PALESTINE.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 February 1918, Page 5

PALESTINE.

PROMISING DEVELOPMENTS. ALLENBY'S MOVING ON JERICHO. tiiefcrfej ■ —- London, Feb. 20. General Allenby advancing towards Jericho and has secured the last main ridge overlooking the Jordan valley. Reeeived Feb- 22, 1 a.m. London, Feb. 21. The operations in Palestine have hitherto been delayed by the rainy season ahd. roaring torrents, preventing railway construction. General Allenby yesterdav commenced an advance upon Jericho. He has before him a steady descent into the valley, with promising developments.

ITALY. SUCCESSFUL AVIATION WORK. Aus. and NZ. Cable Assoc- and Reuter Received Feb. 22, 130 a.m. London, Feb. 21. Italian official: An enemy aerodrome at tuc Casarsa and the aviation camp, Laeomina, were successfully bombed. AUSTRALIA. TALLOW TO BE COMMANDEERED. Melbourne, *Feb. 21. A new regulations empowers the Commonwealth to commandeer stocks of tallow, the compensation not to exceed £45 per ton. A SOLDIER IN TROUBLE. Received Feb- 21, 9.30 p.m. Sydney, Feb 21. A retuMied soldier, named Joseph Manliffe, ajlias Joseph Henry Turner, was coinm/tted for trial on a charge of knowingly signing a false name to a military pay sheet. Accused, in a statement made to the police, said his name was Afanliffe- He enlisted at Auckland in December, 1014. and wont to Egypt, thence being invalided to England, where he met an Australian soldier named Maxwell, who was detailed to return to Australia, but did not desire to return, and gave Manliffe his boat ticket and papers, with permission to use the papers and sism the pay-sheet in Australia. He signed Maxwell's name and obtained £2

UNITED STATES. JAPAN READY FOR PARTICIPATING IN W T AR. New York, Feb. 20. The Mexico City correspondent of the New York Times states that a thousand Japanese have sailed for Japan, foreshadowing Japan's more active participation in the war. Count Iyenaga, in a speech in New York, said that Japan was ready to send an army to Rusia at a moment's notice. She merely awaits the Allies' signal. BRITISH RESIDENTS FOR AMERICAN FORCES. Washington, Feb. 20. Arrangements have been signed whereby British residents in America will be subject to service under the American draft. / MINIMUM PRICE- OF WHEAT. Washington, Feb. 19. A Bill has been introduced in the Senate fixing the minimum price of wheat at 250 cents (10s) a bushel.

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