THE GALLANT SIXTEENTH.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VI, Issue 259, 18 October 1916, Page 6

THE GALLANT SIXTEENTH.

REDMOND’S APPEAL FOR RECRUITS. [AUdTRAI.IAN AND N.Z. OABI.E ABBN. | (Received 17, 2.15 p.m.) London, Oct. 16. Major W. Redmond, in a letter recapitulating the gallant services of the Sixteenth Division, emphasises the need for immediate reinforcements. He adds: “It would be a thousand pities and almost a betrayal of the heroic dead if the Division which has brought so much honour to the Irish name ceased to be Irish. The officers and men confidently hope that all who love Ireland will unite, irrespective of creed and politics, to hasten to respond to the appeal on behalf of the division which hitherto has been awarded over 300 military honours.”

HOLLWEG CALLS FOR GOLD. Cheuter’s TELEGRAMS-J (Received 17, 2.5 p.m.) Amsterdam, Oct. 16. The appeal by Herr von Bethman Hollweg, the President of the Imperial Bank, and other leaders, for gold articles, says: This sacrifice is small compared with bloodshedding, therefore out with your superfluous gold ornaments from trunks and cupboards, and help the Imperial bank to fill with golden weapons Germany’s economic armoury. POLITICAL RECANTATIONS. AVAR KILLS OLD BELIEFS. (AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSN.) (Received 17, 2.5 p.m.) London, Oct. 16. The “Evening Star” publishes a series of political recantations. Mr. John Gordon Swift Mac Neil, Member for Donegal South, says that prior to the war he condemned profligate expenditure on the Navy, but now he recognises it was our salvation. He was opposed to restraint of trade, but now he would contemplate renewal of trade relations with Germany with disgust and indignation.

ENEMY LOSSES DURING LAST THREE MONTHS I AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSN.] (Received 17, 2.5 p.m.) Berne, Oct. 16. Careful Swiss estimates of enemy losses during July, August and September are as follow :— Western Front .... 500,000 Eastern Front .... 600,000 Rumanian Front . . 150,000 Italian Front 300,000 Macedonian Front . 80,000 Total .. 1,630,000 RUBBER WASHED ASHORE WINDFALL FOR ISLANDERS. [ADBTBAI.IAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSN.] (Received 17, 2.5 p.m.) London, Oct. 16. During several weeks past, large quantities of raw rubber have been washed ashore at the island of Islay (off the west coast of Scotland, and 150 residents nave received £2300 salvage. SHOOTING OF SKEFFINGTON. FINDING OF THE COURT. (Received 17, 2.5 £.m.) London. Oct. 16.

The report of the committee of enquiry into the shooting of Skeffington says: Apart from insanity, there is no excuse for the conduct of Capt. Colthurst. The report animadverts Colthurst’s failure to realise the elementary principle that the shooting of unarmed, unresisting civilians without trial is murder, whether martial law has been proclaimed or not.