TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 150, 25 June 1918, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Atnsfcrian rout. ■ -• ~' J Driven across Rave .. Forty-five prisonem" - • The entire Austrian. - Cabinet has re« signed. ■ • "■"'''.■ Several local Allied successes are re* ported from the French' front. The American Aero Club has arranged for an early trans-Atlantic flight - - The Italian, cavalry is pursuing , 42£ a Austriaos to tihe east of the Biave, ' I Rome and other Italian cities are eis' I fete over the great victory on the Piave. ; The Burns Philip steamer Makamtxi has been refloated from off Lord Howe Island. • jl An Italian report states €hat the Austrians hare lost 95 aeroplanes, in. th«i last week. The Italian captures of guns a»9 munitions in the Austrian debacle wer«s enormous. The Germans are (hurrying troopa from France to .the rescue of tha Austrianß. '"■ The cry for peace is heard on ell sidea in Austria', and hatred of Germany i% ; almost universal. ._ ■ .' A parade of reinforcements, including a. number of New ZeaE-adefi, took place in Sydney yesterday. , ... The German public is exasperated "by Hindenbnrg's delays, and describe Ids campaign as a failure. " ! . T Last week a hundred thousand Ameri« can troops either landed in: France 05 were en route by sea. . - .a._~vAn American supply ship, a large-rivei? steamer, was blown up in harbour, t<*o of her crew being drowned, "*•■* '.• A report from Rome says that thtS enemy appears to be exhausted, and that his total losses exceed 200,000.' The Austrians are fleeing in disorder: across the Piave from , Montello to the, sea, with the Italians in hot pursuit. - It is seventeen years ago since 'Ksn3f George, then the Duke of Cornwall and; York, visited New Zealand in the. Ophir-j Mr. Lloyd George says that a fa.ea.yjs German blow is imminent, and that that next few months are anxiously antic** pated. .j. \ ( On the Montello and in front of Ssb£ Dona di Piave the enemy sacrifices "were; enormous, entire regiments ibeing de* stroyed. .'~ i The . Auckland campaign Cor €he BaU vation Army war fund, or 'Tied Jersey ,, 1 fund, has ibeen launched. 'J± aims ajj .-•'■ " 'i The Bolshevik rule has teen. ovw4 thrown in Samara, on the Lower Volga,and the old Russian flag* hoisted at ser-< eral places. An average of 550 sacks of oysters a week has been taken from tile \Vailebe, Great Barrier, and Bay' of : Island ibed£ this season. Both the Austrian and 6ie Hungarian cabinets (have resigned. " The internal condition of the ramshackle empire is one of complete chaos. " An American transport, ■when return* ing from Europe without troops, -was torpedoed off the American coast. Sixtyseven of the crew are misting. A tram left tlie fails in Lanibton Quay, Wellington, last night., and smashed two verandah posts. A female passenger suffered a broken leg. Every succeeding piece of news from Austria adds to the volume of evidence that the empire is in the throes of the most serious crisis since the outbreak of war. An Austrian communique contains the significant admission: "We are experiencing the greatest difficulties in providing the front with necessaries and munitions." The Fifth and Fifty-Second Divisions of the German infantry, composed pf shock troops,, lost . two-thirds of their men in six weeks in the. Somme. and;, Aisne' battles. -■-.■. * A Frenchman just arrived iv.Switzerland from Austria says that Austrian, ; I officials are gloomy and anxious, believing that if the offensive fails the empire, will collapse. • " The newspapers estimate that the Aus-.. trian debacle is certain to have a disastrous effect on the enemy moral, and' most serious internal consequences in, Austria and Hungary. • "' ■■ ■ '" ' M. llaklakoff, the Russian Ambassador , ' appointed iby M. Kcrensky, declares that unless the Allies quickly intervene in : Russia, the country -will -be transformed. ' into a German possession. -.' •• ' In answer to the Chinese consul's pro- , tests against certain statements against conditions of life in. China, Sir Jamesi AUen states that a war regulation ore the subject will be drafted as soon as/ ; possible. • ■ '.., ■ i The French newspapers are still gravely discussing the probabilities of a general , bombardment of Paris. The children';* 'hospitals and those for incurables ar<i 'being- evacuated, but the - others wr-IJ carry on. 1 Still the "cheapest in. Auckland"? everybody admits it. Our gabardine and serge costumes. 39/8, worth 105/.— hope's, Symonds Street.(Ad.) \ Austrians -withdraw. . J<o sign oil ' Pearson and Co. -withdrawing from: the , premier position they hold in the •footwear line. Their store in Karangahapo ' Road, Newton, still remains unchallenged for position.(Ad.) Sample lot of crepe de chine ■ 14/11, 16/11, 19/6, to be cleared at less. , than landed cost price, at Warren's Salci commencing Wednesday. Strand Arcade, Ground Floor.—(Ad.) W. Monks, Boot Manufacturer, has opened a retail branch at the foot of Wellesley Street ■(Ponsonby car stop), where you can get a pair of men's chrome boots for 14/9. Ladies' glace shoe, 15/9. ' (Ad.) '*':-_• Remnants and " special prices " in oiff Manchester and dress depts. cheap as any. sale Tudehope's, Symouds Street; (Ad.) . •,