THE FALL OF JANINA

Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 57, 8 March 1913, Page 4

THE FALL OF JANINA

To-day's cablegrams contain details of a great Greek victory at Janina, perhaps the greatest won by the Greek arms throughout the war. In the early stages Salonika fell to the Greeks and Uskub to the Servians, and these were immensely important captures j ctill it has been contended that in the death-grip which the Turk found himself with the Buigar on the plains of Thrace, he was unable to adequately oppose the southern and northern invasions of Macedonia by Greek and Serb. At any rate, the Bulgarian victories in pitched battle served to dwarf the military glory of the Grecian and Servian successes, though Adnanople did not fall and Salonika and Uskub did. To-da.y, however, military activity is manifest in western rather than eastern Turkey, and the fall of Janina, capital of the Turkish vilayetforming the southern half of Albania, appears to have been a victory pn the grand scale, with no less than 35,000 prisoners. According to the Athens report, the Crown Princ>> of Greece used very successful tactics, making a feint attack, supported with artillery, on the .fight Mttgi^d^J^t^KJ^ag^th^leit.

Tho members (>f the Dominions' Trade Commission visited the Wefaroa ■ ."state Farm to-day. They return to town this evening. Several of the Commissioners lepve for Taranaki on Tuesday, to inspect the dairy country and the iron sand on the coast. The Wellington sittings of tho Commission will probably conclude on Tuesday next. The Postal authorities advise that mails from the United Kingdom and America, via San Francisco, Tahiti, and Rarotonga, are dve 1 ' in Wellington on the 27th March. A Senior Cadet Who is a railway employee was charged at tho Magistrate's Court yesterday with failing to attend parade. Mi. Jackson, who appeared for defendant, slated that Lieutenant Ward had told the cadet he need Hot further attend parades until he was physically fit. He received a doctor's certificate that- he was physically unfit. SergeantMajor Millett said the matter had not been reported to the Defence Department, and Lieutenant Ward had no authority to grant exemption without reference to the Department ; he was a mere nonentity in that respect. Deiendant stated that whilst in the goods shed he was generally tiblo to attend parades, but after transfer to the traffic branch he was unable to attend so regularly, as he was often on night duty, and Lieutenant Ward, who was in command of the Thorndon Senior Cadets, told him he need not attend till such time as he received notice from him and was physically fit. The information was dismissed, with 10s 6d costs, defendant's solicitor's fee. One of the two centrifugal pumps authorised^ to be purchased for the Lower Hutt septic tank has been obtained by the Borough Engineer (Mr, W. J. Roche) and will be installed next week. This pump the engineer secured at Christ' church, and, should it prove satisfactory, an additional pump will be ordered. A visit was paid by the Empire Trade Commission yesterday to the Wellington Woollen Manufacturing Company's mill , at Petone and the company's factory in the city- Messrs, W, H. P. Barber (chairman), J. R. Blair, A. E. Exley, R. C. Kirk, and Dr. C. P. Knight (directors), and Ml 1 , A. E, Donne (secretary) accompanied the Commission. Mr. ■ Ramsden, mill manager, acted as guide over the mills. la contradistinction to the comparative -disregard by the Itugby Union of school football, the work of the Association authorities among the boys stands out conspicuously. The Wellington Association's annual report contains tho fallowing reference to the schools competition/ which "was even more successful than, that of the previous season, , ■entries having exceeded all expectation." The report continues j "The committee are extremely pleased with the success attending this competition, and trust more schools will avail themselves of the opportunity of participating in these matches. Ib is with regret that the committee state that they were unable to include the Poriruk School, who were most anxious to play, and, although various schemed were considered, the school had to be refused admission. Thanks are due to all enthusiasts who attended on Saturday mornings to act afl referees, and who gave* their support ia various other waygj also to school teachers who showed a keen interest in 4he play of the various teams." Councillor Trevor has given notice of his intention to move as follows at the next meeting of the council : — -"That the following portion of the recommendation contained in clause 1, part 2, of the report of the Finance and Property Committee, adopted by the council on 6th March, be rescinded, namely, 'that the, wages for permanent men be Is l^d per hour for actual time worked, and Is 2£d for casualsi ' " The additions to the reservoir at Lower Hutt are now completed so far as indrt'^aing the height of its walls is cotlcernad. In about a month's time, when the extension of the overflow pipe and valve rods are completed, the reservoir will be ready to receive its additional 000,000 gallons of water. A satisfactory trial of filling up the reservoir past the junction of the new with^ the old wall has already been made. The silver anniversary and annual meeting of Jupp's Brass Band was held on Thursday night. The chair was occupied by Mr- W. Jupp, ' the conductor, who was congratulated by the members^ on his enthusiasm and on the manner in which be had kept the band together for such a long period. Long service medals were awarded' to Mr- F,. Perfetfc and Mr. I Perrett (each twelve years). The gold medal for best attendance for twelve months was secured by Mr. Afflex, and a silver medal presented by Mr. Jupp for second prize was- secured- by . Mr. Eansen. One- of -the features of the Trentham rifle meeting was the excellent service rendered by the telegraph staff. Mr. A. M. Ward and his two assistants, Messrs. Little and Boyes, handled a record number of telegrams, and the demands made by the press representatives were greater than in any previous year. Yesterday, at the conclusion of th& championship, the staff accomplished a particularly smart piece of work. The message to, the Evening Post giving the result of the shoot for the King's Prize was sent from Trentham, and was actually being, set up in type in this office thl'eo minutes after it was put in on the range. League footballers are making active preparation in view of the approaching season. The annual meeting of the Wellington League will be held next week. The league in its search for pjaying areas, failed to secure, the Recreation Ground at Petone, but ifc was more successful at the Hutt. where the park has been secured- This sward will give the leaguers room for two matches _at the one time. As tof rounds in and about the city, the league as lodged an application with the City Council for the use of the Basin Reserve for three representative games this season — against Auckland, Canterbury, and Hawkes Bay. So far as the local clubs are concerned the outlook' is said to be particularly bright. The member's of the Wellington Working Men's Club are holding their annual picnic at Day's Bay to-day. The Residence of Mr. 3. Campion, in j Pirie-street, in which a fire broke out I on Thursday night, was insured in the Sun office for £260. ' Reduce the expense of shifting! Utilise odr motor vehicle. Avoids damage, keeps down cost. New Zealand Express Company, Ltd., 87-91, Customhouse-quay.^-Advt, ' j "W© have been trimmed," was the remark Mr. Chirk made to his wife when he found that they had been relieved of close on £600 at Auckland a few da? 3 ago. Most people throughout the Dominion are acquainted with Mr. Clark, butter known us "Blackie Daw," of tho Wallingford Comedy Compahy. and wo can sympathise, with him to a certain extent for his recent misfortune, fie is to bo admired for the cool way he took it all, just like his hum- | orouu way of doing things throughout the play in which so many New Zealanders admired their American cousin. C. j Smith's, Ltd., of Cuba-street, have been j busy for some week trimming prices on their new goods, and we find that moßt of tho Wellington admirers, particularly the ladies, are busy inspecting the exceptionally good values that firm are offering this season in ladies' coloured beaver ready-to-weats at 4« 6cl ; coloured felts, at 5s lid ; black beaver rend.* -to- wears, a. very smart lirie, at 14s od. To bo obtained only «it C. &mhh's, Ltd., Cttba-Btreet I ~Advt., i

