THE WAR.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13572, 28 December 1914, Page 4

THE WAR.

(Press Assn.— 'By Teleßraoh^-Copy right.) LONDON, Dec. 25. Lieut. Charles Cochrane lies, of the Medical Corps, who studied in New' Zealand,? has died oi wounds. ' x iJ German officers pillaged the Belgium. Parliament House, Brussels, of a collectionj of medals. The' marriage ,rate in Britain has increased 50 , per '.cent-, since, Ithoi war. /jf^'"uArisJtria-a (Submarine . inline : .Straits p^^ptranto fired i two torpedoes, one dabj-igirig a French battleship, but not' s^riQ'usly. ;,...-",-. ■•...'/.■JnV-Adndriid^ have -notified that from tfcie.lßt January .. an engineer-lieutenant-coinmaijder,,'. alter four years from promotion! is to receive 20s per day ; after sixyears 225. The- Government has prohibited the transfer of ships to foreign owners without a license froni the. Customs whether' within of without the United Kingdom. -•After the Manchester had made two, unsuccessful ; attempts 'to recapture the trenches -oh Oefober 29, Hogan, 'who is. an*. ex-p6stm'an ~bf; Leach, at , the head olvten-rothfers",: crawled, a hundred yards -tQn : the v trenches> amid -a. storm- of bullets- and -then 'had a" hand-to-hand fight. They, killed '• weight, wounded; two, and took, sixteen ptlso-ei's. " ;: " - *: Jf\: message from ßome reported -that Emperor -Francis Jbsef wa?- dying arid haa received the last sacramerit, but this is contradicted fby £-• Vienna report ■which states-tliat the-- Efnperor is at Cfeonbi-utt'.in gobd 'health. ■'■' * ' * ■^Newspapers cohsider V the -Stock Exchange^ -regulations very stringent, es-; pecially tnht compelling a< broker to give- tne 'ria|rie* of a- -transferee * of ;in : ' scribed vstocks. - .A*»ut '■ that tbey. will have ths' effect dff. safeguarding' the -London market against* forced - -realisations, arid absolutely^-; close; the -market. to"-- the' enemV. > The Financial Times says tRe bulk- of naturalised -me--hb'ei« and- clerks have not been "r"eriaturalised. Thtergfore they have, barred ■the'hv re-entry. : V/-One estimate ' is- '-that-'sevpn- 'hundred are af-. fected; ■■■■■ ; ." ■'•"■■ "'■«-'':'■; '■■" "•"•, .-•'", '-' "-"' Private O'Sullivan, of the Fifth Dragoons, has signed -a' statement that he and - seven 'oth'ers- were -taken -prisoner's at Tpres • early iri th? stripped- of their *• clothing, e*cept a thin, shirt, "and- forced to march -* : through thick sndyr and ,a bitter wittd,- into open fieidßi' '*--:*: '--.""v- ■-■"".-■ ':".-'" C^iliivan escapedj arid is .in hospi : tal with frozen 'f feet." - r . : x--. AMSTERDAM* Dec. 25. A war.lo#n"6i-- i 265 million florins has been authorised. The *Queen personally ha^'mideßttisi'tteii half -a rhillion* flbrin!i. x >t r •: v Dec.v 24. - From September .15 to November '13 the Arhry T Medical "Service "has 'dealt with '480,733 wo'-anded.- One' half have already.-- returned '^tft' the'-frdht.. i-: ; «-;r BUDAPEST, 'Dec. 25. -Ai ■cori , esporfdeKt--p6ihtlf-' out that 137 members of-Parlianieri** and^ 7000 "societies are** working "for an Iftdependerice movement. The people are depressed and sceptical-lat^ the" 'so- t called Austrian victories, o and,. t are distinctly, .friendly to England: c ' . -- NEW YORK, Doc. 25. The- Rubber- C3ub r . of Amewc* a«nounoes a gi'fl-y,^: situation o>ying .. to the British., embargo : . on the exportation of • cr^fte rubjber from. Britain,. A ... statement .anticipates, 125,00p ; hftiids wiU be idler.in, , the. TJnited . Sfeitesi unless the enwiargo,is : lifted. An advance in; price is expected-^ : Eui-ope. already, has bought a hundred million sierling^iyqrth, of -.var supplies frpra the Ignited States. ,!..