WESTERN FRONT.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 17 September 1917, Page 5

WESTERN FRONT.

MINOR BRITISH SUCCESSES. - Received 8.40. LONDON, September 11. Sir Douglas Haig reports that the British again raided Cherisy, and penetrated far into' the- western outskirts. We drove off raiders, northward of Lens and repulsed a counter-attack northward of Inverness Copse, An effort is being made to retake the strong point we captured yesterday. ARGENTINE. ARGENTINE MASS MEETING. DEMAND RUPTURE WITH GERMANY. Received 8.47. BUENOS AYRES, Sept 16. A mass meeting wildly cheered demands for th§ Argentine to sever relations with Germany, and not to receive a Minister until Germany becomes a Republic. AN ACT OF WAR. GERMAN SHIPPING SEIZED. LONDON, Sept 16. Lloyds report that the Uruguay Government has taken over all German ships sheltering at Monte Video, and has landed the crews. LYNCH LAW IN RUSSIA. COPENHAGEN, Sept. 15. Generals Crawovski, Stevanov and five high officers were arrested at Viborg for Joining Korniloff’s movement. They were taken to the town, hall to receive sentence by the Workmen’s . and Soldiers’ Council. A mob of thousands of soldiers stormed the town hall and lynched the seven prisoners. GENERAL CABLES A MILLION PENSIONERS. ON BRITAIN’S BOOKS. LONDON, September 14. Mr John Hodge (Minister of Pensions) announced . that there were nearly a million pensioners on the I books of the Pensions Ministry, and the numbers were increasing by hundreds weekly. He will be asking the Treasury for money to establish a national experimental laboratory to secure the best artificial limbs. LATE LIEUT.-COMMANDER SANDERS, V.C. LONDON, Sept 14. The Distinguished Service Order has been awarded to Lieut-Comman-%der Sanders, Y.C., of Auckland, who was recently killed when a British submarine mothership was destroyed. KING’S NARROW ESCAPE. RUNAWAY MOTOR LORRY. ~ LONDON, Sept 14.The King narrowly escape accident at Hounslow to-day. A soldier learning to drive a large army lorry lost control as the King’s car approached at considerable speed. A collision was avoided by a very narrow margin, the varnish being scratched off the car. BATTLEDORE AND SHUTTLECOCK. PETROGRAD, Septmeber 15. Ministers and general's are rising aiid f falling ’with Effect. The latest appointments are: General Teplovehi, to be commandant of Petrograd and General Poltschinsky Governor-General of Petrograd, superseding Savinkoff.