The Lyttelton Times. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1915. ANNIVERSARIES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVI, Issue 17030, 3 December 1915, Page 6

The Lyttelton Times. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1915. ANNIVERSARIES.

1825 Van Dismen’s Land proclaimed independent of New South "Wales. 1854 Eureka stockade at Ballarat, held by miners, wa» stormed. 1863 New Zealand Settlements Act passed, giving the Governor power to confiscate the lands of insurgent Natives. J 869 Last meeting of Southland Provincial Council. 1914 De Wet, Boor rebel leader, captured. Austrians ocupied Belgrade. Australian and New Zealand troops landed in Egypt. TO-DAY’S NEWS. Paris communiques report artillery activity on the western front. (Page 7.) Evidence given at the investigation of charges against Hamburg-Amerika officials Ibclosed the complicity of the German Government-in plots in the United States. (Page 7.) lire British submarine blockade in the Baltic has paralysed German shipping. (Pago 7.) In urgent appeal for the balance of the men required for the Eleventh Reinforcements has been issued by the Defence authorities. (Page 9.) Several steamers have left lately short of their complement of frozen meat cargoes. The Prime Minister warns fanners of the danger of congestion later on. (Page 11.) An article dealing with the recruiting problem in Canterbury appears in this issue. U'age 9.) The manufacture ef pull througlis ” for the expeditionary forces is being undertaken voluntarily in Christchurch. (Page

A meeting of the Christchurch Licensing Committee was held yesterday. (Page 6.) The censorship of moving picture films was discussed by a deputation to tho Hon G. W. Russell. (Page 10.) The hearing of an action for damages brought by a firm of bakers against a milling company was continued in tho Supreme Court yesterday. (Pago 4.) The existing allocation of the oosi of maintenance of park roads has been confirmed. (Page 3.)