AUSTRALIA

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 115, 8 October 1914, Page 5

AUSTRALIA

WORK FOR UNEMPLOYED.

OPERATIONS IN NEW GUINEA.

BRITISH CONSUL MISSING.

CAPTURE OF GERMAN VESSELS,

Received 7, 9.55 p.m. Sydney, October 7.

One of the Government proposals that will absorb the unemployed is the trainforming of 250,000 acres of Crown lands in the Wya'.ong district into a StaTe. wheatfield, preparatory to opening the land for closer settlement. , .

The Sydney Sun's spe<nl correspondent gives a list of 30 Germans, mostly military and administrative officers, included in the prisoners captured during the operations in German New Guinea and ecnt to Sydney. Many others were either captured or surrounded, The captures included 150 armed natives, wiicS remain at Herbertshohc.

| iA number of Britishers who were held on parole by the Germans, including Mr Louri, a New Zealander, joyously welcomed the arrival of the releasing foreO. The whereabouts of Mr Jolly, the British Consul at Rabaul, arc unknown. It is supposed the Germans have spirited him away.

The New Ireland expedition captured three German steamers .

THE TAKING OP BAfciCf,.

CAPTURE OF GERMAN STEAMER,

Sydney, 6ctober 7.

The' Daily Te'egrah gives an account o? the taking of the second trenches at the Hsbaui wireless station. It states that suddenly a German officer was seen approaching, evidently unaware that the British occupied the trenches until winged by a shot. He crawled back to cover, working his iray to the rear of the trenches, where lie shouted something to the native prisoners and fired a revolver, killing one sttVd wounding two of our men. The natf?es ; bolted for the bush, but only severe of the 25 reached it The remainder wgtfe riddled with bullets. The German wa> also' shot dead.

The Herald states that after the capture of the second trerMhes, Captain Travers and Lieut. Bond, accompanied by Liept. Kempf, pushed forward aloirc to the wireless station and took possession. Later a midshipman, shriving with a detachment, was fired upon from' I the jungle. The detachment fired'a" volley into the darkness, the bullets scattering among the huts, where Captain Travers and Lieut. Bond ivere waiting; They sprang forward at imminent risk, waving a lantern and shouting the password, and thus averted a second volley. wnen Herbertshohe was occupied - much valuable property, arms, and ammunition were found in a deserted house. A woman was found sick in bed, and a search disclosed a mattress stuffed with rifles.

The expedition also captured a small North German Lloyd steamer at Hcrbertsho'he, Tallied at £15,000. The German flag taken at Rabaul lias been presented to the citizens of Sydney.

THE GERMAN COLONIES.

GUNNERY AT HKRRERTSHOHE.

■Sydney, October 7.

The Herald, in a leader on Germany' 3 colenies, says that Samoa was not usea for the benefit of anybody with German officials. Australians and New Zealanders knew that Germany must be beaten, even if the war takes three years. With Germany beaten Samoa and the rest of the will remain where they should have been originally placed, in British hands.

The Herald's correspondent narrates that previous to the expedition's arrival at Ilerhertshohe the Government seat was removed to Toma 0 ten miles inland. Colonel Watson and two companies from Berrima were sent to Btrike a decisive blow, arranging with the warships to shell a series of positions in order to clear the way. The bombardment beIgan at daybreak. The ships dropped shells right into the backyards of tne positions marked out. The enemy retreated, destroying mines planted along the road. Later, the enemy's troops were seen on a ridge, but two charges of Bhrapnel dispersed them. The ActingGovernor arrived at Ilerbertshohe next morning and capitulated.