KING OF GREECE ILL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 207, 30 August 1916, Page 5

KING OF GREECE ILL.

OPERATION NECESSARY. \ __ (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.} " . . : ■"."„ ATHENS, Augnst 29. It is announced that King Constantir.e suddenly became ill, and cannot receive - ' the deputation conveying the recommendations of M. Venizelos concerning intervention on the side of the Allies. (Renter's Telegrams.) (Received 8.50 a__.)\ ■'■ ATHENS, Augnst 29. The King of Greece is suffering from inflammation, of a wound,.' and a- small operation has been performed. INCIDENTS OF THE WAR, _____ ... - •. ■ (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, August 29. British Aircraft in a Storm. A report from Sir Douglas Haig states that a heavy storm overtook eight British aeroplanes, and five have not returned." Miners' Hours. The Scottish miners' ballot on the pro- , posal to work six full days a week was defeated, the adverse majority beinf , 9,806. Discarded Generals. '..'*. A German Army Gazette announces , that.Generals yon Lugeky and yon Bern ' have been pensioned. Both were reeentlv . engaged on the Somme. Fifteen generals have been pensioned since the Somme offensive commenced. Greek Prince in England. Prince Andrea, the third son of King Constantine of Greece, has arrived at Windsor Castle. Not Quite so Arrogant. A wireless message from Berlin states that the Kaiser has postponed until after the war the enforcement of punishments passed on French prisoners. Reciprocal arrangements have been made with France. ..*'"... Tracking Doth Shirkers. llany Police Court cases - are .arising ; out of raids in London and the provinces [Undertaken in order to apprehend-men [of military age suspected of "shirking." .Tlie police and military, are" visitin" i popular resorts and demanding the" pr<T- : duction of satisfactory papers:. • Some ot Their Own Back. .' ' 'The"'Hamburg newspaper "Nad-rich ten," in an account of the British offensive, insists on the terrible results of . sulphurous gas shells, which America supplied in enormous" quantities. The British artillery, the ~pajei adds, does I not-know the meaning of teonomy ia ammunition. '"''~5 r J.':.:~""-