TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 126, 28 May 1918, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

New German offensive begun. Hravy attacks made at two points. The super-gun in the Forest of St. Gobain is again attacking Paris. The Germans are attacking between Soissons and Kheims, and also southwest of Ypres. An unseemly scene at the Napier Borough Council Chambers is reported by telegram to-day. The captain of the American transport which sank a submarine by ramming has been awarded a bonus of £1000. According to the latest reports the Germans have gained ground at several points along the newly-attacked front. Twenty-six persons were killed anj German military works and railways destroyed in the recent Allied air raid on Liege. The peasant rising has spread throughout the Ukraine, and in the Novgorod district a German force <was defeated by the insurgents. The German artillery has been particularly intense in its activity ajong t long section of the British front during the last day or two. A deserter states that Bulgaria is in a. state of semi-starvation, and that the people desire peace. The army is ill-fed, and there are constant desertions. The French Minister of Marine stated to Parliamentary committees that during April Britain and America built 40,000 tons more shipping than were sunk by submarines.. "Cheaper at Tudehope's," ever-increas-ing number of ladies proving it every day. Kemnante • and dress-lengths at special prices. Get some. —Symonds Street.—(Ad.) Farmers week. Visitors should seize the opportunity of purchasing their footwear direct from the manufacturer. See window display.—lt. Eannah and Co., 197, Queen Street, also at 120, Karangahape Road.—(Ad.) Leave the tram •. at Symonds Street, and see our special coat frocks. 37/6, 39/6, worth 42/6, 45/6; special costumes, 49/6, -worth 59/6; special wool raincoats, 39/6, worth 45/C—Tudehope's.— (Ad.) "Smart, stylish, well-cut.' . These are the remarks one naturally makes upon seeing the new Australian and American footwear models at Pearson's Boot Stores, Karangahape Road, Newton. Ad. Will our mail-order friends please call on us while in town? We want to show you our famous S9/6 costume, -worth 105/. —Tudehope's, Symonds St. (Ad.) Men's heavy felt slippers, leather soles, 6/11, usually 8/11-. all sizes.—■ Adams and.Co... opp. V.M.C.A.—(Ad.)