BRITISH REPORTS ANTI-CONSCRIPTIONISTS.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 160, 25 July 1916, Page 5

BRITISH REPORTS

ANTI-CONSCRIPTIONISTS.

ADVANCES MADE AT POZIERES

ENEMY DESTROYERS CHASED,

(Received July 25, 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, July 24

General Haig reports that apart from mutual continuous shelling during the night, there was comparative 1 calm.

Yesterday, between Highwood and Guillemont, repeated enemy counter attacks gained no advantage. Our artillery and machine gun fire inflicted very heavy casualties. We gained ground near Highwood, in the direction of Guillemont. In the nc ghbourhood of Pozieres we secured important advantages; ir spite of stubborn enemy defence a large portion of the village is now ours. We captured two guns and sixty more prisoners. The Admiralty reports that on Saturday, at midnight, near the North Hinder Lightship, some light forces sighted three enemy destroyers, who returned with no damage. Subsequently,. off Schouwu ißank, six enemy .destroyers were engaged in a running fight. . The enemy succeeded in. reaching the Belgian coast,, One of ; our vessels was hit once, one officer and one vian being slightly wounded. H.M.A.S. SYDNEY RAN’ A RIShT.' i-" THREAT TO BLOW HER UP. • ’GERMAN PLOT SUSPECTED. MELBOURNE, This day. ’ An official sketch of tli e work of tho Australian Fleet during the second year of war states that the ships were mainly on patrol and blockade duty. In the United States German sympathisers had threatened to blow up H.M.A.S. Sydney on the anniversary of the destruction of the Einden. The scheme was not carried out though something happened on that day which may have meant an attempt.

ALLIES AND GREECE

RUSSOPHILES PLUCK UP COURAGE.

PARIS, July 23

The tl Petit Parisien” states that the people in new and old Bulgaria are in a great turmoil owing to the 'Allies’ successes and the fact that the Germans have lost the initiative. The Russophiles have plucked up courage, and are now expressing their views more boldly.

SYDNEY MEETING BROKEN UP,

SYDNEY, This day

Sixty thousand people attended an anti-Conscription meeting held yesterday in the Sydney Domain. When the promoters attempted to carry a resolution expressing uncompromising hostility to conscription the crowd broke the police cordon and forced the anti-con-scriptionists to stop, the meeting. Further meetings have boon prohibited. ' FRENCH AERIAL ACTIVITY. SEVERAL RAILWAYS BOMBED. PARIS, July 23. A communique records many air operations, including the bombing of stations at Vignculles, Thionville, Arnaville, Laon, Sainte Ernie and barracks 'and station at Mulheim. A squadron [when returning, fought a German squad!ron. Four German and Iwo French were downed. A SPECIAL MILITARY AREA. V 4 NORTHERN SCOTLAND. ; • ' / ■ ,; ' .-London,, July 23. Scotland, northward of" a line froth Loehalis to Inverness inclusive, has been declared a special military area to-which visitors are hot allowed.