INCIDENTS OF THE WAR.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 65, 16 March 1916, Page 5

INCIDENTS OF THE WAR.

ON AND OFF THE FIRING UHE.

Bi« British Snrpla.. There are indications that the Budget will show a surplus of 'f20j000,000. Mark Steadily FalHag. A Copenhagen message says the value or" the German mark k thirty per cent below normal. •■_ .ill No Lottery Boad*. ;■'..'" The British has decided against the issue of Ibttery bonde as a means of raising money for war purposes. '" i ■.■'-.. *»•- .._■_• : All Alike. There is a strong agitation in Switzerland for the expulsion of the German military attache, Major Yon Bismarck. The Press denounces him as the or"*nieer of a widespread spy system. CHuu for TrebUokd. According to' an Athene paper, the Gocbcn, eluding thelßussian .fleet, -landed a number of German officers and guns at Trebizond, on the Black Sea coaet of Asia Mfrior, 110 miles, northwest of Erzcroijm." "- \" : ."- ~—— l — Unfortunate Entente. -; A telegram received in Bucharest from .the Bulgarian capital etatas that ex-leadcrj of Bulgarian irregulars, the inan :; --who-"-promted the tntente" between the Bulgarians and the Turks,-has been assassinated. On the BritUli Front. '_" Sir. DonglasrHnig; exploeion of an enemy' mine caused some damage. to a. .portion of. a ■ small salient of our trenches. We carried out a successful bombardment" of treirches-north bf'Ypre*." ; "':■■' : '... '.. .'.'" Catting Dcvi Exemption*. The British War Office:-is stringently revising' the-liet of' exempted, occupations. The effect will be to release the majority .of - unmarried- men,' retaining onir the most "Vital j-tbe auhetitution of female 'labour" wherevw ppseible, and the deletion" of luxury trades hitherto exempted, including tobacco, silk, and lace.' ■ • • '■ ■ -