SECOND EDITION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16268, 29 June 1916, Page 8

SECOND EDITION.

SWISS AND GERMANS. MERCHANDISE DETAINED. REPRISALS THREATENED. (Received June 29. 1 a.m.) BERNE. JUNE 28. A grave situation has arisen through Germany demanding merchandise, chiefly cotton goods, which the Swiss Government detained. Germany threatens not to send coal, of which 12,000 tons are now delivered daily. NORTH SEA BATTLE.

SAILORS DIE OF EXPOSURE. SUGGESTED RESCUE WORK. (Received June 29. 1.15 a.m.) CHRISTIANIA. JUNE 28. Physicians are declaring that many of the sailors who were lost in the Jutland battle would have survived if they had been picked up 24 hours earlier. A movement is being made to station warships, with medical men and nurses, at Christianssand, on the coast of Norway, Gothenburg, Sweden, and Fredrichafen, Denmark, in readiness to patrol after every battle LATE AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

SIX O'CLOCK CLOSING. OPERATION DELAYED. (Received June 29, 1 a.m.) SYDNEY. JUNE 28. The operation of the six o'clock closing has been delayed pending the arrival of the steamer from Lord Howe Island. The steamer is due on Jnly 13, and the change cannot be brought in until then, although it is known that 23 islanders voted for six o'clock closing and eight for other hours. CHEESE RESTRICTIONS. (Received June 29, 1 a.m.) , SYDNEY, JUNE 28. The question having arisen as to whether New Zealand cheese is covered by the recent proclamation of the Commodities Commission, the secretary states that the proclamation covers all cheese, including New Zealand, excepting the fancy cheeses. REPATRIATION OF UNFIT. GERMANY'S FAILURE. SIR E. GREY'S COMMENT. (Received June 29, 1 a.m.) LONDON. JUNE 28. The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Sir Edward Grey, in a Parliamentary Paper, says he is unable to explain Germany's failure to repatriate unfit British civilians in proportion to the number of unfit German civilians, which is threefold greater than the British repatriated. ENEMY TRADE IN INDIA.

ACTION BY GOVERNMENT. IN ACCORD WITH BRITAIN. (Received June 29, 1 a.m.) SIMLA. JUNE 28. The Government of India has promulgated an ordinance dealing with the liquidation of businesses conducted by alien enemy firms, and with the property of alien enemies, bringing Indian legislation into accordance with the British Act. SUCCESS OF BLOCKADE. A GERMAN " THKEAT." (Received Juno 29, 1 a.m.) AMSTERDAM. JUNE 28. The Cologne Gazette says: "The blockade is intended to starve us, and we must accommodate ourselves to the available stocks. It is natural that if hunger is pronounced the British prisoners will be the first sufferers. We shall know how to protect ourselves against reprisals."