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Taranaki Daily News, 11 August 1916, Page 5

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ANOTHER ZEPPELIN ATTACK. " \ WOMEN AND CHILDREN VICTIMS. London, August 9. Early this morning an airship raided the East Coast, and another the Scottish coast. Three women and children were killed and 14 wounded, but no military damage was done. The Press Bureau states that the raiders did not penetrate far inland, but dropped a number of bombs in various coast localities. Anti-aircraft guns at several places drove oil' the airships from ' their objectives. One airship visited the south-east coast of Scotland. It is officially estimated that seven to ten airships participated in the raid, operating singly and in pairs. Apparently indiscriminate destruction of property . was the main object. THE LUST OF DESTRUCTION. RAIDERS DRIVEN OFF. i Wellington, August 10. The High (v.;missioner reports under date London. August fl (4.45 p.m.): The War Oiiice. reports that in last night's air raid seven to 10 airships were involved, none going mort than a few miles inland.. Indiscriminate destruction of property was the apparent object of the raiders. Anti.-aircnift guns were in action in four places and seem to have been succesful in nearly every case in driving oft' the raiders, one of whom was pursued several miles seaward by a naval aeroplane. The bombs mostly fell wide of any centre of population. An exception was in a north-eastern town, where one man died of shock, two women and three children were killed, and 12 persons injured. In another town 'one man, one woman and three boys wore injured. Other casualties were: Four houses partly burnt, windows broken, 50 feet of railway torn up, one horse killed, and lesser damage done, none of mill- , tary importance. THE COUNT TAKES PART. ' Received August 10, 9 p.m. Copenhagen, August fl. Count Zeppelin voyaged to England on the occasion of the last Zeppelin raid. RETALIATION FOR OUTRAGES. QUESTION OF CONFISCATION OF GERMAN PROPERTY. Received August 10, 5.5 p.m. London, August 0. In the House of Lords, Lord Urnsdowne stated that the Government was conferring with the highest commercial and banking authorities upon the question of the confiscation of Herman property in retaliation for the outrages they have committed. TREATMENT OF BRITISH * PRISONERS. ' j A COMMITTEE APPOINTED. CONDITION OF KUT CAPTIVES. Times Service Received August 10, 10.55 p.m. London, August 10. In the House of Commons, Mr. Asquith announced that the Government had appointed a Departmental Committee, under the chairmanship of Lord Newton, to deal with the question of the treatment of British prisoners A traveller who saw the Kut-el-Amara prisoners in northern Syria, states that a number were in the poorest condition. They marched towards Tarsus, over a gap in the Bagdad railway. For some reason they marched across to the gates of Silicia and back again. He heard there were forty officers in the Tarsus hospital. Thej had evidently undergone great privations, as there 1 were no medical comforts, the Turks lacking drugs. MR. HENDERSON REMAINS IN THE CABINET. Received August 11, 1.15 a.m. London, August 10. Mr, Henderson remains in the Cabinet as Labor adviser. He attended a Cabinet meeting vesterday in that capacity. (Mr. Henderson recently resigned his portfolio of Minister of Education.) POST-WAR ECONOMIC POLICY. STATEMENT BY MR. BONAE, LAW. received August 10, 7.10 p.m. London, August 9. At a special conference of the National Unionist ' Association, Mr. Bonar Law admitted there Jiad been differences of opinion among them on the Irish question, but there were considerations even more important than maintaining party union. He was prepared to run the risk of dicunion for the course he thought right. Respecting the fiscal question, he believed the war had caused an overwhelming majority in the country to feel that never again should our German enemies be allowed to use our markets as they did before the war. Also, that what had happened to the self-governing Dominions had made a tremendous difference in the point of view which everyone hitherto held in relation to the political and economic conditions which ought to exist in the future. The Government had done the right thing in having the whole question' inquired into from a new- viewpoint, and they should ascertain whether it was possible to carry it without a party right either at Home or in any uartaj of the Eainira '