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V.C. AWARDS.

. INVESTED BY THE KING. By Cable. — Press Association. — Copyright. (A. Jc X.Z.) LONDON, Oct. 31. The King held an investiture at Buckingham Palace when two lum- ' ilred officers, men, and nurses, inj eluding Sergeant Andrew, a New I Zealander, who was awarded the .! Victoria Cross for daring initiative I in an attack on a German position in July were decorated. CHECKING~THE KING. A NORWEGIAN PRECAUTION. I (A. & N.Z.) CHRISTIANIA, Oct. 31. \\ The Storthing has passed a Bill j limiting the employment of the army j and navy to the defence of the coun11 try, and abolishing the King's right; | to declare war on a foreign state. FOOD CONTROLLER, A DOMINION DIRECTOR. ' ;,'(A. & N.Z.) LONDON, Oct. 31. The Food Controller has appointed Mr F. T. Boys New Zealand director of meat supplies. gjermansjsutiny. THE ARMY AFFECTED. (A. & N.Z.) AMSTERDAM, Oct. 31. Owing to the fear of raids, the valuable stained glass in Cologne i Cathedral has been replaced by or- ! dinary glass. German soldiers at Beverloo [Camp, including veterans, mutinied ! when they were ordered to the j front. The mutineers fned on their |officers and destroyed their rifles. They were subsequently overpowered and dispatched to an unknown destination. The soldiers I guarding the frontier at Bochold de-i j serted. i German newspapers state that; j General Krobatin's army is advancing on the upper Tagliamento and [threatening to outflank the Italians I on the lower Tagliamento. ITALY CONFIDENT. ! MESSAGE FROM THE PREMIER. (Reuter) ROME, Oct. 31. Senor Orlando has telegraphed to General Cadormij assuring him that the faith of the Italian people in the army and its leader is unshaken. "The enemy and the world shall know that the Italians in their hour of trial have settled their differences and are inexorably resolved to free the country from its invaders." BRITISH GUNS SAVED. (Reuter) LONDON, Oct. 31. Ail the British guns on the Italian 1 front were saved.

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Sun (Christchurch), Volume IV, Issue 1163, 2 November 1917, Page 6

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V.C. AWARDS. Sun (Christchurch), Volume IV, Issue 1163, 2 November 1917, Page 6

V.C. AWARDS. Sun (Christchurch), Volume IV, Issue 1163, 2 November 1917, Page 6

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