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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 66, 18 March 1915, Page 1

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• •_ .._ ~ ~. __, . 226 th day of the war.. Two more British, vessels bane been torpedoed, six men being- drowned. ;. * The Germans are furiously bombarding Nieuport with sixteen-inch howitzers. The Germans are subjecting the British front to a violent bombardment." Jonathan Hill, aged 73," dropped' dead in the Baptist Chapel at Rangiora last night. In finding the wounded, who naturally seek shelter, the Gersians employ wolfhounds. ' Another Zeppelin is reported to have been smashed into fragments, and thirty of the crew -killed. It is estimated that £10.000,000 was i subscribed an America towards the last German war loan. _.. A Swedish steamer, .laden with grain, ! was seized by the Germans and. taken to one of their Baltic Sea ports; A serious outbreak of dysentery in the Solomon Islands has resulted in the death of a number of natives. The South Auckland Rifle 'Association's prize meeting is to be. held at Waihi during the Easter- holidays. A fantastic and. uncanny' feature of the war is the. extensive use of illuminating rockets for night fighting. The annual meetings of householders for the election of school committees will be held on (Wednesday, -April-28* The Americans are ahgryat their trade with Gesrinahy being curtailed- hjF~-tiie Allies' blockade,- and talk of retaliation. ' A sentry" "C "reservoir' "at Perth;: Australia, was shot at by some "unknown "man, ""^rho^isscaped-'into "ti» basin- ■—■ -»■ - - -•*• ■ ....... - The jubilee of-the f «rrivat T of"the 400 immigrants- -by the- Bombay is being celebrated to-day-at the -settlement- they founded. --, '-'w. British " miners "have '• decided "to demand an "increase of "20 per cehf"'fii their wages owing" to"-.tbe increased jrice of foodstuffs.. "?7". z\" .".'-"'£ ".'■' "_".'•'.". "The Grain .'Trad.-' Pertii_ Tall '-irapplies—of flour,;and fisingjthe price at which"it shall he solcl. ' ' The oil launch_Huia, Horace Hammond, was destroyed hy fire en the journey -from Tokatoka to Kopunfyesterday.?'. 7-..-'..'.:..;,.•■■. .... •Heavy.. easterly:.". weather "prevailed during, the of tfie smaller coastal boats being.delayed.a, little Tin their timertabl© running,.-"■>—--- *■•-■.-- ---' Stated* that*~Bfitish houses' will shortly be able 'to ih-the-Empire* use;-"t6'-irepla<!e the .e&iafc-ing"-stocks7made in .Bavaria..- . ' ". . Despite great, preparation*, the mans .were not prepared for'the vast, numbers of 'wounded'men.w-hich came have returned to the front. V'"'?* %"- '." '■ A reef, 20ft. wide; and estimated to go two' or three -:ounces 'of gold' to I "the ton', has J been -discovered in the' : Newbridge district, New South' Wales'. •_ While an old" man was" sitting the BiblC'in" his 3uraSe-in. ; l3»e' Biirfadistrict", - South "Australia, he 'was killed by a' shot fired: through, a- •window. ' ,v 7 '" The "Anglican Bishop" of .Auekkuiidvconsiders that.we's«dlyTieed" a .child's'history of the evajigelisat km of7N"ew' Zealand and of the: tMel'ahesian Islands.' A- Lascar Joh " " steamer Chauda, which hag 'just'artived at Syd> ney from"' <3alcutta, died; from smallpox, and another 'Lascar also ha* the disease. Memorial windows -were unveiled at ;St.: Mary's/.Parriell^,-yesterday,; 'as' *i tribute to . the 70.t: the .early,-missionaries..in.'Neftr-Zealand: \ .A- -threejrosmed-: yjL.,Clarene*_ fire between-ten-- aSd» eleven J -o'«kick:- last nighty during- the^ahsence-of-the-tenants. ' Fearee "TjyiiclT7 ot ..pSuonby, was" crushedbetween One of the:.dredges and la puntr" alongside''yesterdays a"nd"was ' taken to the hospital -with a broken hip;--; 7 •.77 ;, r7'""'-'■ " '■'"■'" ""- A Wellington, ■window-cleaner- fell -to the pavement from theY top-storey ol Messrs..SaTgooff/Soh^-and'Ew^'s'war*- . !h«ise,"' receivings" injuries "'-from: which he'died. : ' "' ; -—-- r--••----.- ;- ---; Germany - ordered~BooQ";mptor--;wagona-from America;, -when-preparing-fdr-war, but,- thanks -to- the -vigilance -of -the: Allies', lleets, none of' the carswas deR liveredV -'-": "-":. .:..:.'..' Z-....'.': ' "..'"' The _Atbitration";Conrt «t-Wellington has heard both..sides regarding an application -that the Court should.resume-the hearing of'industrial disputes, and baa reserved decision.-. - — .. .An . official .message " from Berlin accuses the, French of U6ipg handgrenades . that, em.it;. .poisonous. ;fumes, and explosive jjullets which - generate . flames upon; impact.--; ;;_ -Arrangements-arc-to-be made for the annual - demonstration -~3>y....'friendly societies, bands, fire-brigades, and. others,, in. aid .of. .the". Hospital, .FunA. for. discharged, patients. •_■ 7 The Tennis Association in-New-South Wales has decided that the proceeds - of the -inter-State,tournament to be held in April wiU.-„be„devoted- to, the Belgian Relief. Fund. Among the wounded Germans the number of deaths is said to be as low as two per-cent. -Sixty_ per jent; of ithe men- wounded early in thejcampaign have returned to the rfont..'."-^ An interned German liner. ha& escaped' from Has- Palmas. and it .is ibeleved that" she ; ig endeavouring to get".into__tqucV with the enemy's commerce destroyers, as she has a lot of war stores on boaTd. The annual training camp of the 3rd(Auckland) Regiment' and the No. 1 Field Ambulance will"be held-at Otahuhu from to-day until the end of the month, the bulk of the men going into camp' on Monday. A conference of delegates from local bodies concerned is to be held to consider the financial relatione between the Railway and Public Works Departments and local bodies, regardiiig such works as overhead bridges. The whole Austro-German army of 3,000#00 men is still teid. up on the eastern frontier, without being able tc prevent the irresistible growth of the (allied forces until the time comes for decisive action, • remarks",' tlfo" 'Times" 'Jfetrograd correspondent, 'in pointing, I oat that the close oi. the winter cnni-" [ paign has left the enemy as far as ever from accomplishing" anything "of strategical importance.: ' We made it good. .'.'."" The people niade it famous." . '". ";"' j "Royal Standard" "Tobacco— (AdJ Tudehope's Sale (Symbnds Street , stops Saturday at 6 p.m. Remnants halfprice, and baiTgains in every dept:— \ Ad.) SALVAGE BARGAINS AT GRET AM? FORD'S. Opea till 9 p.m.—(Ad.) — —- . . .