RUSSIANS STRONGLY PRESSED.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 137, 12 February 1915, Page 5

RUSSIANS STRONGLY PRESSED.

V (Reed 8.45 a.m.) LONDON, Feb 11. Martin Donohue, correspondent for the "Daily Chronicle,” states that the Russians were strongly pressed, retreating from Bukovina. They will probably attempt to hold Czernowitz. WAR EDUCATION (Reed 1.15 p.m.) LONDON, Feb 11. Sir George Reid is issuing fifty thousand pamphlets to schools and libraries in Great Britain, summarising Australia’s share towards the war in troops and subscriptions. A VIENNA REPORT. AUSTRO-GERMAN LOAN TO BUL--1 GARIA. < (Reed 8.45 a.m.) : AMSTERDAM, Feb 11 A telegram from Vienna states that Austro-German banks have advanced Bulgaria 150 million francs out of a total loan of five hundred million.

ONLY TEN MILLION t REST TO BE TAKEN OUT. t ! •. ROME, Feb. 11. Newspapers state that Bulgaria receives only ten million francs, and is to spend 130 millions in the purchase of arms and ammunition in Germany and Austria. LLOYDS' RATE. • BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND ENGLAND. LONDON, Feb 11. Lloyds’ rate against capture between Australia and England is 60 per cent. UNITED STATES’ OFFICERS. TO DISPENSE RELIEF TO -BRITISH PRISONERS IN GERMANY. £ (Reed 1.35 p.m.) LONDON, Feb 11. Mr Tennant, in the House of Com<mous, stated that officers of the UniJ ted States Army were going to Germany to dispense relief to British prisoners in Germany. They had been given necessary permission. NAVAL ACTIVITY IN BLACK SEA. X TREBIZOND BOMBARDED. PETROGRAD, Feb 11. Official: Our destroyers bombarded three of the enemy’s batteries at Trebizond on Monday, destroyed three 'bridges and sunk fifty sailing vessels.