LONDON NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIX, Issue LXIX, 24 May 1915, Page 5

LONDON NEWS.

VICTORIA CRQSS AWARDS

POSTHUMOUS DECORATION FOR

A NEW ZEALANDER,

FRANCE BUYING FROZEN MEAT.

CRITICISM'OF LORD KITCHENER;

DAILY MAIL'S ATTACKS ANGRILY

RESENTED.

BELGIAN FUND CONTRIBUTIONS

LONDON, May 23. Victoria. Crosses have been awarded to: — „■.■■•■ ■ ■■•• ' . *.

Private Anderson (Yorkshires), for bombing, a large party of the enemy who entered the British > trenches at Neuve Chapelle, and saved what might have become a serious situation.

Private Dwyer (East Surreys), who climbed a parapet at Hill 60, and drove off with grenades a party of Germans and with hand grenades attacking the trenches. Private Morrow (Irish Fusiliers), rescuing under heavy fire several men buried in the debris of a wrecked trench.

Lieutenant Moorhouse (New Zealand), bombing Courtrai railway, and afterwards flying thirty-five miles though mortaly wounded to report the accomplishment of the task.

Lieutenant Woolley (9th London Battalion), for holding a trench at Hill 60 under heavy fire until relieved. A submarine shelled and ' sank the ship Greenholm, from Iquique to Liverpool, off Herehaven, where the crew was landed after a night in the boats.

The French Chamber has voted in favor of a scheme to purchase frozen meat.in order to assist in the restoration of the stock of cattle, which has been greatly depleted. The Bishop of London's Ordination Council announces that it will not consider applications for ordinance < unless the candidate is unable to serve in the war.

Lord Kitchener has received the Grand Cordon of the Order of King Leopold.

After cheers had been given for Lord Kitchener, members of the Stock Exchange burned a. pile of copies of the Daily Mail, Many newspapers angrily dissent from the attacks on Ijord Kitchener.

The Pall Mall Gazette suggests that Mr Lloyd George is responsible for the •national register of the male population from 18 years to 55 years, to be ready at Lord Kitchener's disposal if compulsory. service should be necessary.. If Lord Kitchener leaves the Cabinet to be commander-in-chief, the country will not suffer indignity and insult to be heaped upon him. If the working of the constitutional machine is made much more difficult the country will need the dictatorship of* Lord Kitchener, who undoubtedly has been our saviour.

The newsnaners unanimously denounce the Daily Mail attack on Lord Kitchener, especialy the disparaging reference to Lord Kitchener's military career. The Morning Post asserts that the charge that .Lord Kitchener starved the army with high explosives is unfounded.

~Tile Corn Exchange has excluded the Daily Mail and Evening News files in the subscribers' room. ' The Daily Telegraph' states that banking magnates in the city approached Mr* Asquith and expressed iM^r?* the ann °um:ement that Mr Lloyd George was being: transferred to a j. ' ai\ Office post. Mr Asquith decided that Mr Lloyd George should remam at the Treasury. The Prize Court lias condemned as enemy property 477 bales of wool shipped m the Clan Davidson from Sydney °y Messrs Dohnert, Muller, Schmidt

The Hon F. W. Young (Agentgeneral for South Australia) has transmitted £5750 to the Belgian fund on behalf of South Australia, the Hon Peter Mcßride (Agent-General for Victoria) £3500 on behalf of the Victorian K>n™ f* 001* Patriotic League, and £2000 from the Geelong; district Tas*£Tn%?? Nt £220> The fund now "totals Mr Runciman states that measures have been taken to expedite the discharge of Australian and New Zealand refrigerated cargees.