LATE NEWS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 243, 17 November 1914, Page 10

LATE NEWS.

LATEST WAR FBWS. LONDON, November It. • Replying to criticism in the House of. Commons, Mr A: : quith- sairl that Lord Kitchener liad drwn up a scbome for increasing the ;iay of junior officers' which the. .Treasury', •van considering. General Pronch was freely utilising his powers to promote non-com-:nissioncd officers and privates to commisriojis for gallantry and services in the field. Britain was not a free agent in the mater. War correspondents were 'Obliged to regulate their proceedings by the wishes of t<e Allies, who had the share of the fighting. • i WASHINGTON, povealisv I'.-. j'n order to ebviq.be the use of' AmencaiT j-assports for espionage purposes in foreign countries. President Wilson has signed an order making effective new regulations. Uni.or those an applicant must swear before a court all required particulars, and a witness must act similarly. Full particulars projected in the itinerary also axe nccesraxy. I '' /§ OTTAWA, November 16. • Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, British Ambassador to the United States, is here conferring with!Ur R. G. Borden. The object of the visit i 3 uot known. " • 'WiIsJSS3W?3 A SERIOUS CHARGE. WELLINGTON, Noveajher 17. At the re-trial of the man Stoddaxt :harged with indecent exposure, a verdict of guilty was returned. - SYDNEY MAIL-BOAT. The Macuka has arrived from JSydssy.