Late News.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 30, Issue 20, 12 March 1918, Page 3

Late News.

There is severe fighting in Flanders, and some heavy work is being done before Yprcs. The Allies lost some ground but regained it afterwards.

The Belgians have had a great success against Germany’s shock troops. There is also great activity on the French front and many Austrian troops arc there, but the Prussian Minister refuses to give the number.

In a Rugby football match the New Zealand Headquarters defeated the Royal Academy by 32 points to nil.

A London message states that Sir William MacGregor (formerly High Commissioner of the Western Pacific), in the course of a paper read at Edinburgh on the settlement of the Pacific, urged the absolute necessity of Britain retaining her interests, which must be secured in order to preserve the integrity and future safety of the Empire.

Sir Thomas Mackenzie (High Commissioner for New Zealand), in a letter, said he believed ho was expressing the views of the Government and the people of New Zealand, when he said that if the Islands which had been taken were given up it would arouse a feeling of disappointment and perhaps something more.

The Shipping Board have announced at Washington that 31 ships of a total tonnage of 190,400 were completed in January and February. It is estimated that 35 ships of a tonnage of 220,954 wall be launched in March. The officials believe that the shipping programme is now running smoothly.

Sir John Madden, Chief Justice and Lieut.-Governor of Victoria is dead.

Mr Justice Edwards, who concluded the sittings of the Supreme Court at Palmerston North on Saturday, had a somewhat serious seizure yesterday morning and is confined to his bed, his temperature being very high.

A formal proclamation issued in Wellington yesterday calls Parliament together for the despatch of business at 2.30 p.m. on the 9th April.

In Christchurch a petition that Mr J. McCombs, M.P. be adjudged a bankrupt has been filed in the Supreme Court. The petitioning creditors arc Messrs Kincaid’s Limited, and Bowren Bros.