GENERAL ITEMS.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 December 1915, Page 5

GENERAL ITEMS.

BRITISH CASUALTIES, M 08& Tffi&N HAiF A HiMiQii MEN. Mftfved Deb; 26, ff.S' p.m. ' Dortaaii, D'ee. 25.. 1 Mr.. A'sqtiitti afflMvOi Writ' the -qasu'sOtietf of fli<* wit fti FriAre airtd 'Fljrf&W. Art' others' killed'; SM dffifiprt' and' MM \6iMS wounded; i' 699 offices' aiM 1 32;<!35 'Others' rtffssi% fheSA figures'' A* in etd-tTttHon iHm cWalttes i< tWe Bit■atifejlitf, tfhicli' td'tal Il4;85ff; ill other theatre?, 25,<J&4. 1 OMat-Tttr xiftefriS Sfitfsh' dMi ties to December 9' were 1 i'l9',s3' killed, 3'38';758 WdMed, 4*4 ed.JM'B' nfis&rig'.

, TintS jftfH&ney &\n, $f f icel KeceivM Dec". 2fe,„5.§ pari.', B.ons,_.who eyadea, tie, vigJleM oh. m !¥# M..¥ .faWu, %ou ?W d» we |%yw| .a© ; hundreds are dying from want of food.

A says this Serb refugees are arriving in the deepeslj _desMii-., Tlfty .attribute; their misfortune to tfie mistake of the; Allied not refttisilfg thfi exigences of thd ! military sMmi:. TiMflast the Ser-| bian inijitanr staff was confident of its ability to iSlct flie fiorffi front', being ignorant of the difficulties attending early Anglo-FteM aMOkB: The Serb faQ.°B3 were .mettles'ome, but. an prpjir ml m mfom u the■biflg o J f Me tmUH w&s et&triiye'd' it ipf. frfe fpMb! {lie jKeji « flnbtotrft e,tliX wM f&taM fboif tffef.wilt again &ove' so'd ffgWirs; PibbaßTy 130 ffidttfsjfid WlMeas&mDle, b'ii« tne'situation'i<j unfavorable fdr reo'rgftfli&flb'riv and ,ffie Pities a'fe cop<!efrtrat'ih| to pu'Sfi, fhWuP Ef, ttag&n towards DuTaißfb, white ttfe Aiigtrfe!? ffdvfiflce in 1 -tn> Matji Valley is' di'tffero'ds' as' it will possibly MM 6f the Serbian army; ana jffevent..thefn' joining up with the Italian's; St Valbna' .a'nd Durafad. AuS-, triari submarine' activity add? to th* difficulty, of. fettirig supplies to Scutari ipr tfie' Serbs coming southwards. while the Italian' B«6-fftValona is' the ; taHying' pbitft for the - ' Serb's.

SHABES OF KING EDWARD. cfeMi .Hindeffi&rg, in" an, lilt ervieft sajft.tjiat, tjie ffet.bf ttie German jires'S proclahmis; % ;paM6tfa'te AtigldpTidDiSm had Js& a wMniiig to his coiihtryfit«» a'gjinst, JhglaM fiff jMH. England was tf£, real, ftfflffio.fSr of ttii war,' slid, the whole wRs 1 still governed by the spir.it .& - ftifa'g. Eawaftt tfie Seventh. Gefierai Hindeiibiijg Said he was sceptical of the talk about revolutions; in RuSJfi, Mi Ifidiaj.ato SSvised.that ill] attention should be iked upon England.

NO CHRISTMAS TRUCE. ALLIES REFUSE. Receive'! Dec;' 26, 11.50 p.p, , The B>itisli oh the West.front Mnot piisttili! XCattstmiW .truce;,and bombardments' continued all day long. ■•> Zurich, p t The Italians in the.G'orizia rcgibp,.rc; jlc'ted an Austrian offer for a Christmas tillce. TROOPS FOR GALLIPOLi. Amsterdam, Dece.n\ber 23. R'e'SeiVefl Dec. 245 5-5.p.m. ._ c ~Gettnan t'eports■ state thSit.;forty f |lVe tteulknd Turks Have passed Bulair, «'6Wnd fo* Galilpoli. _, GENER'AL HAiIILTON'S REPORT. Re'teiVed De'ci 24, 5:5. p.m.,,.,. J?ec_ember #S. ~ In th> Hbttsfe of Co»nuMi9„,My.. Tehnant 'stated thut Genfirc.! Hamj\tpn icoivlncefl Mm of tha th'e Way o'f a speedy 6|, liis - did not rest with Mineral Hantilton. * ,