GENERAL WAR NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 226, 12 June 1915, Page 7

GENERAL WAR NEWS.

ROYAL SOLICITUDE, LONDON, June 10. The King and Qucea are daily inviting twenty convalescent officers to tea at Buckingham Palace. Somo are accompanied by nurses or near relatives. MUNITIONS. 'BRITAIN'S CRYING NEED.' WEIGHTY WORDS IN HOUSE OF LORDS. BRITAIN MANUFACTURING GAS. LONDON, June 10. In the House of Lords, Lorcl Cur;sGii,* moving the Munitions Bill, said investigation had proved that an entire army of labour —skilled and unskilled —was waiting to bo used and anxious to be used.

Lord Btanliopo, just frora ; the. front, to -which lie is returning to-day, said lie was revealing a secret when saying —what every German stair! officer knew —that the French, broadly speaking, held the trenches with a few rifles and the support of 75 millimetre guns, while we held ours principally w;th rifle rifie. The first system was expensive in ammunition, but the second was expensive in life. It ought to be publicly announced broadcast that every slack wasted day in factories meant so many lives. If the Government and public men generally spoke the whole truth more there would be much less difficulty in getting recruits. Munitions were a necessity; gas ought also to be used. As the Germans chose a wicked method of warfare they had become outlaws and must 7)0 treated as vermin and stamped out. -..•'". Lord Curzon, replying, said active steps were being taken for lite production of gas.

I THE ROLL OF HONOUR. KILLED IN ACTION. AUCKLAND MOUNTED RIFLES. . Trooper T. Bradley Trooper W. Briscoe Trooper H. B. Brown Trooper C. Bryan Sergeant C. Earrer Trooper K. Gould : Trooper A. Hacker Trooper R. M. Hall Sergeant-Majcr J. Marr Trooper W. Moody Trooper J. D. Mossman Trooper R. W. Munro Lance-Corporal K. H. C. Northcroft Trooper G. A. Page Trooper E. J. Penman Trooper F, A.' Sullivan ! Trooper J. Thompson Sergeant H. H. Watts Trooper A. H. White Trooper H. L. Williams Trooper G. F. Woodward Trooper J. H. Gale AUCKLAND BATTALION. PrivaJte J, N. Williams CANTERBURY MOUNTED. Sergeant R. A. Boden L,- C ?ere;t. W. P. Johnson WELLINGTON BATTALION. Lieutenant (lat ft Serst.) J. R. Cargo L .'.• WELLINGTON MOUNTED.

ARTILLERY. Sergeant W. R. Bowden ENGINEERS Sapper M. McKenzie DIED OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS. AUCKLAND BATTALION. Private A. Patterson DIED OF WOUNDS. AUCKLAND MOUNTED. Trooper J. Lin wood. WELLINGTON MOUNTED. Lance-Corporal P. N. Moore WELLINGTON BATTALION. Private H. H. Gaskin ENGINEERS. Driver T. A. Ridgley DANGEROUSLY ILL. CANTERBURY BATTALION. Private J. G. B. Robb CANTERBURY MOUNTED. Trooper J. Sutherland OTAGO BATTALION. Private E. L. Brown. WOUNDED. AUCKLAND BATTALION. Private M, Morpeth Bugler E. T. Currington. Private F. J. Kerr Private A. N Morrow Sergeant H. W. D Bold AUCKLAND MOUNTED. Corporal W. R. Carter Lance-Corporal D. Durham Trooper R. L. Les. Trooper J. MacKessack Trooper A. C. McGill Trooper C. W. Nesbit Trooper E. Scholium. Trooper F. Stewart CANTERBURY BATTALION. Lance-Corporal G. H. Bishop Private A. F. Patterson Private F. D. Tansey Private H. Christensen Private C. Clemens Private T. B. Dwyer Private A. Gardiner Private G. H. Mayo. CANTERBURY MOUNTED. Corporal W. Furphy Lance-Corporal H. C Fearless Sergeant E. C. Seed Trooper W. C. Shelton. Trooper J. P. Turnbull Corporal E. G. Weight Trooper R. Findlay OTAGO BATTALION Private J. Cairnes ;■■ ; OTAGO MOUNTEDB. Trooper D. A. Jordan WELLINGTON BATTALION. Lance-Corporal W. J. Bransom Private W. MacCaskill Private C. H. Mann Lance-Corporal G. Peers Private S. C. Smith WELLINGTON MOUNTED. Trooper G. Ball Trooper A. E. Cooper Trooper L. A, Oecper Trooper A. M. Kuttcn Sergeant T. J. R. S. Kebbell Trooper E. Lynch Trocpsr G. Mabey Trooper F A. Newton Trooper F. Smi there Trooper J. Railton AMBULANCE. Private .A. T. J3oarg JVVT" r OMAL TRAIN. Driver H. T V*x ENGINEERS. Sapper E. Brinknell Sapper C. J. Fair Sapper J H. Forbes