GERMAN HARVEST PROSPECTS

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIX, Issue LXIX, 18 June 1915, Page 5

GERMAN HARVEST PROSPECTS

ESTIMATES OF ENEMY

CASUALTIES.

LONDON, June 17. A neutral «ay 3 the persistent drought in Germany is likely to seriously affect the harvest, especially in Meckleriberg and East Prussia. . '

SCUTARI, June 17. The Montenegrins occupied Chmenti, defeating the Malissori. The GrecoSerb advance continues steadily. Colonel Zontos, a cousin of Venelos, is commanding the Greeks.

LONDON, June 17. A neutral observer writes: The German public has been brought to believe that the" annexation of the Belgian Congo is a natural outcome of the war.

PARIS, June 17. The newspaper Le Matin estimates the German killed, wounded and prir sorters to date at 4,200,000 out' of 8,500,000;

The Austrians are put at 2,526,000 out of 4,500,000.