MISCELLANEOUS.

Greymouth Evening Star, 2 July 1915, Page 5

MISCELLANEOUS.

COTTON GOODS. A SIGNIFICANT ORDER. AMSTERDAM, July L The army authorities at Brandeburg have forbidden the manufacture of cotten goods. OUR LOSSES. OFFICIAL STATEMENT. LONDON, July 1. Mr. Asquith, speaking in the House of Commons, said that the ,naval and military casualties at the Dardanelles to May 31st were as follows : OFFICERS. Killed 496 Wounded 1234 Missing 92 MEN. Killed 6927 Wounded 23,542 Missing 6445 ROME IMMUNE. FROM AUSTRIAN BOMBARDMENT LONDON, July 1. Rome reports that the Pope has received a letter from Emperor Francis Josef, promising that aviators would not bombard Rome. This is in reply to the Pope’s message that Rome must be respected because of its being the world’s repository of church treasures and Christian souvenirs. AERIAL DUEL. THE GERMAN DEFEATED. PARIS, July 1. A sensational aerial duel was fought at a height of 2,000 ft. A Frenchman out-manoeuvred a German, whose machine burst into flames and fell, both occupants being killed. V A FALSE STATEMENT. MADE BY A M ADMAN. LONDON, July 1. In the House of Commons, Hon- R. McKenna characterised as scandalous and wholly false Ginnell’s suggestion that the British troops were killing Germans after they had laid down their arms. Siy A. B. Markham asked Mr: McKenna to convey to the German Government the intimation that Ginnell was of unsound mind;

LEAD AND SPELTER. A DECIDED SHORTAGE. - ENGINEERED BY GERMANY. LONDON, July 1. The Daily Post, discussing the rise in the proce of spelter, says that German intrigue? have been going on to increase prices and embarrass the Entente, and also to induce the United States Government to prohibit the exportation of spelter. It adds that something*-the same is going on in respect to lead. When America, the largest producer of lead, for days at a time has been the buyer of unlimited quantities the operation excites suspicion and the sooner the authorities examine the matter the better for national interests. THE CENSORSHIP. A PARLIAMENTARY PROTES T.

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In the House of Commons, Sir A. B. Markham denounced the policy of withholding news already well-known to the enemy. He had learned from Sir S. Buckmaster that the censors had striven throughout the war to give more news to the public, but Lord Kitchener had blocked it. Industrial difficulties would never have arisen had the Government taken the country into its confidence. Sir J. A. Simon said that while the Government was anxious to give as much information as possible, it must defer to expert opinion in keeping back information helpful to the enemy. RAW COTTON. WHERE HAS IT GONE? LONDON, July 1. Mr. Runciman informed Ronald Shay that the aggregate raw cotton imported into Scandinavia from January fo March was 64,441 metric tons, compared with 10,329 tons for the corresponding period of 1914. IN AUSTRALIA. DISCUSSION IN PARLIAMENT. MELBOURNE, This Day. In the Federal House, Mr. Fisher in reply to suggestions as to the pushing of recruiting, said that if the parties were agreeable they could pair and thus allow some members to assist in recruiting without interfering with Parliamentary work. He undertook .not to introduce the tariff or contentious legislation during the truce. Asked if he would follow the example of New Zealand in forming a committee on war matters, Mr. Fisher pointed out that in New Zealand the parties were practically even. A DISCOVERY. HELPING THE ENEMY. SYDNEY, This Day. It has transpired that the Germans for years bought largely Australian grasstree gunn from which an expert states an explosive far more powerful than dynamite is produced, WELL DONE FEATHERSTON. RECORD PRICE FOR A PICTURE. WELLINGTON, This Day. An enlarged photograph of the T rentham camp was auctioned at a concert at Featherston last night ami realised £18,528. Messrs W. Hume, Geo. Hume, I). H. S. Riddiford, J. 0. Bid will, H. E. Bidwill, Geo. Pain, and Mrs James Donald each bid £IOOO, and there were % considerable number of £SOO offers. / Eventually the picture was purchased by Sir Walter Bucharm, M.L.C., for £IOOO and presented to the Fcatherston Library.