MISCELLANEOUS.

Greymouth Evening Star, 1 March 1917, Page 5

MISCELLANEOUS.

AUSTRALIAN ENLISTMENTS

A GREAT SHORTAGE

SYDiN E ij_ February 28. The enliotrnoitj "!n the Conimonwcaan dunng January and February totalled silßo—a tiuonage of 23,800.

THE" STOCK EXCHANGE.

MARKET INACTIVE

LONDON, February 28. The Stock Exchange offered >«arets but the market was inactive. Broker* anticipate a period of quietude owing to the amount locked up in the war loans, snares are quoted as follows: Bunks: Australasia, ill 1 l's bd; Kew South Wale.% £32; Union, -- *-J 17« 6d.

The New Zealand war loan ordinary shares are quoted at .£B2.

ZEEBRUG€E BOMBED.

BY ALLIED AVIATOKo

THE HAGIE, February 27.

Allied aeroplanes heavily bombarded Zeebrugge harbor and depoti. Heavy explosions were heard and we o-lare' of tires was seen in Holland.

YARROWDALE'S CREW.

STILL RETAINED PRISONERS

fTH* "TIME 9" CABLB.I

Received this day at 11 a.m. VANCOUVER, February 28. Advices from Berlin state that the Yarrowdale's prisoners, released ' recently, have been ordered to be delayed owing to an infectious disease being discovered at their residence.

IMPERIAL PREFERENCE.

DISCUSSED BY FBEE TRADERS

Received this day at 11 a.m. LONDON, February 28

Lord Beauchamp, president of --£ conference of .seventy members of the House erf Commons and the House ot Lords, representing, the Parliamentary Free Trade Committee, and including Mr. K. McKenna and Mr. W r . Runeiman, discussed the Imperial prefer-

ence report. Ministers did not favor immediate action and advised the Free Traders not.to force the Houae of Commons.

Diacuising the report Mr. Runcimun said that events and not arguments would settle matters.

Hon. T. Lough said that he thought the Free Trade case was partly given away by the protective stepu already taken.

Sir T. P. Whittaker urged the preparation of counter proposals because a negative policy was hopeless. The conference decided to awtiit events-

WAR WORK,

EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN

Received this day at H a.m. LONDON, February 28.

The War Office ban inaugurated a scheme for employing womt*a from twenty to forty for war work" in France, mainly as clerk;!, typist::, shorthand writers, cook's;, waitresses, domestics, motor transport, checkers, telephone and postal work. The wage;; will be 23s to 325, with board.

DsREEK SOLDIERS.

BETRAYED BY THEM GENERAL

JAUSTBALIAN xND N.Z. CaBLE ASSOCIATIOK.]

Received this clav at 1.30 a.m. LAUSANNE, February 28. At a mutiny recently Hi a Greek in, ternment camp, the ttoldiers accused General Hatzoppoulos of betraying them. He promised their return to Greece, via Monastir, but instead they were deported to Germany. General Hatzoppoulos, fearing t$W consequence;;, left the district.

GERMAN IRON WORKS|

BOMBED BY BRITISH AVIATORS

[AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIAIS3S.]

Received this, day at Liu p.m. LONDON, February 28. The Admiralty reports that uavul aeroplanes raided iron works- at Brebaoh, south-east of Saarbrucken. There were several air rights.

INDIAN DEFENCE.

BILL' PASSES THE COUNCIL

Heceived this day at 1.15 p.m.DELHI, February 28.

The Legislative Council passed the Indian Defence Bill, which is now law.

BRAVE SERBIAN OFFICERS.

GO DOWN WITH THEIR SHIP

Received this day at 1.45 p.m. ROME, February 28

Amongst those lost on the torpe-'. doed Italian transport .Minus .were the Serbian General Goikovich and three colonels. They refused to leave, shouting: '"Soldiers first!" GERMANY AND CHINA. HOTS' BRIBES REJECTED. Received this day at 11.30 a.m. PEKIN, February 28. The Germans, making an effort to prevent a rupture with China, unsuccessfully attempted to distribute substantial bribes, and offered to wipe out their financial claims.