AN AIRMAN KILLED

New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 9092, 10 July 1915, Page 8

AN AIRMAN KILLED

fljr Telegraph—Press Association—Oopyrig;hl LONDON, July 8. Squadron-Commander Soames, of the Flying Corps, was experimenting with a high-explosive bomb at Netheravon, when fragments of tbe bomb killed him at ninety yards distance. SAYVILLE WIRELESS STATION TAKEN OYER BY U.S. GOVERNMENT. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright NEW YORK, July 8. Tho United States Government has taken over control of tho Sayvillo wireless station. A suspicion exists that Gorman spies aro using a code to inform Berlin regarding developments of military importance. [Tho Sayvillo wireless station, situated on Long Island, New York, is controlled by tho Atlantic Communication Company. A message from Washington, published on the 3rd inst., stated: —“The Government _ is contemplating placing the Sayvillo wireless station under American control. It is believed that the movement of British and French Transatlantic shipping are being notified to the German Admiralty.” A cable from New York added: —“The ‘New York Journal’ states that Count Bernptorff has been using tho Sayvillo wireless station as an adjunct to his spy system. The ‘Journal’ has been collecting messages for months, and has handed tho authorities copies of every Jino transmitted or received at Sayvillo during Juno. The messages prove that Count Bernstorff persistently fooled the United States Government and the censors. He furnished tho United States with a false translation of the code used. Another prolific way of sending coded messages was to make ostensible requests for repeats containing masses of figures with secret meanings. These pretended repeats were not reported to the United States Government.”] BONDS OF_EMPIRE STRENGTHENED BY THE WAR. 'Ey Telecraph—Press Association—Copyright LONDON, July 8. Tho Right Hera. A. J. Balfour unveiled a bust of the late Air Joseph Chamberlain in the Guildhall. In his speech, Mr Balfour said ho was proud "to have been a colleague of a man whoso services to tho country were memorable. His example should bo an inspiration in this crisis. Mr Chamberlain was the greatest factor in building up the Imperial feeling among the Dominions, resulting in gallant contingents from Australia, Now Zealand, Canada, and South Africa. The sequel of the war would lie tho strengthening of the spiritual bonds uniting tho most distant portions of the Empire.