A THREE-POWER FINANCE.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 133, 8 February 1915, Page 5

A THREE-POWER FINANCE.

FIGHT TO FINAL VICTORY. | ' (United Press Assn.— Copyright.) • ! (Reed 9 a.m.) i PARIS, Feb 7. The three power joint finance is regarded as a corollary and as important as the joint declaration to prosecute the war to au effective finish. It implies the mobilisation of the gold of the three richest countries in Europe I to be every whit as important as military mobilisation. Yesterday an official statement was made that the three Powers had: resolved to unite their financial equally with their military resources in order to prosecute the war i:o final victory A BIG CO-OPERATIVE SCHEME. PARIS, Feb. 7. Britain, France and Russia' are ax*--ranging to take over equal, portions of advances to be made to countries fighting with them or disposed shortly to join in the common cauae_ The advances will be covered partly by the resources of the three Powers, and partly by a lean to be issuled at an opportune moment in their rfame. The Ministers of Finance have decided to proceed jointly in future.

GERMAN NAVY CRIP PLED NORTH SEA FIGHT WORS:3 THAN REPORTED, j EIGHT DESTROYERS AND TWO SUBMARINES LOST. * TWO OTHER SUBMARINES: MISSING. .«■. LONDON, Feb. G. The Chronicle's Holland correspondent says that in addition do the published dosses, Germany lost eight destroyers and two submarines, while two other submarines have been missing for three weeks. The sinking of the Cruiser Kolberg is unofficially announced. , FRENCH ARTILLERY DOES GOOD WORK. ; f P.CRIS, Feb. 0. (Official.) —There wore no infantry actions on the sth. Our .artillery in the Woeuvrc and Argoime ■►dispersed several convoys and set fin? to a train of 25 coaches. / ] .

’7 HEAVY FIGHTING,

TWO, TRAINED ADR OF WOUNDED. PARIS, Feb. G. Heavy fighting occurred on the Both-uuc-La. Bassee-Triple lino. Two trainloads of wounded arrived, including 400 Gormans. ZEPPELINS" SUSPICIOUS VOYAGE. f ROTTERDAM, Feb. G, Two 'Zeppelins, flying from Fanden, left in a north-easterly direction, avoiding Dutch terrtory. They are supposed to be on. a speed trial, but possibly they departed with the idem of crossing the North. »Sea. .

RALLIES- BOMBARD ZEE3RUGGEE

I ' 7 ROTTERDAM, Fob. G. i’l The Allies’ aeroplanes bombarded •'Zeebrngjjee. The danwige is unKnown, I f T DE WET’S TRIAL F |, , f DISARMING THE REBELS. T *' 1 S ' (Reed 9 a.m.) ' ' f CAPETOWN, Feb 7. De Wet rwill shortly be tried at . Bloomfontem for treason After ICatops surrender fc rty- nine (rebels disarmed. The Gei*manc; have arrived at JJp■pinglon. » - \ h 4 )*