AN ANZAC ARMY.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 105, 4 May 1916, Page 6

AN ANZAC ARMY.

GENERAL BIRDWOOD AS COMMANDER. AN IMPORTANT PROPOSAL. LONDON, May 2. The Australian and New Zealand staffs strongly favour General Birdwood commanding all the Australians and New Zealanders, thus forming an Anzac Army composed of two army corps. The appointment, it is said, would powerfully encourage Australian recrutiing. It would also be popular with the entire troops, owing to General Birdwood's remarkable hold on the Anzacs. If General Birdwood is promoted, General Godley will take up command of the First Anzac Army Corps, and an Imperial officer who fought with the Australians would probably succeed General Godley. The arrangements would stimulate Australian sentiment. Representation is being made to the War Office. ..GERMANS MAKE BIG GAS ATTACK. REPULSED BY THE BRITISH. LONDON, May 2. Official: Sir Douglas Haig reports: On Sunday the Germans released gas on a front of two thousand yards to support an infantry attack, which was repulsed. GERMANY'S GREAT STRENGTH. LONDON, May 2. The French staff identified the 111th German army corps at Verdun, the strength of the corps being 40,000. The enemy must have 4,440,000 men under arms at presnt. JOFFRE DECORATES lAN HAMILTON. LONDON, May 2. General Joffre personally decorated Sir lan Hamilton with the Legion of Honour in the presence of the battlestained Verdun division. DEATH OF VON DER GOLTZ. ALLEGED MURDER. BUCHAREST, May 2. From a reliable source in Constantinople it is stated that an Anatolian officer named Ali Abdurah shot Von Der GoltJ. with three bullets on the evening of April 14. A ZEPPELIN DESTROYED.

ATTACKED BY ANGLO-FRENCH AIRMEN. COPENHAGEN, May 2. French and English airmen attacked a Zeppelin near Zeebrugge. The Zeppelin caught fire and was destroyed. Some of the crew perished. ALLIED AERIAL ACTIVITY. LONDON, May 1. The High Commissioner reports.— During Saturday night our bombarding air squadron dropped numerous bombs on the station, food depot, and munition store at Sebastopol, south of Thieauvourt, on the roads about Etani, bivouacs near Spin court and stations at Apremont, Grande Challerange, and Vouziere. Numerous explosions and fires are reported. PARIS, May 1. A communique states. We brought down two Fokkers in the region of Royes, and two others at Eparges and Douaumont. We pursued five air craft which were bombing south of Verdun, and brought down three. FRENCH AERIAL ACTIVITY. APRIL'S GREAT RECORD. PARIS, May 2. Official: Air work was very active in April, especially at Verdun. We brought down 31 aircraft, nine falling in our lines, and twenty-two in the German lines in flames or completely out of action. During April six French aircraft were worsted and fell in the enemy's lines. The price of benzine is high, but that does not matter when you drive a Chevrolet, because the consumpr tion per mile is so very low, and the price is still £24s.—Stanley Peyton, Agent. Don't go home to-night without "NAZOL" —■ that wonderful remedy for coughs and colds. Thousands praise it—so will you. 1/6 buys 60 doses. For Children's Hacking Cough Woods' Great Peppermint Care "Tiki" Stout i s not made to tickle the palate and ruin the stomach, but to strengthen weak constitutions and make strong ones stronger. For children's coughs and colds the most reliable remedy is "•NAZftL." Ready for use when bought. Affords quick relief. 60 doses cost 1/6. The Chevrolet car, the product of experience. Price only £245 with starter and electric lights.—Stanley. Peyton Agent.