LIEUTENANT WARNEFORD DEAD.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 145, 19 June 1915, Page 6

LIEUTENANT WARNEFORD DEAD.

KILLED IN PARIS.

A DARING CANADIAN, ii (Received IV, p., n .) LONDON, .fun, IS, T.icutenanf Warneford was killed while flying a I'ii.rman biplane at a Paris aerodrome. A civilian passenger in. also killed. Tlieht Sublieutenant Wiirneford is the young Canadian nirtnnn who a few days npn won the Victoria Cross by a brilliant f.at in P.e|-iinn. |'h,n_ an aeroplane. In- trnt above a Zeppelin, and hy skilful maiHeiivring dropped Immbs right mi the German airship, which hur.-t into flames and was e.enphtolv d-stroveil. Warneford ha,] only he, n ;i ~hi.il' while ,„ the service, having Uvn granted hi> pilofcerf.lieatc I hie,, niontli . before his great f- at. King I,'euie,, sent a. personal mesFa.cc fo the darin- nirninn ami decorated him will, (!„. \ ietoria ( r,,-s. This was the lirst time a Zeppelin had lieeu brouuht down !y aircraft. FiGHTiNG IN ALBANIA. MOKTS'rEGKO ATTACKED. INSURGENTS SURRENDER. (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) (Received s.:;o a .m.j LONDON, .lane IS. Tn consequence of the Angln-lt.-ilian naval action e'T tlie \lhanian roast, the insurgents have surrendered. Numerous rar.non. machine gun-, and a large quantity of munitions have been taken. ( KTI.N.IK, -lime l<i. It is officially stated that 4.0(1(1 led hy native chiefs under Austrian officers." attacked the Monte- ► ••-lin frontier at Diokovitza. They wer,. repulsed. The invaders left many <k„d and wounded.

BOMBS FROM THE AIR

CRAFT ACTIVE ON ALL SIDES. POPE WAP.NS AtrSTRIA. LONDON, -Line IS, The Berlin newspaper "Lokal Anzeiger" states that II men, 7 women audi girls, and 4 schoolboys were killed in the I allied air raid on Karlsruhe, and 7-' i per- ' sons were wounded. i ROME, dune iS. ! An official announcement shows that navai airships dropped bombs on the important railway junction of Divacea, east of Trieste. Creat damage was done. The airships returned without hems: damaged. The Vatican, it is nllei.'od. has informed Austria of its abhojrence of aerial raids, adding that in th" event of a raid on Rome injuring Church dignitaries, or damaging Church property, it will interfere with relation between the Vatican and Austria.

GERMAN ACCOUNT OF THE RAID ON ENGLAND. LONDON, dune IS, The following is the official German account of the raids over the English roast-.—"Airships r. n the nth and the loth, raided the north-east ol" England, and dropped bombs on fortified ~1,-,,-es on ♦he coast, causing fire-, and ihe destruction of industrial establishments, including smelting furnaces. The airships were heavi'v fired upon, but were not damaged. We silenced a coast battery."

Speaking in the House of Commons. Mr. W. .Tnvnson-Ili-ks. Cnioni't member for the Brentford division of Middlesex. urged the need of increasing the supply of aircraft. He said Hiitnin could, in three months, turn out aeroplanes of a hundred horse-power, rarrying 111 men. similar to those in use in France, and Capable ol cn.rrvinrr destructive bombs.

BUSY H.M.A.S. AUSTRALIA WORLDS RECORD STEAMING. (Received lh"in a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. A sailor aboard H.M.A.s. Australia writes: "We hnie constituted a record voyage, never equalled :n the history of the world. We have travelled 40.00(1 miles in six months, and have still 7..>0fl miles to do before we roach our destination."

BARRED FROM TENDERING

PERTH FIRM SHUT OUT. (Receive n.lfi a.m i I'KIITH, this day. The Defend llepartment has debarred a certain ilrn, from sending in further tender.- for the supply of soldiers' hoots. Employees working nt the factory state that net an ounce nf had m.iierial was Ufi.-d in the hoots complained of.

KING OF GREECE. HIS CONDITIO?! CONSIDEE.ED HOPELESS. (Parched I!.:, a.m., PAULS, dune IS, Report- fro,,, Home --Up that t hunch Kin--' Con-l-intineV erudition has improve,!, his ease i-. considered hopeless. LUSITANIA'S CARGO. SUGGESTED EXAMINATION BY XSIVERS. (Times ar.cl Sydney Sun Services.) LONDON. .T une ]8> Speaking in the House of Common: Mr Laurence Ginnell. Nationalist men ber for North. Westmeath. suggested tha the Government should utilise neutn divers to ascertain whether there wa any ammunition in the Lusitania. Mr. riunciman snid he doubted th practicability 0 f this scheme owing t the depth of the wreck and the presenc