IN THE AIR.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 22 June 1917, Page 5

IN THE AIR.

. AERIAL SUPREMACY. DESPERATE GERMAN EFFORTS. Received 11,50 a.m. LONDON, June 21. The "Morning Post's,',' correspondent states that ..the German airmen are desperately...attempting to recover the prestige lost at Messines, when the British completely smothered them, preventing their "participation in the battle. The Germans do not venture to' attack singly. A couple of British airmen dispersed'a squadron of fifteen machines like frightened birds.

GERMAN AIR RAID MEMORIAL SERVICE ON LITTLE VICTIMS. TOUCHING AND PATHETIC SCENES. Received 9.15. LONDON, June 21. Pathetic scenes took place at the memorial service for the infant school victims in East London. Sixteen coffins, flower laden, were placed in the church over-night. A touching episode was the entry of twelve tiny classmates. The King and Queen sent a message assuring th e parents they were thinking of the saddened homes and the early ending of young, innocent lives, which was more pathetic in these cruel tragic circumstances. The Bishop of London preached, and said he never witnessed a more touching sight. He mentioned that the school children in a country village had sent him a wreath. He did not believe the mourners wanted sixteen murdered German babies to lie dead in order to avenge their own, but must demand a strong naval and military action, and that the strongest punishment should be meted out to the perpetrators“and designers of the raids who murdered these children.