MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 September 1917, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

THE AIR RAID. LONDON WELL PROTECTED. London, Sept. 25. The Press Bureau reports that antiaircraft gunfire drove off the group of aeroplane raiders which approached London last night, and only one, or possibly two, penetrated the defences. The casualties are now reported as 15 killed and 70 injured. The material damage was not great. The enemy airships which crossed the Yorkshires and Lincolnshire coasts did not penertate fur inland. They attempted to approach various defended localities, but gunfire drove them off. They dropped bombs on a coast town and slightly injured three women. Little damage was done. EFFICIENCY OF AIR DEFENCES AN OPTIMISTIC FORECAST. Reuter Service. Received Sept. 27, 1.45 a.m. London, Sept. 26. A high official informed tho Daily Impress that London's air defences are more than efficient. He added: "We have stopped day raids, and the time is not far distant when Hun machines will come no more." THE OFFICIAL REPORT. Received Sept. -20, 8.'15 p.m. London, Sept. 25. Official: Aeroplanes crossed the Kent and Essex coasts at various points last evening. A few bombs were dropped. One raider penetrated as far as the south-eastern outskirts of London and dropped two bombs. There were twenty casualties. ZEPPELINS SEVEN HOURS OVER YORKSHIRE. Received Sept. 2(5, 8 p.m. London, Sept. 25. Zeppelins hovered over Yorkshire for a long time, the all clear signal being given seven hours after the first warning. The airships were at a great height and were not seen from the ground. THE BEERFERRERS FATALITY.

FURTHER DETAILS. London, Sept. 25. In the railway accident at Bterferrers, near Plymouth, the rin; > T rr Zealanders were mostly cut to pieces and were only identifled by their discs. The men went to the rear of their stationary train, where rations and stores were served, 2nd an express suddenly came round a curve and rtiuahi the New Ze , iknd<-rs. Red Cross workers who were on board the train rendered aid. The names of the victims are nob obtainable. VICTIMS SHOCKINGLY MUTILATED Received September 2tf. 5.5 p.m. London, Sept. 2G. The New Zealanders had only arrived on Monday. The express was travelling at forty miles an hour and dashed into the group, the victims being shockingly mangled, some being decapitated.

ANOTHER DEATH. Australian Cable Association. Received Sept. 20, 8.15 p.m. i 'London, Sept. 25. W. T. Thrussell, one of the injured, died at Tavistock. The identity of the dead is difficult, owing to mutilation. Two of the injured, named J*. J. Gedley and R. J. Barnes, are suffering from fractures and severe shock, but are progressing. .BRIGADIER MAXWELL I KILLED. MR. BONAR LAW'S SONS. Reuter Service. Received Sept. 27, 1.45 a.m. London, Sept. 20. Brigadier-General F. A. Maxwell has been killed. It is understood that another son of Mr. Bonar Law, an officer in the Flying Corps, is missing. One son is already a prisoner of the Turks. CONTROL OF BUTTER IMPORTS. London, Sept. 25. The Press Bureau states that LorJ Rh'ondda has appointed an Advisory Board Committee of eight, including three large importers, to arrange details of a scheme for the complete control of imports of butter.