VARIOUS ITEMS.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5445, 31 May 1916, Page 5

VARIOUS ITEMS.

GERMAN WOUNDED

London, Last Night. A German wireless states that fully B 5 per cent, of the German woundtd are fit to resume the most arduous duties within nine months of being incapacitated. At present there are 1,500,000 wounded, all of whom are returning to the front. A million are now ready and the remainder are rapidly convalescing.

LORD BRYCE’S HOPE

London, Last Night

Lord Bryce, presiding at *i lecture at the Union College said that the spirit of aggression did not prevail m Liberal Germany prior to 1804. He hoped that the defeat of Germany would mean the repudiation oi the policy of aggression revealing a higher and nobler Germany. Turkey must be divested of all territory except that inhabited by Mussulmans. REDUCING BEER SUPPLY. London, Last N ight. iu the House of Commons a Bill to reduce the output of beer 15 per cent, was read n second time. The purpose of the Bill is to reduce calls upon shipping. The importation ot hops and malt has been forbidden except under license. AIR RAID CASUALTIES. London Last Night. The Right Hon. Herbert, Samuel, in the House of Common*, said that since tile war the three naval attacks on Britain had killed 141 and injured 611. Forty-four air raids had killed 409 and injured 1005. COMPULSION IN AUSTRALIA. Sydney. Last Night. The conference of the industrialist section of the Labour party views with grave concern the possible extension of the British Compulsion Act to British residents abroad, and calls on the Labour movement to strenuously resist conscription in any form applying to the citizens of Australia.