GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4899, 19 June 1918, Page 2

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

AIR RAID REPULSED. Aastralian and N.Z. OabJa Association C • ' • LONDON, June 17. Official: Enemy aeroplanes crossed the Kent coa'rt" at midday. Antiaircraft immediately drove them off. RED CROSS FUNDS Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. - LONDON, June 17. At a ivine sale on behalf of the Bjritish Rod Cross there were six hundred doners of wine, spirits, etc. The King sent 33S dozen from the . Royal cellars. Extraordinary prices were obtained, wine merchants vieing with each other. Tile King’s champagne realised !000 to 2250' shillings a dozen. The sale will last- five days, and? is expected to realise forty, thousand pounds. ITALY REFUSES PEACE OFFER. Australian and N.Z Cable Association WASHINGTON, June 17. Official cables from Rome state that Baron Orlando, in a speech, said that Italy had refused Germany’s offer of'“an honorable peace." MEDALS FOR NEW ZEALANDERS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, June 17. Meritorious service medals have been awarded to 76 New Zealanders for valuable service in France. ALLEGED TRAITOR ARRESTED. Australian and NZ. Hoble Association WASHINGTON. June 17. . Advice* from Seattle state that Jeremiah O’Leary, who absconded pending trial for sedition and who has since been indicted for alleged treason, was found on a farm on the Pacific coast, and was arrested. FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association WASHINGTON, June 17. It is announced that the fourth Liberty Loan will probably be floated in October, and will be fixed at six billion dollars. .... / AIR RAIDS ON PARIS. Reuter's Telegrams (Received June IS, 5.5 p.m.) PARIS', June 17. Only two air raiders oir the 16th reached the Paris district. There were six casualties, including three women killed. A large industrial establishment was destroyed.