GOVERNMENT GOES TO FRANCE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 15 October 1914, Page 5

GOVERNMENT GOES TO FRANCE.

i ■ > GERMANS ADVANCING ON OSTEND. THE SCHELDT SAID TO BE *" blocked: - treacherous guides. new zealander's exciting experience.

'■4^' --:"->■ LONDON, Oct. 14. ' Official.—The Belgian Governrnent fcas been shifted to Havre (France). ;

: • An officer commanding a fort at Antwerp: wliicfr the Germans were pounding rW^: dust .ordered the garrison to ;save] themselves. They ;did;;so* but : tli'e'-'bffic.er.'stu6k"';'t6.vhis post, /and was I^en prisoner.; .r^.^:^.; ■''■'. :";■. ' -\y-:'

' AMSTERDAM, Oct. 14. The Telegraaf states that the occupation of Ghent followed heavy fighting on Saturday at Quaterecht and Melle. -

The Germans then marched towards Ostend. Patr.ols were soon at Ecloo, and Uhlans near Bouges.

The Germans are bridging the canal «.t Sebsate.

There is an enormous exodus from" • Ostend. Thousands stormed the mail-! boats' after the Government's depar- i ture. . THE HAGUE, Oct. 14. Dutch and German newspapers state ,±hat the British sank vessels in such positions in the Scheldt as to completely block the river 1 for years. LONDON, Oct. 14. Lieut. Dunkfield, who has returned from Antwerp, states ■ that the naval' contingent quitted the trenches at j night. He considered that the entry of the 2000 into Holland was the re«ult of guides' treachery. BORDEAUX, Oct. 14. The Minister for War is still at Ostend. . . King Albert remains at the head of -^,'the Belgian army. . • •k-./The , diplomatic corps accompanied ' ■ .' the' Government. The French Government settled* the „legal questions involved in tho.trans- ' ference on the lines of ,the Vatican and Italy. THE HAGUE, Oct. 14. The Netherlands War Office reports >that 860 British have been interned at Copenhagen, including 11 officers. Altogether 22,800 (?) British and Belgians are interned at different places, of whom 1560 are British. LONDON, Oct. 14. The Morning Post, commenting on Mr Churchill's visit to Antwerp, unT'" derstands that his activities in fields which do not properly concern him cannot conduce to good working. ' Five thousand of the contingent returned to England from Antwerp, and had" an enthusiastic reception at Dover .and Deal. Mr Barr, an officer of the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand, escaped from Antwerp with his wife and family after s exciting experiences in the bombardment. He states that the British contingent reached Antwerp immediately after Mr Churchill's -visit on Saturday week. I A praclamation, signed by the Mayor and sheriffs and the German com- ] mander of Antwerp, has been published on the Dutch frontier, asking the t~' refugees to return to the city, and promising that private property wll be respected. ROME, Oct. 14. 1 There are reports from Germany that 38,500 fugitives are returning to Antwerp. LONDON, Oct. 14. r. I The Government is appealing to local <3»< bodies for further accommodation ' for Belgian refugees. .