SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 8 June 1917, Page 5

SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN.

'POOR HAUL OF ITALIAN SHIPS ROME, Juno 7. Arrivals for the week were 492; departures 41(5. Sinkings: One steamer under 2800 tons«nd six sailers under 200 tons. Two fishing bouts were sunk. INCIDENTS OF THE WAR. BRITISH AGE LIMIT. LONDON, June 6. It is reported that the group scheme for enlisting recruits up to fifty years of age lias been abandoned and other means are contemplated. STUDENTS ON SERVICE. LONDON, June 7. Major Lescelles, a New Zealander, lias propounded a scheme whereby students whose university studies have been interrupted by the war, may undergo a year of intensive study at Oxford. The latter's authorities and the Rhodes Scholars' Trus-

tees are favourable to the scheme, which will be submitted to the Overseas Governments. Major Lascelles is also conferring - with machine-guns. ' | University.