of the Turkish position. That aUeitiooti "thf Turkish flight was general," and bo the tumultuous retreat of the Greeks from LaHssa in tha disastrous GraecoTurkibh wRt was once more avenged. The Tmkish commander himself, K^Bad Pasha, laid his sword at the feet of the Crown Prince. In Janina Turkey loses Mother of those historic towiiß thpthav© bpen Tutkiith fot 1 nearly five centuries. Janina fell to the forces of the Sultan Amurnth in 1431. From 1788 till 1822 it was the sent of the Albanian brigand, despot Ali Pasha, whose dominion, only nominally subject to that of Turkey, <*• tended ovev Albnutt, lSpiniß. pavt ot Thessaly. and the nestem pait of north' oiii Greece, fn latter \ettr»>, after th» ooasion by Turkey of Tucsßftly to Greece, Janina's trade declined. In 1875 it, wa* estimated that the lown ronta inert tv population of 16.000, about half being Greeks; and it ie the seat of a Greek archbishop. On the olhei hand, it i» distinctly a town of Albania, and it will bo interesting to watch how Austria.' Hun« gary regards this latest victory of the Greeks. As a 'factor in breaking down tho war (spirit ot the sfoung Turks in Constantinople, the fall of Janina should also weigh heavily. Perhaps Enverßey and his comrades may endeavour to find some consolation in the report thai, the Turks captured bix hundred Serbs. Crown Prince Danilo of Mont-enegro appears to have been again in the firing line, «o much so that he had to be rescued by a battalion of his Servian Allies. Royalty, indeed, figures pro» minently on the victor side in to-day's battles, no less than two heirs to thrones heading their peoples in the struggle against the Crescent, •