GENERAL ITEMS.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 August 1915, Page 3

GENERAL ITEMS.

iiy Cable -Press As,ociatiu!l -Copyrigl Paris. August. 10. A i-omimmi.jiii- >a\s: Two Cenn attacks with pi-tsinU northwards Si)iK'i,./. railway -tati™ were lliro' bar!-.. Hill' iiirtain of lire st-mped a \ lent attack on our trenches nt t'ni les-fhannes. A atlaek at nij4 supported by asphyxiating shells, u ii.l-io stopped bv oiir artillery. Amstcrdan, August HV A (lernian communique states: ' destroyed the enemy's newly constru ed bridge at Dainmerkirke, shot down captive balloon westward of Verdun, n - compelled a French aeroplane to ii-ceiid southward of -Muclsiem and ci lured pilot and observer. Petrograd, August 10 An Fixcliange telegram from Cop listen states that flu- Kaiser's a lie; i peace overture is ofl'lViciallvi denied. Capetown, August 1(1 Subscriptions *rp frody coming ior tlie separation fund. ]t is hoped realise sufficient to add Ms mqntlily

the imperial allowance; single men will not benefit. London, Aupgyi-t 10. The viai' expenditure of Canada to date is eighteen milions sterling. The Minister of Finance estimates the war expenditure at £1)00,000 per day. The general linancial conditions arc increasingly satisfactory. ' Loudon, August It). j The Hon. T. Mackenzie visited HVey- ' mouth, where over 80 New Zealand * wounded are all progressing;, tlwugh some will never return to the front. , ! Washington, August 10. c Sweden's negotiation, with America so far as they have concerned a neutral c protest against the British Orders-in-Council regarding contraband have » failed. Sweden will continue the repre- < sc-ntations alone. Sydney, August 10. The Telegraph says the fauli of the 1 recruiting campaign has been, not with s the young manhood, but with the fault; I enlisting arrangements and the treat- s ment after enlistment. Instead of encouraging enlistment the recruiting system, or want of system, suggests men are not wanted. In the Assembly, Mr. Holman, in reply to Mr. Wade's question whether the Government would extend the platform recruiting campaign, in view of the fact that the public was not yet alive to the necessity of the movement, indicated that there would be an extension. He also said that negotiations were in hand to permit recruits to. assist in gathering the harvest. Country mem- j ■liers were fearful that recruiting would result in a shortage oE labor at a criti- ( cal time. v Vctrogr-.nl, August 10. The English language has been sub- ] stituted for German in most commercial schools in Russia. London, August 10. Rhodesia has presented an aeroplane to the Imperial Government. Washington, August 10. The official estimate of winter wheat is lio0,000,0i)0 bushels, awl that of spring 307,000,000 bushels, 'Hemic, August 10. Acting on the Crown Prince's suggestion, a scheme has been initiated to appeal to Germans abroad for money to help along the war. It is estimated to rai>-.e twenty million sterling'. # " Sydneyi. August 10. The Herald, in a leader, sounds a warning that unless young men realise the gravity of the situation and are prepared voluntarily to do their duty, ami unless the authorities hurry up the proper organisation of national resources and the classification of the workers available for live various departconscription is surely coming. This should be done now; to-morrow may be too late. Melbourne, August 10. After lengthy arguments the l-'ull Court ordered the release of Franz Wallace., manager of the Australia Metal Company, who has been under arrest since July 0, on the warrant oi the Minister of Defence, as a disloyal and disaffected person. Mr. Pearce" was called to eive evidence. He said be tool; aotion against Wallaeh in the interests ' of the safety of the Commonwealth, but ' declined to disclose his reasons, plead- ' ing privilege. The court, by a majority, held that the regulation under which the action was taken was ultra vires ' and the imprisonment of Wallacli nu- ' authorised. Wallaeh was released but ' immediately re-arrested under tthc Pre- ' cautions Act. The Federal Cabinet has decided to appeal to the High Court against the Full Court's decision. 1 Sydney, August 10. t The City Council proposes to invest its sinking fund in the war loan. Trade '. unions and friendly societies arc also ■■ investing their funds, r Melbourne, August 10. 'There are over forty cases of nieniiid gitis in tlie A'ictorian military tamps, and ten deaths. «. The Director-General of Health lias e negatived the suggestion that germs of : meningitis have been disseminated at the Liverpool Camp by enemy agents. He states that the bacilli live not more than a few hours outside the human t body.