun Special Cables). (Reed. 5.20 p.m.) ATHENS,' Jan. 12. Newspapers report that panic and terrorisation are increasing in Constantinople. Christians are erosely watched, and extreme exactions enforced in the shape of military taxes. TURKS ADMIT FAILURE. LONDON, Jan. .12.

The “Daily Telegraph’s” Athens correspondent says it is admitted in Constantinople that the expedition against Egypt has failed, the Turks fearing that the British would land on the Syrian coast, and thus endanger communications. DRIVEN OFF BY FRENCH AVIA* TORS PARIS, Jan. 12. Two German aeroplanes attempted to fly over Paris, hut French aviators scared them off. BIG FIRE IN BRUSSELS. AMSTERDAM", .Tan’ 12. Refugees report that there has been a great fire in Brussels. THE LONSDALE CASE. AMSTERDAM Jan. 12. The death sentence on Lonsdale has been c mtmPcd to twenty years’ im prisonment, but it is expected he will lie release] at !h■ cm’ c.f the war. UNIVERSE I' f BOAT RACE "0?F.” LONDON, Jan. .12, Official: The University boat race has been abandoned. (This is an event unprecedented since th® historic race became an annual fixture). MILITARY CONFERENCE. (Reed. 9.40 p.ih.) MELBOURNE, Jan. 12. A military conference is sitting. The deliberations are strictly confidential.