GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 280, 21 August 1915, Page 4

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

A REMARKABLE NSW GUN. AX AMERICAN RETORT. NEW YORK. August 20. The Tribune publishes a statement attributed to recent arrivals from England. They explain the delay in the British advance to the fact that Lord Kitchener is waiting to launch a great surprise in the shape of new guns and a new type of shell which it is believed will revolutionise military operations and make the path to Berlin more possible. The combined efforts of British chemists have been directed on the invention of a shell which is unquestionably more powerful than r’ny now in use. Finality, a 17-inch gun has been produced to suit the purpose of The new shell. Experiments have proved successful.' It is believed that theshell will carry 25 miles and work havoc on a scale, unprecedented. The result may soon bo apparent. *

FOUR MONTHS ON GALLIPGLt-

BEVIEW OF THE OPERATIONS. LONDON, August 20. Renter, in a review of the fourmonths in Gallipoli, says the period ha's geen one of hard experience. Since the Australians and, Now Zealanders were perched on the eyrie at Gaba Tope within the first we eh ail hopes, of a quick advance were abandoned. The Turk is not a rnnnaway fighter, but of the toughest iighti.ng stock in Asia, fighting for all that makes them, a power. Nowhere had the British been called upon for .greater sacrifices and nowhere had they responded with greater courage and devotion. Judged by the gains In ground, the reward of this magnificent effort seems rather small, but they have practically destroyed the flower of the Turkish first line army, 'The heat, glare, and dust are getting worse. The Turks continue to shell the beaches at Capo Holies and Seddul Bahr and the sheiks are more abundant as th 6 weeks pass. It is difficult to realise the conditions under which the Australians, New Zealanders, and Anglo-French are carried out, wading ankle-deep in ill-smelling mud,' sand, and acrid dust which makes the eyes smart and provokes an unquenchable thirst. It involves unending activity with the transport waggons, strings of bucking and screaming mules, and an intermittent Turkish bombardment. In one day they dropped 700 shells on the beaches. The work proceeds busily, heedless of the shrieking shells. The most notable change on the front is where a division of Kitchener’s new army has been proving its worth. The trenches arc the safest place on the peninsula.

STADIUM DESTROYED.

SENSATIONAL FIRE IN SYDNEY, DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT £20,000 » ——— SYDENY, August 20. The Newtown Stadium, a large wooden and iron building covering an acre r the main hall being capable of seating 6000, and with several side balls, was completely gutted. Portion of the building was used for military purposes, and a thousand rifles and much, military clothing and ammunition were destroyed. The exploding ammunition made th e work cf the Brigade difficult. Two firemen were injured by a tin of bursting petrol. Mr “Snowy” Baker estimates the damage to be in the vicinity of £20,000, but it is largely covered by insurance.