GERMAN AIR RAIDS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3215, 27 October 1915, Page 21

GERMAN AIR RAIDS.

LONDON, October 22. Two men were charged with signalling the enemy from the roof of a hotel during the recent air raid. The military applied for the custody of the accused", and the magistrate handed them over. LONDON, October 23. One result of the air raids is a notice of a question whether Mr Asquith will arrange for ihe working hours of Parliament to be within daylight. GENERAL NEWS. LONDON, October 23. The King, in a farewell message to the Ulster Division before they left for the front, said : “ Your prompt and patriotic answer to the nation’s call to arms will never be forgotten. I am confident that you will nobly uphold the traditions of the fine regiments whose names you bear.” Dr Addison, Parliamentary Secretary for Munitions, has agreed to the payment of £1 per week as the minimum for women engaged in the manufacture of munitions. Mr Lloyd George has accepted the principle of equal pay for men and women in systems of payment bv results. PARIS, October 22. The newspaper Liberte reports that a German protest against the netting of submarines lias reached the Italian Government from neutral sources. Germany has also protested against sending out large vessels to sink submarines. AMSTERDAM, October 22. The Germans have sunk the British steamers Aukiris and the City of Berlin, which had been detained at Hamburg since the outbreak of the war. BOMBS AND HAND GRENADES. SYDNEY, October 23. Captain Brownell, of the Worcestershire Regiment, wounded in Flanders, has been appointed to the staff of the Duntroon Military College. He stated that everyone on the eastern front is now armed with a three-bladed dagger, with a wooden grip, like the top of a shovel. One blade protrudes between the fingers, and on either side there protrudes another and longer blade. The frontal blade drives straight forward: the others stab backwards or uppercut. The weapon is splendid for “infighting.” He also described a ■ number of new types of inexpensive high explosives and most destructive bombs. tie added ; “ Britain is now the paramount Power so far as bombs and hand-grenades are concerned. She has a number of surprises on these lines up her sleeve, and will shortly spring them upon the foe.” AUSTRALIAN NEWS. SYDNEY, October 23. It is stated that the number of nurses who have left New South Wales for the front is 300. To keep this number at full strength quarterly reinforcements of 30 nurses are being despatched. Those answering “indifferent” to the health question in the war census are being asked for details, and whether their health incapacitates them for their ordinary work. MELBOURNE, October 23. Senator Pearce announces that after consultation with the British Government he has decided that the contracts for munition supplies shall be extended from March 31 to June 30. Mr W. M. Hughes states that the metal exchange will be opened on November 8.