GREAT BRITAIN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 154, 25 November 1914, Page 5

GREAT BRITAIN.

FINE FEAT OF AIRMEN. LENGTHY AND DANGEROUS FLIGHT. THE RECENT ATTACK ON FREDERICHSHAFEN. London, November 23. Mr Churchill announced that aeroplanes under Commander Briggs, wits! Flight Commander Babington and Lieut. Sippe as pilots, flew from France to Friedrichshafen (on the German side of Lake Constance). All three successfully flew down to close range, and, under a hesCvy fire from guns, rifles .and mitrailleuses, launched bombs and seriously damaged the Zeppelin factory. Commander Briggs is in the hospital wounded and a prisoner; the returned safely though their machines were damaged by gun-lire. The flight extended over 250 miles, penetrating 120 miles into Germany, across mountainous country in difficult weather. It was a fine feat of aviation.

V.C. AWARD. TO DANCE-CORPORAL FULLER. Eeceived 24, 10.20 p.m. London, November 24. The Victoria Cross has been granted to Lance-Corporal Fuller, of the Welsh ■Regiment, for gallantry on September 14 near Chevy. He advanced a hundred yards and carried Captain Haggard, who was mortally wounded, to cover, under heavy rifle and machine-gun fire. Haggard is a nephew of Sir H. Rider Haggard, the novelist. The circumstances were detailed in the London Times of October 10.

THE PRISONERS' RIOT. ' MONUMENT TO LORD ROBERTS. POPULARITY OF FOOTBALL CONTINUES. London, November 23. The Douglas riot was an organised endeavour to escape from confinment. The House of Commons has agreed to the suggestion of a monument to the late Lord Roberts. Two battalions (2000 men) have been formed in Manchester in a week. Recruiting for the seventh battalion has begun. Football continues. The question was raised in the House of Commons ■whether the railways ought not to curtail cheap ticket facilities. POWERS OF PRESS BUREAU. GOVERNMENT'S POWER IN RAISING LOANS. Received 34, 11 p.m. London, November 24. The Concolidation Bill was read a second time in the House of Commons. Mr. Bonar Law entered a strong protest against the claim of Sir S. 0. Buckmaster (Solicitor-General) that the powers of the Press Bureau included the stopping of criticism when of a character to destroy public confidence in the Government. Mr. McKenna admitted that the power was capable of serious abuse, bus the Government would not suppress news or criticism merely to save their own Bkins. , Received 24, 11.50 p.m. London, November 24. In the House of Commons, in consequence of Sir F. G. Banbury's protests, the Government is claiming power to raise unlimited loans. Mr. E. S. Montagu (Under-Secretary for War) agreed to an amendment, limiting the Government's power to a hundred million. Two Lowestoft fishing boats wore sunk by mines, and the crews lost.