Australia

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 231, 9 March 1915, Page 5

Australia

fLYIXG COltllS KMCINMA. I TASMAMAN KItUIT EXPORXS ; XHItiSA'JL-JSNJiD.-j IIELfP I'Oli - SIiKViA. ■ i ilolbounu.', iliwch 8. ; Air. Pearce, Ministe.' lor Defeneej iiA-tv-tes tcTiucrs for die six mouths' oluu'toi: of, several interned German sailing vessels. Goods intended lor interned prisoners of war are admitted duty, free.Lieut. Petre commands the Hying: detaulunent, consisting of three' oinwrs and. a mechanical stall', which the Commonwealth. is sending to India,

The military autnorities in Egyj>t~ [ contradict the cabTe reporting tue death of lour men of tlie expeditionary force from an accideut at tlie pyramids. Keuter's correspondent reported that seven Australians fell while climbing, the Pyramid of Cheops; i'onr were killed and others seriously injured. One injured hi.s spine and is crippled for life). Hobart, March S. Fruit growers are alarmed at tlie prospects, of the Commonwealth commandeering vessels which are under contract to take fruit for meat. . The Treasurer, interrogated, stated that it would be improper to interfere with tlie Allies' foodstull's. The defeat of the Allies, would make fruitgrowing in Tasmania worth very little. °

Sydney, March S. The editor of the Zora ) the organ of the Dalmatian Slavs in ' New Zealand, has written, to Mr. Ilolman commending his proposal to establish a Servian relief fund, expressing loyalty to Britain, and stating that certain Slavs, who were pro.Austrian were collecting money for Germany and ought to be .interned., Captain Makepeace, recently captain of the Kaipara. has arrived in charge of the Middlesex. Ho states that on August 1G tlie Kaiser Wilhelm der ( J rosso was sighted. The commander megaphone, "If you use your wireless we will use our guns." The Germans boarded the Kaipara, smashed the wireless, placed explosives in the stokehold, and ordered everyone, to leave. They allowed tlie crew to take their clothes. It took the Germans 1 1 /* hours to sink the Kaipara. Twenty-three shots were fired.