GALLANT NEW ZEALANDERS.

Manawatu Times, Volume XL, Issue 13526, 9 October 1916, Page 5

GALLANT NEW ZEALANDERS.

No Praise Too High. General Haig's Tribute. (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Last Night. The Governor has received a telegram from the Secretary of State for the Colonies communicating' the following telegram from General Sir Douglas Haig: — "The New Zealand Division has fought with the greatest galantry in the Somme battle for twenty-three consecutive days, carrying out with complete success every task which it has been set and always doing even more than was asked of it. The Division has won universal confidence and admiration. No praise can be too high for such troops."

Italian Operations.

(Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received Sunday 11.5 p.m.) ROME, Oct. 7. A communique states: — We captured between the Avisio and Vanvicission valleys one of the Busaalta peaks, 81,87 feet high. The defenders were practically annihiliated.

Operations in Egypt

(Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received Sunday, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 7. Official: A patrol of Australian mounted men on Wednesdoy captured some Turks and camels near Hirelbayonk. Our aeroplanes successfully bombed camps in the neighbourhood of El Arish.

An Inventor's Generosity.

(Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received Sunday, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 7.

The "Aeroplane," newspaper states that Orville Wright has presented his and the late Wilbur Wright's patent rights to the British nation. The British Government early in the war paid £15,000 on account of royalties for naval and military aeroplanes. Orville Wright decided not to renew the patents, so that every manufacturer in the British Empire is free to use them without paving a royalty.

American Peace Rumours.

CAUSE DECLINE IN STOCKS. (Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received Saturday, 5 p.m.) NEW YORK, Oct. 7. Theer is a general decline on the Stock Exchange following the report that Germany intends to sue for peace. Munition stocks especially are receding. Financers say that the peace rumour is especially significant of Germany's economic position. There is no indication, yet from any source what terms Germany might offer.

No Peace Move.

SAYS GERMAN EMBASSY. (Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received Sunday, 5.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 6. The German Embassy denies the truth of the statement that Mr Gerard will seek Mr Wilson \s mediation. The State Department regards any peace move at present as inadvisable and futile.

Calling Up the Unfits.

AUSTRO-HUNGARY'S PLIGHT. (Received Sunday, 5.5 p.m.) . BERNE, Oct. 7. Austro-Hungary is calling up fifteen clases hitherto exempt from militaryservice. Many thousands formerly rejected as totally unfit have joined regiments and men between the ages of forty-five and fifty have been drafted int® the auxiliary services but have been notified that sooner or later that they will have to go on active service at the front. AH men not actually crippled to the age of forty-five have been sent to the front. The exodus of middle-aged find married men has caused widespread gloom.

German "Sub" Reaches America.

(Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received Monday, 12.5 a.m.) NEW YORK, Oct. 8. The German submarine U53 has arrived at Newport News from Wilhelmshaven, after a voyage of 17 days. She flies the' German flag and carries a gun on deck. She is anchored two miles outside the harbour. The commander, Hans Rose, stated that he merely called with Count Bernstorff's official mail. The submarine is amply supplied with fuel and provisions. Rose paid official calls to the American naval officer commanding the port. The submarine departed in the afternoon. Her future movements are not disclosed.

Big Money.

WALL STREET GLUTTED. (Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received Sunday, 5.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, Oct. 6. The National City Bank is- loaning Dublin £5,000,000 for rebuilding purposes. Money is very cheap in Wall Street. Transfers aggregating £IOO,000,000 are being made this week from New York to London. Loans were made in Wall Street yesterday at 2 per cent., while 5 per cent, is being paid for time loans in London.

One Lesson of the War.

(Received Sunday, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 7. An Army Order makes the cultivation of a moustache optional.