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Taranaki Daily News, 1 October 1917, Page 5

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ANOTHER AIR RAID. BOMBS DROPPED OX COAST. METROPOLIS NOT REACHED. A. and N.Z. Cable Assoc. and Renter. / Received Sept. 30, 5.5 pm London, Sept 29. British official: Aeroplanes attacked the south-east coast this evening, it ia reported, at various points along the coasts of Suffolk, Essex and Kent. The majority did not journey far inland. A fuiv headed for London, but did not reach the Metropolis. Bombs fell in Suffolk, Essex and Kent. Reports as to casualties and damage have not yet been received. TWENTY MACHINES ENCAGED. NO CASUALTIES CAUSED. TWO RAIDERS SHOT DOWN. Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc. and Reuter. Received Sept. 30, 5.5 p.m. London, Sept. 29. The Press Bureau states that tho latest reports indicate that twenty eiieiny machines participated in yesternight's raid. The raiders did not penetrate London's outer defences. Bombs were dropped in a number of places in Kent, Essex, and Suffolk. There were no casualties and only insignificant damage. One hostile aeroplane was shot down in the Thames estuary and a second off the coast. i OFFICIAL REPORT. BOMBS DROPPED ON LONDON DISTRICTS. A. and N.Z. Cable Afsoe. and Reuter. Received Sept. 30, 11.5 p.m. London, Sept 30. British official: The aeroplanes crossed the coast of Kent and ;Esscx in groups between s and 0 in the evening. Several attacks were made on London, and bombs were dropped in the north-eastern and south-eastern districts; also at various places in Kent and Essex. Reports as to the casualties-and damage have not yet been received. RAIDERS TURNED BACK BY BARRAGE. ,Aust. Cable Association. . Received Sept. 30, 5.5 p.m. London, Sept. 29, The raiders, apparently in three parties. met a barrage of fire of -extreme violence, and turned back, dropping a number of bombs in Kent. The raid lasted an hour. Other raiders .failed ta cross the coast line, and fled seawardl British aeroplanes are pursuing them.

GERMANY'S OSTRACISM. MISSION OF PAN-GERMANS. TO STRENGTHEN THE JUNKERS. Reuter Service. Received Sept. 30. 5.5 p.m. London, Sept. 29. Lord Milner, speaking at an American luncheon in his honor, declared that the prospect of almost universal ostracism was beginning to weigh in the minds of the Germans as certainly as it. was be* ginning to depress the spirits of their confederates. That was the reason why the new pan-German party had arisen to strengthen the waning influence of tho junkers and to preach the doctrine of might is right in its most aggressive and repulsive form.

NEW ZEALANDERS DECORATED London, Sept. 28. A bar to their military medals has been awarded to Sergeant P. A. Cordon (Wellington) and Private C. Quina (Auckland). : > Thirty-eight military medals have been awarded New Zealanders. INCREASED MINERS' WAGES. London, Sept. 28. A conference of the Miners' Federation decided to accept the Coal Controller's offer of an increase of Is Gd daily for workers over 10, and 9d for workers under l<i. It is estimated that the offer involves an annual increase in miners' wages of twenty millions.