VARIOUS WAR ITEMS

Grey River Argus, 21 August 1916, Page 3

VARIOUS WAR ITEMS

DARING- BURGLARY. WOMAN ROUGHLY HANDLED. Australian and /N.Z. Cable Assn) (Reed. August 20, at 5.5 p.ni,) SYDNEY, August 20. A daring burglary is reported. Two armed masked desperadoes visited the home of George Willis, jockey,, who was absent at Woollongong races. They attacked his wife and in a desperate struggle knocked her head, tore open her blouse and seized notes amounting to £450, and escaped. SIR DOUGLAS HAIG HONOURED. (Kccd. August 20, at 7.5 p.m.) LONDON, August 19. Sir Douglas Haig has been appointed a Grand Cross of the Victorian Order. N.Z. OFFICER WOUNDED. (Reed. August 20, at 5.5 p.m.) s LONDON, August 29. Captain Cecil Humphries, of the Highland Light Infantry, of Christchurch, -was wounded in France. GERMAN PRISONER. EXPERIENCES IN FRENCH CAMP. THE CONDITIONS EXCELLENT ZURICH, August iq. A German lawyer released after internment for iS months in six different camps in France says that the con. ditions were excellent. There was neither harshness nor unnecessary restrictions, especially in Corsica, where there was almost complete liberty. PROFESSIONALS IN CAMP. NEW ZEALANDERS INCLUDED. (Reed. August 20, at 5.25. p.m.) SYDNEY, August 20. Among the professional men now in camr> are Private R. J. McKay, civil engineer, a New Zealander j and Pvte. W. P. Larkin, formerly a Government surveyor, of Taranaki. !