MISCELLANEOUS.

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 September 1917, Page 5

MISCELLANEOUS.

THE CONSTITUTION OF SAXONY

PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM RE- ' \ JECTED. ' AMSTERDAM, September 27. The committee for the reform of the constitution of Saxony has rejected the Parliamentary system. ■■> GUYNEMER'S END. HEROIC AVIATOR'S DEATH. PARIS, September 27Guyne'mer was kißed after bringing down liisi fifty-third aeroplane in French territory.- Ai\ eye-witness of his last flight states that he attacked five Albatrosses over the sea at Dunkirk. He brought down two before he himself fell . He was five t.imesi rejected for the army owing to his poor physique. ■ COST OF THE WAR. AUSTRIA'S LITTLE BILL. BERNE, September 27. The Austrian, Budget shows a deficit of nearly £749,000,000. The cost of the war for three years 000,000. The ultimate for the fourth year i s .£000,000,000. TIRPITZ ORATES.. VICTORY FOR GERMANY CERTAIN. AMSTERDAM, September 26. Admiral von Tirpitz continued: Military victory is already ours and political victory we will gain when we so desire. The meeting passed a resolution against' the Reichstag majority's tyranny and the feeble attitude of the. Government, and the principle of a pcr.ee of renunciation. NEW WAR LOAN. AN UNLIMITED SUM. LONDON, Sept. 27The Government's new war borrowing consists of an unlimited amount. National war bonfls can be. sold daily over the counter- TEey are 5 per cent, at par, with a currency of five, seven, or ten years, and 'repayable at. 10, 103! 105 respectively, also the issue of 4 per cent bonds free of income tax at par and repayable at par in 1927.

WALLIS ISLAND

A FRENCH COLONY. PARIS, eept. 28The Foreign Affairs Committee has approved of the Bill declaring Walis Island a French colony. . ESPIONAGE. DEATH SENTENCE CONFIRMED. PARIS, Sept. 28. The Appeal Court has confirmed the death sentence on the dancing girl Matahari. MILITARY MEDALS. / NEW ZEALAND »' RECIPIENTS. ("Australian and N-Z. Cable Association.! Received this day at- 9.4.1 a.m. LONDON, Sept. 2fl. A bar to military ratals was awarded t" Se"gt. P. A. GbroW, Wellington, Private 0. Ouirrn. Auckland. 'Thi''fv-oiaM MUitr>rv Medals were awarded to N»w Zealanderi.