INCIDENTS OF THE WAR.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 51, 29 February 1916, Page 5

INCIDENTS OF THE WAR.

OK AWD OPP THE FIRING HRE. LONDON, February kj Doing Hark-work. ' The "Berliner. Tageblatt' , reveals the fact that yon Hindenburg has practically been ehelved, stating that though people are hoping that everything is going, for the best, they are astonished that the great leader is being tied at duties that could be performed by another. . In Bed for Warmth. ■ . Germans visiting Copenhagen describe the seriousness of the position, owing to the lack of fat and butter. Thousands have. taken to their beds on doctors' orders for the sake of the extra warmth. The factories are using all the lard and margarine in the manufacture of glycerine. To the Bitter End. All the speeches in the Duma, irrespective of party, breathe the iron determinaI tion of Russia to prosecute the war until a complete victory be attained. Criticism of the Government is confined to the failure to utilise to the fullest extent the national resources and the services of public bodies. * .