MILITARY MEDAL

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 9870, 16 January 1918, Page 5

MILITARY MEDAL

70 AWARDED NEW ZEALANDERSBy Telecraph—Press Association— Copyright Aus. and N.Z. Cable Aean. and Renter. LONDON, January 14. Seventy New Zealanders have been awarded Military Medals. NEWSPAPER CONFISCATED FOR COMMENTS ON LLOVD GEORGE’S SPEECH. By Telegraph— Pros a Association —CopyrlgU* Australian ami N.Z Cable Association. AMSTERDAM, January 14. The German authorities have confiscated the last issue of “Die 2ukunft,” Herr Maximilian Harden’s weekly newspaper, for its comments on the speeches of Mr Lloyd George and President Wilson, and for asserting that the way to peace lay through Washington. ARMISTICE BROKEN TURKS LAND TROOPS AT TREBIZOND. ' Telegraph—JPreaa Association —Copyright Eeuter'a Tele-fframs. LONDON, January 14. Tho Petrograd correspondent of the “Daily News” states that the Turks have broken tho armistice by landing twenty thousand troops between 'iteblzond (on the south coast of the Black Sea) and Rizch (forty miles east ot Trebizond). A submarine sank a Russian transport. AMERICAN. SHIPPING BOARD ITS SPEEDING-UP' MOVEMENT.’ By Telfifirrnnli—Press Aaeociation—Copyrljjhi Australian and N.Z, Cable Association* NEW YORK, January 14. Mr E. N. Hurley, chairman of the American Shipping Board, has announced that definite steps are being taken by America and the Allies to co-ordinate in regard to shipping. " A United States Controller will be appointed to co-operate with London, Paris, and Rome to speed-up loading and embarkation. Mr Hurley also announced that tho shipyards are unprecedentedly active. Forty-ono vessels, aggregating 327,152 tons, will bo ready in tho first two months of the present year. FURTHER LARGE SUM ASKED FOR. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received January 16, 8 p.m.) WASHINGTON, ’ January 14. Mr MoAdoo ha Basked for 484 million dollars for the construction of additional merchantmen, making a total of twenty-five hundred millions. ' BRfIZILIAfnJOLDIERS 400,000 READY TO FIGHT IN EUROPE. By Tolearraph—Press Association—Copyrigb I Australian and N.Z Table Association. PARIS, January 14. Sanor Machado, a Brazilian Senator, in an interview in “Le Journal,” stated that Brazil would participate in the fighting in Euruope. Already 400,000 volunteers Were enrolled. VENICE NOT TO BE BOMBED AN AUSTRIAN SELF-PROTECTIVE PROMISE!. By Teleerapb— Preaa A*»ooiatlo&—-Copyright Australian and N.Z Cable ABnoelaf'm. WASHINGTON, January 14. The Austrians have promised the Rope that they will not bomb or shell Venice, fearing that the Allies will retaliate by air raids on Vienna. EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS AGREEMENT BETWEEN BRITAIN AND TURKEY. By Telegraph— Press Association —Copyrlebi Australian and N.Z Cable Association. (Received January 15, 11.85 p.m.) LONDON, January 14. In the House of Commons, Mr J. F. Hope, a Lord of the Treasury, stated that an agreement had boon reached with Turkey for an exchange of prisoners on an extensive scale, but was not yet ratified. He could not give details, hut the arrangement was more satisfactory than had been expected.