GENERAL ITEMS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17158, 10 November 1917, Page 7

GENERAL ITEMS

AIR RAIDS.

GERMAN AND BRITISH METHODS

CONTRASTED,

Renter's Telegrams.

LONDON, November 8. Mr Bonar Law, speaking at Manchester, said: "We did more damage by air raids to the enemy in September than they had doue by all their raids on England since tho beginning of the war. More has been done in bombing German towns than the public realise." UNITY OF ACTION. ALLIED CONFERENCE PROBABLE. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. PARIS, November 8. M. Barthou has announced that a commission will consider what measures are to be taken to arrive at an agreement amongst the Allies to realise complete unity of action for tho vigorous direction of the war. GERMANY'S LOSSES. A SWISS ESTIMATE. WASHINGTON, November 8. Reports from Switzerland state that Germany has lost an average of 1,200,000 men each year of the war, and that number will be at least equalled in 1918, Germany's reserves total only 1,500,000, including the youths of the 1920 class. AGRICULTURAL RELIEF OF ALLIES. Router's Telegrams. LONDON, November 8. The Duke of Portland, presiding at a meeting of the Agricultural Relief of the Allies Society, said that the fund had been placed on a sound footing. Already £120,000 had been collected, with the help of the Canadian farmers, who were organising in a thorough manner, while South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand had also demonstrated their sympathy in a practical manner. PROPOSED AIRCRAFT COUNCIL. LONDON, November 8. (Received Nor. 9, at 9.55 p.m.) In the House of Commons Mr Walter Long introduced a Bill providing for the establishment of an aircraft council. IN EAST AFRICA. PRESSURE UPON THE ENEMY. ANOTHER POSITION CAPTURED. Router's Telegrams. LONDON, November 9. (Received Nov. 9, at 9.55 p.m.) Reuter'e special correspondent at Mahunga, telegraphing on the 7th inst., states : Our northern farces dislodged the enemy at Otto fromi strong positions, and captured 20 machine guns and 10,000 rounds of ammunition. The enemy are everywhere suffering severely from our persistent pressure and , pursuit. Numbers of Askavis, porters, aoud deserters are surrraiderinc.