LATEST WAR NEWS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 173, 27 August 1914, Page 8

LATEST WAR NEWS.

TOGOLAND SURRENDERS. i " BRITISH TAKE POSSESSION " THE FORMAL ENfRY. BiySPECT FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY By Cable.—Press Asgociation.—Copyright. (Received August 27, 12.50 p.m.) LONDON, August 26. It is officially ai nounced that TogoJaiul (German West Africa) has surrendered unconditionally. (Received August 27, 2.45 p.m.) LONDON, August 26. ? The Allied Forces will enter Kamina, Togoland, to-morrow. Commander Bryant said that the British always respected private, property, and there-would be as little interference as possible with trade and private interests. The Japanese Embassy states that the Ambassador. at Berlin was courteously treated, and provided with a sjiecial saloon carriage when leaving. [Togoland is a German possession in Western Africa, bordering on the Gulf of Guinea. The white population is. very small, but the- natives are estimated to number close upon a million. An Imperial Governor administers the territory. The products are rubber and eppra, but- as yet tne country has not yet been exploited.] GERMANS ON POLISH BORDER. SIX HOSTAGES SHOT DEAD. TOWN OF KALISZ BOMBARDED. The "Telegraph's" war correspondent states that Germans fiued"Kalisz, I on the Polish border, £SOOO, and shot six'of the foremost inhabitants whom they -detained as hostages on a trivial accxisation. > They also bombarded the town, and, the German fireworks display, the Town Hail and many buildings were burnt. STAND IN A ROW. THE GERMANS' LITTLE JOKE. GAN G OF S PIES AT WORK. ' (Received August 27, 1.50 p.m.) ST. PETERSBURG, August 26. The wife of M. 'Soldova, the treasurer at Kalisz, states that the Germa-ns shot a her husband because lie destroyed half a million roubles of paper monby. They also shot, a police inspector and several officials. The Germans jokingly requested the inhabitants to stand in a row and shot them. They bombarded the town with machine guns, killing several women. I

. The whereabouts of the officials was obtained by a gang of spies, some of whom were dressed as women. THE GALLANT BELGIANS. APPRECIATION IN ENGLAND. ADDRESS FROM HOUSE OF COMMONS. (Received August 27, 12.45 .p.m.) LONDON, August 26. Mr Asquith to-morrow will move an Address to the King of the Belgians., -from the House of Commons, expressing .Sympathy and admiration at Belgium's heroic resistance to the wanton invasion by Germany, and Britain's determination to support the Belgians in every way. BOMB IN A BANK. WHAT THE DEED BOX HELD. A FORTUNATEESCAPE. (Received August 27, 11.15 a.m.) LONDON, August 26. As a deed box, which had «:>een deposited in a big London bank, was being placed in a safe, ticking was heard, and the box wa£ opened, disclosing an infernal machine heavily charged. BRITISH TREASURY BILLS. FORTY MILLIONS TENDERED FOR. (Received August 27, | 1..">0 p.m.) . LONI2ON, Augii ri 23. Over forty millions have been tendered for Treasury bills at an average price .of £:*. i.yc>.

STAFF APPOINTMENTS. ADDITIONS ANNOUNCED. (Sun Special.) WELLINGTON, August 27. The following additional Staff appointments to the Expeditionary Force \vere announced to-day l>y the Hon. jas. Allen: — Captain W. Alderman, General Staff Officer, second grade. Captain Alde-r----jnan is an officer on exchange from the Commonwealth Forces. Captain Frank Hudson, Staff Officer, third grade. Captain Hudson has seen a great deal of service in various countries, and was formerly well known in New Zealand journalistic circles. Captain :M. W. B. Thomas (N.Z. Staff Corps), Deputy-Assistant AdjutantGeueral.

Lieuteuaut-Colonel J. J. -JEsson, Assistant Quartermaster-General. Captain ,1. R. Henderson (N.Z. Staff Corps), Deputy-Assistant Quarter-master-General. Colonel W. J. Will, V.D. (Dunedin), Assistant Director of Medieal Services. Lieutenant-Colonel P. 0. Fenwiek (Christehurch), Deputy-Assistant Director .of Medical Services. Major A. R. Young (N.Z. Veterinary Corps), Assistant Director of y.cterinarv Services.

