INCIDENTS OF THE WAR.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 53, 2 March 1916, Page 5

INCIDENTS OF THE WAR.

ON AND OFF THE FIRING LINE. LONDON, March I. Bad Meat. . '•"*.'' i In view of the recent condemnation of tinned-meats supplied to the troops, N the : Agents-Generals for tiie Colonies held a meeting and decided to institute a rigorous inquiry into the matter. German Balloons Adrift. Two German -balloons broke, from their moorings. in Flanders and dropped into tbe . sea. ; The aeronauts were taken prisoner.. Sank Without Warning. The' Admiralty states that the Germans in 1915 sank 40 British and 14 neutral unarmed merchantmen without warning. Must Have Men. The Under Secretary of War (Mr H. J. Te'nnant) said he was trying to replace unmarried men employed in reserved occupations by. married men before calling up the'attested married men. -We could not win, he said, unless, we «ot enough men. ° Waste Money. ' It is stated in Rome that Baron Schenck, the head of the German propagandists -in Greece, has suddenly stopped his subsidies to Greek newspapers. After: German Trade. - British trade is flourishing, and new firms are specialising in- lines formerly in the hands of the enemy. Orders are in hand for months ahead, particularly for pencils, flash-lamps, fancy goods, colour-printing, art bronze, nickel and copper work; .The'firms are giving preference to Germany's foreign customers at competitive prices; Italy in Albania. It> is. reported in Rome that no guns Were abandoned 0 the troops left Durazzo, the capital of Albania, except a few-old Turkish-' cannon,' which were destroyed. The Italian Cabinet has decided to hold the. port of Valona, and is n»_i___g the dfltatces stronger.