IN THE AIR.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 9 October 1917, Page 5

IN THE AIR.

GERMANS’ AERIAL HOPES. PARIS, Oct 7. Marcel Hutin says there is reliable information that the enemy are making a tremendous effort to construct more powerful aeroplanes to bomb Entente towns, also to counter-bal-" ance the American aerial, .contribution. AIRMAN PRISONERED. PETROGRAD, Oct 8. Von Inever, chief of the German Black Sea air service, was prisonered in a daring raid by Russian scouts. I S'JTi mm CAMPAIGN. SUBMARINE ESCAPES SPANISH OFFICIALS DISMISSED. MADRID, Oct 7. Submarine U-294, which was interned at Cadiz on September 10th, eswithout munitions. The gen-eral-'in-chief at the arsenal and other responsible officials, have been dismissed. BRITISH POLITICS THE BRITISH ELECTIONS. ORGANISED LABOUR’S EFFORTS. Received 10.25. LONDON Oct 8. The Labour Party has decided to nominate at least three hundred candidates for industrial constituencies in England, Scotland, and Wales, at the next election. They have appointed a strong committee to organise a echeme to enable Labour to secure the fullest advantage of the extended franchise, Mr Henderson devotes the whole of his time to propaganda work, and utilises women’s organisations to consolidate women voters. The Labourites hope to induce co-op-erative societies to adopt a more vigorous political policy.