GENERAL WAR NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 233, 24 June 1915, Page 7

GENERAL WAR NEWS.

SPLENDID SUCCESS. BELGIANS AND FRENCH. PARIS, June 22, A communique states that Dunkirk was bombarded by long range guns. Forpteen shell? were fired and some civilians :were killed. - V.. Tj&e'-'.Bcaptured German trenches south of St." George’s; all the defenders were killed or taken prsioners; : , v Enemy attacks at various points in the sector north of Arras were completely repulsed, except south-east of Souchez wlier© we gained a foothold in a portion of their trenches. The enemy sustained heavy losses in the Labyrinth. In Lorraine we advanced three hundred metres, to northward of Reilon. We further advanced beyond Metzeral, We captujred prisoners and three mitrailleuses near Sanderach. AUSTRIAN OIL SHIP CAPTURED. ■ BY THE ITALIANS. ROME, June 22. An auxiliary cruiser, after a hot chase, captured an Austrian naptha ship 160 miles off Naples. It was conveying submarine supplies. AUSTRIAN NAVAL MUTINEERS, ANTIVABI, June 23. Numerous mutinous' outbreaks have oceured on Austrian warships. Several Italian-speaking sailors were hanged at the yard-arm. BRINDISI BOMBED. VIENNA, June 23. Official: Our seaplanes successfully bombarded the railway stations at Bari and Brindisi. BRITISH WAR LOAN. SCENES OF ENTHUSIASM. LONDON, June 22; Directly the Hon. McKenna had concluded his speech, in explaining the war loan, enormous queues of city-men commenced to assemble outside the Bank of England to await the prospectus of the loan. General opinion is that the investment is the most attractive of modern times. Particular approval is given to the faet that facilities are offered to small subscribers, t i ■ . ■ ■■ • j UNREST IN ATHENS. | A REPUBLIC SUGGESTED. ' A GERMAN UNDESIRABLE. | BIS BANISHMENT DEMANDED, j ATHENS, June 22. Though GsT£iin gold has failed to defeat Venezelos, intrigues still continue. , People have told Verneirelos 'they are'.- to establish a Republic, .;.,.V«acsJ|st newspapers demand Bapb|i.: Scjbeo>. organi see of Gerlili

DEPLETION OF STOCK TO BE I avoided. A NEW ZEALAND MESSAGE. (Rec. 8.55 a.in.) LONDON, June 22. The New Zealand Government Js bringing in a Bill to secure the maintenance of sufficient cattle, sheep, and swine. The Bill empowers the B ) .rd ot Agriculture to restrict the slaughter of cows in calf and young animals. (there seems to bo no reason why news of this character should reach us via Lcndon, —Ed.) TREATMENT OF BRITISH PRISONERS. IMPROVED CONDITIONS, LONDON, June 22. The American Embassy in Berlin has submitted a report to the British Government on the civil internment camp at Ruhleben, where parctically all of the 4,500 Britishers are interned. The report shows many Improvements. New barracks have ended the overcrowding, and arrangements have been made for football, music, and amusements. A system of relief has been instituted, providing extra food and clothing. BRITAIN’S MEAT SUPPLY. CIVILIAN CONSUMPTION MUST BE CURTAILED. e LONDON* June 22. Investigations have revealed that during the war Britain must be largely self-supporting in the matter of meat for civilian consumption, and householders will have to be satisfied with three-fifths of the normal quantity. AN AVIATOR KILLED. LONDON, June 22. Major Lumsden, of the Flying Corps, was killed by a fall at Brooklands. CZECHS REFUSE TO FIGHT. BUD A i’ESTH, June 22. ' A regiment of Czech infantry refused to fight in the recent Carpathian battles and officers and men threw down their arras, saying that they would not fight their Russian brothers. The Emperor ordered the regiment to be disbanded and the flag burned. The order was published in the Austro-German armies announcing the revolt, which was described as high treason. Nearly every man in the regment was arrested, together with a number of Cyeef kaders. AERIAL ACTIVITY MACHINES GOING TOWARDS i ENGLAND. AMSTERDAM, June 22 Two Zeppelins and a number of Taubes were sighted flying towards England.