NOT A BOMB. A TUNNEL DISCOVERT. QUITE INNOCUOUS. There was great excitement recently among those who knew of the occurrence. A metal case was picked up in Lyttelton Tunnel. Any metal case nowadays is -a potential bomb, planted by Germans to lift somebody's roof. If it had gone off it would have been bad for the tunnel. It did not go off. It was an innocent hand warmer. Ladie3 sometimes carry them in their muffs. It was opened carefully. It declined to be anything but a hand warmer. WAR PARAGRAPHS. The Kaiapoi Woollen Company has donated £SOO to the funds—£loo to the Patriotic Funds in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, and £IOO -to the fund for the relief of the poor in England. The Christchurch Gas Company has donated £2OO to the Patriotic Fund. At last night's annual meeting of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce, it was decided that the money usually devoted- to the chamber's annual - dinner be donated to the Patriotic Fund. The grocers of city and suburbs notify that they will close Ip.m. Saturday as usual. .5 Surgeon-Lieut. R. L; Withers left last evening for Wellington, en route to the concentration camp at Palmerston North. . The boarders at Whakataka last night presented Regimental Sergeant-Major Norris with a wristlet watch. At the meeting of the Farmers ' Union Executive yesterday,. Mr A. J. Bell gave the following details of the amount of foodstuffs and money received through the Farmers' Union depot:—Oats 188J tons, chaff 251 tons, hay 16 tons, bran 20 tons, carrots 8 tons, linseecl 6 sacks, sheep 5, horses 17, potatoes 57i toiis, horse covers 7, saddle 1, butter 201b, horseshoes 10 sets, and three trucks not specified but valued at £BO. The value of the materials was £2886 16/6, and of the -subscriptions £2% 17/--. At the Rangiora sale, Mr T. Hunter

donated a ram which realised £lB 12/before it was knocked down. Subscriptions received in the Borough of Riccarton towards the Liverpool Fund amounted to £2O 14/0, of -rhich amount, £lO 10/3 was expended in material. The Defence Department has received the following donations:: —W. Blackwell (Kirwee) 6* sacks of oats and box of sundries; Woodcnd School; "»4 pairs socks; Mrs Elmers (Woodend), 12 sacks carrots; H. Eder, sen., J.-ton potatoes; R. P. Manning and Co.. £5 worth of military music; Charles Allison (Sydenha.ni), 401 bs Red Rover tobacco; Rev. Father Hoare, books. Colonel Richardson is desirous of obtaining 20 light music stands for the use of the band. These may be left at 196 Cashel Street. Donations of eggs, however small, will be gratefully received by the Defence Department for use in camp and on the voyage Home. Mr ,). B. Merrett, of Tuain Street, has offered to receive and pack all eggs free of charge. Private J. Constance, of A Company, Tufa 11 try Regiment, was met by a number of fiiends at Belfast and presented with a wristlet watch, knife, r»nd .silver match box, suitably engraved. Several complimentary speeches were made, and Private Constance took with him the best, wishes of his fViends. Colonel Richardson intimates that owing to the troops remaining in camp longer than was anticipated, further donations of chaff, bran, hay, (*■ carrots will be gratefully received by the Department. Consignments may ; >e sent to Expeditionary Force, Matron 'a Stores, Addiwgton-

Capt. Miivne, uf the Tenth Mounted Rifles, is tile son of Mr .1. B. May no, Inspector of Schools. Captain Mayne was educated at the Boys' High School ami afterwards at Canterbury Co!lege. After passing the L.L.B. examination he entered the legal profession. Mr G. Jf. Whiting (Mayor of Sprevdonj informed a SUN representative Ihis morning that collections i - ; conriwtion with the patriotic service »eld at Sprevdon on Sunday last realised £.55 (;/;;. All additional sr:'i o£ about £lO vyas raised last night, when a patriotic .social was held by the Spreydon Committee in the Sonierfield Street Hall. The function was well attended, various

musical items of a patriotic nature being contributed, after which, dancing was indulged in until an early hour,. A telegram received by the Labour Department contains the information that the Westport Coal Company requires the services of 50 miners and 50 truckers.

The Canterbury Saddlers' Union of Employers has forwarded £2;» 15/- to the Expeditionary Fund.