LATE WAR NEWS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144663, 24 April 1915, Page 7

LATE WAR NEWS.

MARTIAL LAW DECLARED AT TRIESTE. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. —COPYRIGHT. (Received April 24_, 2.50 p.m.) RO.ME, April 23. Martial law has been declared at Trieste. ’ ■ TITANIC STRUGGLE IMMINENT. IN OPINION OF AMERICAN PRESS. (Received April 24, 2.50 p.m.) LONDON, April 23. American newspapers, publishing re- v ports emphasising British submarine activity on the German const and the suspension of British and Dutch shipping, declare that a Titanic naval struggle is imminent. TREATMENT OF PRISONERS. ' RUSSIA THREATENS RETALIATION. (Received April 24, 2.50.p.m.) PETROGRAD, April 23. Russia has informed Germany through Spain that German prisoners will be treated similarly to Russians in Germany owing to ill-treatment of the latter. NEW ZEALAND’S SHARE. NEW ARTILLERY UNITS TRAINING 7,000 MORE MEN WANTED. PEE PRESS ASSOCIATION. WELLINGTON, April 24. The Hon. J. Allen states that the new artillery units accepted by the Imperial authorities are already undergoing training at Trentham. The .whole of the N.C.O.’s and most of the officers required for tho new infantry battalions will be brought into camp next Wednesday. The officers and N.C.O.’s v-'i 1L bp put through a thorough course of preliminaiy training, after which the. men will be brought into camp to undergo four months’ training. Intending recruits are registering in satisfactory numbers, but in view of the increased offer by the New Zealand Government it will be necessary to find 6000 additional recruits within the next ’ six weeks. After Juno other drafts would be called up,, and the more names registered the better.

BANK OF NEW ZEALAND. BONUS GRANTED TO STAFF. WELLINGTON. April 24. The directors of the Bunk of New Zealand decided to grant tho stall, including the members serving with tho expeditionary forces, a bonus of 5 per cent.