-..,. OTTAWA, Bee. W. Canada's war .expenses, are computed at ; -£so,ooo vdaily, arid, a new war .loan of.'tw.epty -.niiliioijs is foreshadpwedj. The . Minister for Finance is prepariug ,taxa r tion to' touch all pockets more- effectively than the liquor and tobacco tax imposed last session. " ' ' ''.".' '..: LONDONi Dec. 25. Austrian, reports; indicate; *that the suff erfrig " amoiigst; -the 7,ps**b'- t ' is ' iticr eas : ' ing at an alarniihg i-ate.' 'Relief measures are inadequate."^ A meeting for the piirppse of. tho/ discussion of relief wa*| prbMbited;.'*' Owing" to the scarcity of ' hwhey; I departing Auslirians are only petmiited to' carry a minimum atfyount;. The better classes also. are suffering arid in straitened circumstances'. '' ROYAL^ CHRISTMAS GIFTS. LONDON, Dec. 25. Every officer and man in the Army and Navy receives from their, Majesties a Christmas card bearing,, their Majesties' portraits arid a. reproduction of their 'autograph greeting The^gift w^ : a secret' Tanfil - • to-day. Prinjcess Mafy's gift of tobacco has- also been : despaCch'ed..' '. ROTTERDAM, Dec. 26. King Albert has riiade' a surprise gift tO;*ey*%y sdldier. .6f a, box of. 25 cigars. :■■■'■ ITALY -ANjy AUSTRIAN ■'..:■ ; LQNDON, Dec. ,25. Italy is forming* riew^ regiments of infantry ' and, artillery." ' ':'!""' ' * The Austrian, Ambassador, at , Rome hasVTeturned to'" Viemia,:;os*liensibJy because it is .Christmas: ; It: 'is '-an; open secret, fliat^Hs:*d-^artnr& Svaa do^'tp Prince; Von-'Bulbw's activity. - lir Austria 1 it 'is feared his action, will widbh thevhreach b^tv^een'ltal-t/Jand Austria! The"'' A'inba'ssador" was' 'recalled -to .Vienna t6 ■ receive j'special instruction. ''"' ! T '" ' RELIE*F Fp^psJ : ' ■ : ■ ." ' . V LONDONi Dec. 24. The .Belgian Relief Committee expressed;,rgra*witude,.at the magnificent gitt of i JB(soQQ,.sent through Sir ■: T. Coghlaii from, New -South Wales, Queensland^ arid- > .New Zealand. Four million ' Belgians. are receiving food through —the Relief ,. Committee. .. !!,;. CHI-tISTCHDRCH. Dfec. 25. , ,The following reply • has been received to. the cable message which his , Ex-cellency the ■Govei'nor /sent on Ueceinber 24-,-vo the SecTctary'of State for the Coiofties, notifying 'a. further donation from; New .Zealand towards the' Fund for,, the:' Relief of the Poor of Great Britain-,. Ireland^ and Belgium: "His Majesty's J3bvernmerit .liighly. appreciates •, -the / futther „g enerous contribution from New Zealand."^-(Signed) Kkv. cou^t., ; ;•' ,;..; . '..'•' ■.;■'" , AN. RESERVISTS' PLOT. ' Tf "NJEW, YOR^j Dec. 25. JThp New Origans pj6t^rs*ai*e all. Ger-. maij >08eryists, aaigiy at being unable , to^etvirii iio --Eurqpe' to, fight. that, lie Germany^ \*^bu^d Vre^ard ,lrinj \ handsomely. The infernal ; '.inachine's consisted, . ' of* two boxes,'/ one* fitted '•'. with clockwork, and each, ' coritaining .fifty pounds of dynamite." Tti was eistpected the explosion of the. oi^would e^plo^e thf? other. HaUe had approached the British Embassy, pretending he had a, jtew eomp^taou^forVbpmba^ding,. hoping to ob'tain permis^idp to send.casea *to England" aboard, a , British . ship. TKe ; Einbaesy, coldrshouldered Halle., who turned his attention to France, The jplotL failed, through Halle taking aVrMm \vith, i detective, as a fpllpw-, lodjeiv' and" the. polico drag-net closed rduja^ the ; cprispiratdrs,