INCIDENTS OF THE WAR.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 157, 3 July 1916, Page 6

INCIDENTS OF THE WAR.

ON AND OFF THE FIRING LDfE. ' LOXDOK, July 2. , For Making Explosives. i Russian destroyers captured the Ger- ' man steamer Hormontlies, of 4,782 tons, ' in tho Baltic Sea. Her cargo of tar is 1 valued at £100,000. " '< Work and Prayer. f Tlic Prime Minister (Mr H. H. Asquith) has declined the request made by the churches that he proclaim August 4 as a day of prayer. He declined the request on the frround that cessation of work as proposed would interfere with the production of munitions. Confidence in Italian Cabinet. The Italian Chamber of Deputies, by "(i0 votes to 44. expressed confidence in the Government. Mr HcKenna in Paris. The British Chancellor of the Ex- * ehoquor. Mr. Reginald McKenna. has ar- s rived in Paris to attend a conference on \ financial matters affecting the Allies. £ Deadly Italian Bombs. c Tn a recent raid on an Austrian aria- I tion camp at Porgine. where 30 aeroplanes wore kept. Italian bombs de- a stroyed all the machines, and also q wrecked the headquarters camp. For Munition Workers. 1 The British Government is extending * the benefits of unemployment assur- . ance to all branches of munition ' workers. °