MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 July 1916, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

" WAR SAVINGS WEEK. "'- 1/mdon, July 18. Mr. McKcnna, Chancellor of the Ex'chequer, in a letler, stated thai hi-,was glad War Savings Week had been chosen for a date when the thought of the nation was directed across the Channel, where we were making the greatest military effort in our history. ft would not he a battle of a feu-'days, but the beginning of a long, patient and arduous offensive demanding the soldier*' heroic exertions and unimaginable sacrifice!'. ''Arc the home-st'iyers," he asks, "content to be mere spectators The greatest financial effort of our bislory is needed. Extravagance and waste are treason; indifference is a crime. Our exchequer bonds are heavy artillery, the smaller bonds are equal to rifles and grenades." NEW ZEALANDERS KILLED IN ACTION. Received July 17, f1.35 p.m. London, July 17. Captain Charles Campbell Many' (?) of Ihe Manchester Regiment (Diincdinite), Captain Richard Mullins of the York and Lancaster Regiment, and Lieut. George Massey of the Field Artillery, New Zealanders, have been killed in action, UNITED STATES, SERIOUS STRIKE RIOTS. DEATHS FROM HEAT WAVE. Received July 17. 0.35 p.m. New York, July Hi. There have been 14 deaths owing to a heat wave at Detroit. The longshoremen's strike led to riots at Seattle and Tacoma. Three were shot, seriously. THE NEED FOR A PACIFIC FLEET. London, July 10. The Daily Telegraph's Washington correspondent says that, during the debate on the Navy Bill in the Senate, Senator Lodge admitted that the. navigation of the Panama Canal was so unreliable that the transference of the fleet was uncertain, therefore a Pacific fleet must he built in addition to the Atlantic fleet. ROLL OP HONOR, CASUALTY LIST. By relegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, July 17. Killed in action: Lieut. A. F. Cormody, 2nd Lieut. P. Herman. Died of wounds: Lance-Corporal A. Elderton, Private T. Harks, Rfm. W. J. Perry. Reported d?ad (no particulars given). Private J. .1. Rankin. Wounded, admitted to hospital: Rfm. J. Raitt, 2nd Lieut. B. A. Todd, Lieut. W. J. Baxter, Lieut. S. G. Bowron, Capt 0. H. Gray, Lieut. 11. ,T. Morrison, 2nd Lieu*:. J. L. Prescott, Lieut. J. W. Snaddon, Private G. A. Mackenzie. Wellington, Last Night. Died of wounds.—Rifleman W. A. Leith, Privates A. Chapman. S. Patchett, C. E. Burgess, G. W. Cook, E. E, McGregor, F. Snadron, Rifleman A. J. Green. Wounded embarked for England.—Private A. D. Murphy, Corporal G. E. Allwright, Privates H. G. Daniels, R. Morcock, Vorporal G. P. Peake. Wounded admitted to hospital—Driver R. G. Donaldson, Gunner L. W. Cole, Private N. E. Anstis,, Private W. H. Bonner, Corporal E. Roberts, Rifleman A. C. Ronaldson, Private E. Russell, Rifleman A. L. Savell, Private A. P. Wiggins, Private A. Ahlfeld, Private W. H. Bailey, Private J. Bntterworth, Private T. J. Carroll, Pricate C. E. Christianaon, Private .1. Claque, Private R. Daly, Corporal S. J. Geary, Private N. Godkiii, Private A. Holland, Private J. H. Jenkinson, Private S. Johnson. Lance-Corporal 0. Lawrence, Private T. H. Loftus, Rifleman R. McKinnon, Private S. McLean, Private W. McLeod, Private G. S. Masters, Acting-Corporal G. Scobie. Private H. C. Sisley, La nee-Corporal C. W. Thorn, Private C. Tomlinson. Private A. N. Whittington, Private K. S. Wilkie Rifleman F. V. Adamson. Private J. Allan, Rifleman L. D. Beech, Sergeant B. R. Bray, Private C. Cameron, Private A. L. Casey, Private W. Clutterbock, Private S. Connell, Private W. E. H. Graveston, Private G. H. Groves, Private W. B. Horn, Lance-Corporal S. F. Kerr, Private W. H. Lucas, Private J. G. McDonald, Private J. MeDougall, Private J. MoRone, Private F. J. Mettam, Private F ' Olsen, Private E. C. Smith, Private S. S. Spiers, Private J. J. Strickland, Private A. Watteva, Private G. T. Williams, Private J. Williams, Private W. S. Allen. Lance-Corporal L. S. F. Bell, Private H. Birland, Private W. E. Boyd, Private D. Burnside, Private C. W. Clark, LanceCorporal F. N. Dowding. Private P. C. F. Gooder, Sergeant B. L. Hammond, Trooper W. K. Hasen, Rifleman A. W. Hatchen, Company-Sergt.-Major A. W. Ledbrook, Private N. D. Mahoney, Private A. S. Moore, Sergeant E. A .Norris, Private E. H. Reeves, Private S. Schwartflger, Private G. Smith, Sergeant H. Smith, Private F. Bates, Corporal R. M. Bennett, Private J. N, Brown, Private J. Currie, Private C. E. McmClenaghan, Private V. R. Sanderson, Rifleman J. H. Walkinshaw, Private D. Wallace, Private T. J. Flanagan, Private D. C. Gilmour, Trooper A. L. Stewart. Slightly wounded (remaining with unit).—Captain V. R. Bond. Wounded (rejoined regiment, July 4), Rifleman J. Church, Private C, Contessa.