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Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 57, 23 February 1918, Page 1

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m The Germans report the capture of! Minsk. 3 The Anzac mounted forces have cap- | tured Jericho. "."ij A great artillery battle has begun on' .the entire French "front; Two men have been arrested at Feild-' ing as a consequence of the recent assault on two clergymen. - The Bolsheviks have again issued -»• proclamation ordering the Russians to' resist the German invasion. Arrangements have been made to issu« the King's Silver War Badge to disr charged New Zealand soldiers. .:,, It is.believed in Holland that the Ger-i. mans intend'to Occupy the whole Baltic f coast and to takeover the Russian fleet., - The Austrian Premier says that owing' to the anarchy and chaos prevailing mi Russia there is little hope of food from ii that source. "■ German prisoners from Siberia are said;! to be coming freely into Manchuria withy Russian passports, and to be trading in,, German goods. , •'■■-"• an attack on him in tha,| Commons, Earl Derby has denied a re*| : port that he is resigning office as 'Secre-i' tary for' War. - : : The Britishhave taken over a consider-! Ati? length of-new front in the West,! stretching south of St. Quentin as far:A3 the River OiseA . , S^rC French' papers predict that theGer-y man offensive -will fall! between Lille and i' Cambrai, and' that- from 60' to 80 divi- ! sions will be engaged. •' Alfred 'Agnew,-charged at Wellingtorr ; with- selling l two copies of-the "Inter-j national Socialist"Review," a' prohibited*publication,'was" fined £2. ' Anotherair"attack has been made on] Thionville, mr Lorraine, and a ton of • explosives" has been dropped on military! objectives at Pinnasens, in Bavaria.; At a public meeting held in Wellington! last night' it;was decided to make an! effort.to raise' £25,000. in Wellington and suburbs for. the Red Triangle Day Fund, j The Socialists in the' Austrian Reichsr" rath demand that the. Government shall' accept the principles set forth by Preai-' dent Wilson, and begin peace negotiations at once. ' . ' . . , . ■ * .•A. high military authority states' that' since New-Year we have made 15 effective air raids into Germany, while the enemy 1 has made fire' on • England, two Being' abortive." >. ; ''-' i ■■■'■• I General Alexieff and others are plan-! ning to cut the communications between | Northern and. Central Russia,. and to makes- a clean sweep of the southern 1 1 Bolsheviks. •■• .1 A serious shortage of sugar is reported! in ChristchuTch. Some grocers have re-! fused to supply orders. A shortage is ] also, reported on the West Coast and other places. . ■ " • . I A man-named Spice was found badly! injured-and wrapped in a. .tarpaulin near ffig Wan'ganui wharf yesterday" morning, BVsa.idy.hat he had been held up and robbed bytwo"men. -•"■"■ "■ A' AY ' .*'."' \ ■7 jH>s ; ;Ger-nain's, jatfirstill Adyjtireing intoL Russia, and it is .reported that the Central Powers are consulting with a view to preparing; for..the, "unconditional I surrender of the Bolsheviks. I Mr. J. I. MacPh'ersoij, Financial Secre-I tary to the. War Office,-stated in thel Commons that the nation must be pre-1 pared for a. determined enemy offensive in ' the West, regarding which all ranks were! completely confident.: ' ' . ' j Mrs Russell, milliner, announces special j clearance -sale prices for Monday.—Queen Street, next .Princess Theatre.—(Ad.) " ] Schneidemann Bros,* ; great clearing j ready-to-wear costumes and unclaimed tailor-made suits is now "on. Great bargains.—Our only address, 215, 217, 219, Queen Street.—(Ad.) , Good news. Handfuls of money saved | by purchasing your footwear at Hannah's i during bargain ■ week.' —R. Hannah' and i Co., footwear . specialists, 197, - Queen I St., and 120, Karangahape. Rd.— (Ad.) j Not absolutely given away, ibut nearly | so. Pearson and Co., the Boot People, of Newton, are making.a clean sweep of the balance of that suburban .bodt stock. (Ad.) A Master Baker 'phoned Bycroftfc, complimenting them on the quality pf " Snowdrift" flour. " Send another lot at once,".he ordered. —(Ad.)