INVENTED BY PORTUGESE ENGINEER.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11501, 2 April 1918, Page 8

INVENTED BY PORTUGESE ENGINEER.

THE PUNS STSlt'i. Received April 3, nccn. ' Madrid, /- pj Ui. Newspapers state that Benito Oaeiro, a Portugese engiiu-n - , in 1016 invented « gun throwing n ISO millimetre shell a distance ol i!>' b 140 kilometres. A eommis.-- >i>.' T French experts reported t;%. • . on the invention, but a coji;. o plans and descriptive nmu • • with'telegrams from the i ■ . . Minister in Switzerland, wi ><• stolen from the Portugese i.MM-ny m War. The theft was attributed to spies. THE LONG DISTANCE BOMBARDMENT. PARIS STILL UNDER FIRE. Paris, April 1. The long range gun bombarded the city twice on Sunday. One was killed and one injured. BRITISH DESTROYER LOST. London, March 30. The Admiralty reports tin t a British destroyer was mined and sunk on the 37th. Forty=one were lost.

’ BRITISH REPULSE TWO ATTACKS. PERSISTENT ATTACKS ON THE A VRE. WITH LITTLE RESULT. London, April 1. Sir Douglas Haig reports wo comnleteiy repulsed two attacks westward of Albert hist evening. The enemy persists in attempts to advance along the valley of the Luce and Avra but progressed little. Attacks and counter-attacks are occurring ail day in this sector,_ with varying success. Fighting is expected to continue.