GENERAL ITEMS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17039, 25 June 1917, Page 5

GENERAL ITEMS

THE VICTORIA CROSS. ANOTHER NEW ZEALANDER HONOURED. j Australian »nd N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, June 23. t (Received June 24, at 5.5 p.m.) e Lieut.-commander Sanders, of the Naval j Reserve, who has been awarded the Victoria Cross, the story of tho winning of 6 which is withheld for the present, is an t Aucklander. He was formerly an officer a of the Union Steam Ship Company. He t joined the Naval Reserve a year ago, and e has been rapidly promoted to lieutenant- t commander. It is believed that he c obtained the Cross in one of the most bril- r liant minor engagements of the war. 1 JLieutenant-conunander Sanders was for ' some nine months in the employ of the i Union Steam Ship Company, whose ser- c vice ho entered from Sydney, where his t home is. He was acting second mate on c some of the smaller cargo steamers, and 1 was third mate on the Maunganui during that vessel's trips to Egypt.] ( THE AUSTRIAN CRISIS. 1 POLES' TERMS FOR SUPPORT. < AMSTERDAM, June 22. \ Count Clam-Martinitz is negotiating to ; form a Provisional Government of Aus- 0 tria to pass a provisional Budget, and 1 thereafter it ■ will resign. ■> The Polish party demands as the price 1 of its support the appointment of a civi- < lian Governor of Galicia; it also demands i the portfolios of railways and commerce, i Count Clam-Martinitz has agreed to accept, < but only if the Poles be given the port- 1 folio of agriculture or justice. < PREMIERSHIP GOING BEGGING. '. Reruter'a Telegrams. ! AMSTERDAM, June 22. Count Clam-Martinitz, in view of the ! impossibility of forming a Cabinet, has ; asked the Emperor to entrust the task to '. someone else. BEER FOR BRITAIN. MORE TO BE PROVIDED. Australian and N.Z. Cablo Association. LONDON, June 22. Cabinet has decided to relax the beer restrictions and permit a larger output forthwith. The decision will avert widespread Labour discontent. BRITISH RAILWAYMEN. DEMAND REGARDING PEACE. LONDON, June 22. The Railwaymen's Conference resolved that, in view of the need of permanent peace, organised Labour should elect direct representatives to the body negotiating peace terms. > GERMAN HARVEST PROSPECTS. AFFECTED BY DROUGHT. Renter's Telegrams. AMSTERDAM, June 22. Except for an occasional violent hailstorm, there has been no rain in East Germany for eight weeks. The hay is ruined, and the position of the grain crops is most serious. The drought is so bad in Bavaria that the Ministry of Agriculture has ordered the streams to be dammed in order to inundate the fields. Hail and thunderstorms devastated the whole area between Brieg and Ohlan (Silesia). BAVARIAN FARMSTEADS BURNT. , Router's Telegrams. AMSTERDAM, June 22. Eleven farmsteads were burned down at Grasschderbninn (Bavaria), and many cattle incinerated. German munition works DESTROYED. Router's Telegrams. ' AMSTERDAM, June 22. The -Frankfurter Zeitung states that lightning exploded the munition works at Foerde (Westphalia), and destroyed the workshops. Two were killed and four injured. REVOLT AT STETTIN. QUELLED BY MACHINE GUNS. THE WORKMEN'S ALTERNATIVE. Australian and N.Z. Cablo Association. STOCKHOLM, June 22. (Received June 24, at 5.5 p.m.) The workmen at Stettin, provoked by famine, struck and revolted. The authorities subdued them by means of machine guns. Women and children participated in the riots. The men were given the choice of resuming or being sent into the trenches. Work was resumed. THE HUNGARIAN PEEMIER. PROPHECY, AND PROMISES. AMSTERDAM, June 23. (Received June 24, at 5.5 p.m.) Count Esterhazy has pledged the Cabinet to suffrage reform in Hungary, and to remain faithful to the Allies. He stated that the military situation is favourable, and his knowledge of their military and economic strength permits no thought or appearance of weakness. He reaffirms his willingness for a peace acceptable to their adversaries. BRITISH FOOD SUPPLIES. MR PROTHERO CONFIDENT. LDNDON, June 23. (Received June 24, at 5.5 p.m.) Mr Prothero, President of the Board of Agriculture, speaking at Exeter, said the Government would shortly be establishing depots throughout the country for the purchase of cattle to supply the armies. Never had there been such ample English meat supplies. He assured the farmers that they would receive adequate labour, and therefore hoped that they would put forth their utmost efforts. In the event of the Government getting 55,000,000 quarters of corn, at which he aimed, starvation would be impossible. WORKERS' RECOMMENDATIONS. STATE COMMANDEERING AND CONTROL. LONDON, June 23. (Received June 24, at.5.5 p.m.) A strong deputation of workers on the National War Emergency Committee, representing all sections oMhe Trade Union movement, recommended Lord Rhonnda to adopt the following Government policy: The purchase of imported foodstuffs; the commandeering of home-grown foodstuffs —wheat, meat, potatoes, and milk: the commandeering of ships and controlling transport facilities; the control of the retail food market, selling bread at .a maximum of 6d per quartern loaf, charging any loss to the general cost of the war. The committee unanimously protested against the sale of sterilised tuberculous meat.