CASEMENT FOUND GUILTY.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 152, 30 June 1916, Page 5

CASEMENT FOUND GUILTY.

ON THE WESTERN FRONT. GERMAN LINES AGAIN PEIRCED. TERRIFIC BRITISH BOMBARDMENT. MEETING OF GERMAN COUNCIL. SOME IMPORTANT SECRET DISCLOSURES RUSSIANS AND ITALIANS STILL ADVANCING

SENTENCED TO DEATH. CASEMENT FOUND GUILTY. > " " June 30, 10.35 a.m. London, June 29. Casement was found guilty and sentenced to death. ENEMY SECOND LINE. . PENETRATED AT TAHUEE. ANOTHER ATTACK ON THIAUj MONT. REPULSED WITH GREAT LOSS. Received June 30, 9.5 a.m. Paris, June 29. A communique states that a successful coup-de-main towards Tahuve, west of Butte du Mesnil, cleared out the enemy’s first line of trenches and penetrated the second line at certain points, where we blew up several shelters. The Germans, after a violent bombardment. Strongly, attacked at 8 in the evening, positions north-west of Thiaumont, but the work of our curtain fire held up the enemy, who was unable to approach our lines at any point; he suffered considerable ibsses. THE RUSSIAN FRONT. ENEMY’S DESPERATE . ... , ENDEAVOUR. TO CONTROL KOVEL. Received June 30, 9.5 a.m. Paris, June 29. M. Nandcau telegraphs from Petro- ' grad that the enemy is using great ■o-uns in an endeavour to retain, at all costs, supremacy over the straight east to west line between Kolki, on upper Styr, and Bogovehooka and the upper Stokhod, covering Kovel and threatening Lutsk. | MINISTRY OF COMMERCE. P A CONFERENCE ARRANGED. I London, June 29. A conference is being arranged between the Associated Chambers of Commerce and members of the House of Commons, with reference to the establishment of a Ministry of Conn merce.