BRITAIN

Taranaki Daily News, 12 October 1915, Page 5

BRITAIN

LIFE A HELL. PRISONERS' TREATMENT IN GERMANY. London, Oct. 10. A party of WjUiidud British exchanged prisoners have arrived. They complain of the vileness of the food, and that the British are singled out for insults and iiarsli treatment. One said they wore treated worse than dogs, and the life was a hell on earth.

CONCEALMENT OF NEWS. MISCHIEVOUS STUPIDITY. London, Oct. 10. Lord Selborne, speaking at York, said that we were confronted with a crisis, but were not dismayed. It would require a supreme ell'oi't on the part of the Empire to meet it. When the censor excised a passage in a newspaper correspondent's report about Loos, describing how tenaciously and tavel.v the Hermans fought,'it was only mischievous stupidity If some people did not yet realise the greatness of the crisis Hind, the demand for sfllf-sadviliec it was largely due to those who ecinuiittcd the crime of slurring over bad news. THE D.C.M. AWARDED TO AN AUS'THAi/AN. London, Oct. 10. The Gazette announces that the Distinguished Conduct Medal i'.afi Ucen awarded to Staff-Sergeant Heath, of the Australian Flying Corps,'for conspicuous pluck and determination in Mesopotamia on August 1. He assisted to pole a Hat-bottomed boat. 28 miles in 1hours in the.most intense heat in order to rescue aviators forced to descend in the enemy's country. WINTER COMFORTS. (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) London, Oct. 10. The Queen lias issued an appeal to the women of the Empire for winter comforts for soldiers and sailors. BRITISH CASUALTIES FOR THE WEEK.

Received Oc-t. 12, ]-2.05 a.m. London, Oct, 11. The British casualty lists for the ei;';ht days contain the uannv, of 711 (.Dicers, of whom '2oB wero killed. The week-end lists contain the names of 4100 men killed, wounded, and missing.