INTERESTING ITEMS.

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

INTERESTING ITEMS.

' RECRUITING FIGURES. ({Tinresi and Sydney Sun Services). 1 LONDON, Feb 7. 7 In The XEcnise' of Commons, Mr As- . sjiMh iin xTsrSy. to a question, said it I would be ■ wist fUmei.'tal to the country 1 to furnish' j-atespaitins* figures. ,» f HAMBURG '7IWJO UNHAPPY. i s ' ;LcrND. ON > Feb . 7 - i' A neutral 'merchant, in Hamburg | states that .hundreds ;of L fir. 113 xevF ousiy prosperous, are now bt ’ n krupt, having millions due overseas.

complain that there is no v/oi'ie. h llil> yards alone are busy, .making s.nbm, a " rines and pontoons. HUNGARIANS CALLED’UP. Tv LONDON, Feb 7. ” Budapest reports that all the gaVians born from 1875 to 1881 have beeir called up. | KURDS MASSACRE CHRISTIANS. LONDON, Feb 7. The “Novoe Vremya’s” correspondent reports that the Russians in the Alashert Valley, after the Sarykamish battle, found awful devastation. Kurds had massacred almost the entire Christian population and bodies wore everywhere.