MISCELLANEOUS.

Greymouth Evening Star, 23 February 1917, Page 6

MISCELLANEOUS.

RECENT OPERATIONS.

A GERMAN REPORT

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Received this day at 10,30 a.m. LONDON, February. 22. Wireless German official.—Smith of Armentieres the British forced a way into our positions, but we ejected them. We counted 200 British dead. Between the Uneister and the wooded Carpathians our surprise attacks succeeded.. We drove back an English attempt east of Vardar. ' "•

THE TURKISH CAMPAIGN.

BRITISH HELD PRISONERS

LONDON, February 21

In- the-Hows-of Commons, Mr, J. T. Hope fit-sited that the Turk a held prisoner :J27 British officer* and 1603 men ; 13 Dominion officers and 140 men: 1050. officers and 3573 men of the Indian Army ; while 17 officers, 1388 men, and 4470 Indians who fought against the Turks are missing. ■ . n - ■ » .

AMERICAN REFUGEES.

SAFE CONDUCT GRANTED.

WAS HINGTON, Februa iy 21

Turkey haa as.aired the American. Ambassador of, her willingness to waive all restrictions regarding’’ the departure of 1000 Americans from Beirut and to guarantee the American relief ship* against interference by Turkish submarines. The. American Government is enquiring what measure of security-will be afforded by Austrian and German submarines.

AUSTRIAN CORRUPTION.

THE EMPEROR ANGRY.

ZURICH, February 21. A message from Vienna stater, that \. the Emperor is ’angry at the discoveiy of corruption at headquarters. Food, apparently bought, did not roach the troops, some of-whom tvere without food for thirty hours. There wero sensational reforms (following the appointment of Marshal Sziusmay as ; War Minister, >

FOOD RIOTS.

TROUBLE IN PHILADELPHIA.

[united side vice telegram.]

NEW YORK, February 22.

One was killed and four mortally wounded and scores, hurt by food now at Philadelphia as the result of high prices.

THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE.

THE NEW ZEALAND COMMITTEE

[AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z, CABLE ASSOCIATION.]

Received this day at 9.20 a.m. LONDON, February 22,

At the inaugural meeting of the reconstructed New Zealand Committee of those associated with the Imperial Institute, Sir Thomas Mackenzie said that the changed constitution, coinciding with the change in inter-imperial trade policy, afforded an opportunity for development work which New Zealand would promptly seize.

Lord Islington said that they oiljjht to deter exhibits from overseas. In many leiipects New Zealand was; ah example lo English agriculturalists.

ITALIAN WAR .LOAN

A GENEROUS RESPONSE.

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Received this dav at 8.4") a.m. ROME, February 22. .■£80,000,000 has been suoscribed to the latest war loan.

PRUSSIANS MUTINY.

MANY CASUALTIES

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Redeivcd this day at 8.45 a.m. AMSTERDAM, February 22. According to the NouvoUd’s Maesvricht correspondent, the Prussians fought with firearms at Beverloo Camp, near Has.'olt. Thirty-two' were killed- and two hundred wounded;

BRITISH PRIZE COURT.

CLAIM DISALLOWED.

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Received this day at' 9.2 a.m. LONDON, February 22. Tlie Prize Court disallowed El4’s claim for sinking a Turkish transport, on the ground that it was not proved that the transport was a fighting unit of the Turkish fleet. - •

PEACE PROPOSALS.

THE POPE WILL INTERVENE

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' Received this’ dav at 8.45 a.m. ROTTERDAM. February 22. The Tyd state?) that the Pope has replied to the Hungarian episcopate’t? address that he considers that the time has. oome to renew the attempts to stop the war and bring pence.

FORCED LABOUR. ILL-TREATMENT GE DEL- . uiAiVD. r-‘ '■ , V.; «j • ' ’ I*" ‘ r ‘"' \ , ■ r- '■ fj< [AUSTRALIAN and *f.Z. OAMpB assoc! atids.J - Received this day at 1X,40 a.m. MS i T.R DA M, ’ A’’ebrtiaiy ; Many deported Belgians returned owing to illnesgtf ' v veloped tuberculosis,' and those hitherto strong- complain that they were nearly... starved. They' receiv ed uic.ui mice weekly and a mixture of vegetables, often rotten, daily: 'They describe ihMr stay in Germany as being in mi. ■ . ■■

GERMAN ESPIONAGE.

RAMIFICATIONS IN* AMERICA."

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Received this day At 1.20 p.tn. NEW YORRyFebmary S2.

It is stated that more than'fift prominent inen were.conc-ferhed- m. a g..yah* tic scheme of espionage. The Federal authorities arc, investigating’ :the report of food riots dftvv'Nfe\y York apd; elsewhere! engineered. '.by .tine- of 'the Central Powers. V/ . BOARD OF TRADE'S FIGURE*.; SERIOUS ERROR POINTED OtTT. 1 | (AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z, CABLE AMOCIATION. ] LONDON, Februafy ; ?2i- ; Mr. Hurd, writing in The' “Dally Teid- V' graph” points out the misleading .nature ‘ of the Board of Trade, returns as’ an index on imports hecaude ttiey give money values not weights. .-,Vy r -■ The secretary of the Liverpool’ Shipowners,' analysed the figures and showed that they ship tonnage that entered ] the British ports for the half year to the end of January 1917 was 14,750,0J0, edmparod with 25,176,000; for ■- January ,1914. The weight of imports was' 21;09B;. ; v v ; 000 tons and 29,818,000 respectively' monthly. The figures . show a marked, diminution tor the last quarter of 1916 compared with 1914, twenty live per cent in October,’ fourteen per cent, in Novem- / f; her and 26 per cent in. December. A|- ; ' j though there are striking v increases of money values also jin food imports they ■; ■ showed a marked decline. ■ •, .' 7

•Mr. Hurd sums up, that the . • main muse of the decreases hay-been tine d* dine in available tonnage- and there mud he a further fstriction of unsseritial-'im ports. ’