LATE WAR NEWS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144713, 23 June 1915, Page 7

LATE WAR NEWS.

MENTIONED IN DISPATCHES. AUSTRALIANS AND NEW ZEALANDER, Bt ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. —COPYRIGHT. (Received Juno 23, 2.20 p.m.) LONDON, June 22. Sir John French’s dispatches mention Lieut. L. F. Robinson, of tho armoured train, a Victorian; Captain J. T. M’C'oll, of tho Commonwealth Forces; Lieutenant J. L. Turner, of the New Zealand Artillery; and Li cut.-Co lend Hayes, of the Middlesex Regiment, a Victorian. IP GERMANS ARE KILLED. RETREAT DOES NOT MATTER. (Received Juno 23, 10.15 a.m.) 'LONDON, Juno 22. The Daily Chronicle’s Petrograd correspondent says that the Germans in Galicia daily hurl tons of iron at the Russian trenches, forcing tho Russians to abandon cover, but the Russians nightly return and shoot and bayonet tjie German infantry and recover the trenches, only to repeat tho process during tho succeeding days. Tho Russian army is not defeated, though it has suffered■ losses, hut is whole and steadily successful in pursuing its task of swelling tho German casualty lists, vhatover sacrifices of territory arc involved. The Gormans are advancing by a series of violent paroxysms, succeeded by brief periods of exhaustion. Tho latest paroxysm brought tho German columns'to tho defences of Lemberg. Tho sacrifice of the city would ho extremely painful to tho Russians, but the national spirit is aroused to a pitch of fierce determination. FOOD SUPPLIES. SIGNS OF GOVERNMENT ACTIVITY. (Received Juno 23, 10.45 a.m.) SYDNEY, June 23. Mr. AshforcTßas announced that tho Government is opening two million acres for settlement at the next meeting of the Cabinet. Mr. Black has presented a scheme of establishment for State meat shops to supply tho public at a cheap rate. In the Assembly, .Mr. Hall stated that ho had made inquiries as to the cost of importation of sugar and found that they could import black-labour sugar at £22 per ton, but it was preferred to keep tho colonial companies’ employees at work. This would cost an extra 30s per ton. Mr. Bagnell -alleged that tho butter shortage was delihertoly produced by over-exportation, which was more than double that of tho previous year. He suggested that a special council of Ministers bo formed to deal with the food problem.

THE MAKING OF MUNITIONS. (Received Juno 23, 10.15 a.mj SYDNEY, Juno 23, Volunteer brigades to manufacture .munitions gratuitously in their sparo time have been inaugurated at Broken Hill; Members of tho Iron Trades Employers’ Association of New South Wales have passed a resolution placing their sendees and resources at the disposal of tho Government in whatever direction is required. NEW ZEALAND RECRUITS. (Received Juno 23, 10.15 a.m.) SYDNEY, June 23. A number of New Zealanders aro enlisting, who say it is no good trying to do so in New Zealand, because the Dominion has as many troops as.it wants. AUSTRALIA DAY FUND. SYDNEY, June 22. Mr. Samuel Hordern has given £IOOO to tho Australia Day Fund, conditionally that the money goes to the. Red Cross. If all the money collected goes to the Red Cross Fund Mr. Hordern will give a further £IOOO. Mr. Holman states the Red Cross handles the whole of tho collected moneys. WOMEN POLICE IN SYDNEY. (Received Juno 23, 11.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, Juno 23.' The police-women appointed are Misses, Lilian Armfield, of tho nursing staff at Callan Park, %nd Maude Marion Rhodes, inspector in tho Children’s Relief Department APPEAL TO SCHOOL CHILDREN. (Received Juno 23, 11.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, Juno 23. The Minister of Education is appealing to school children to outdo their own record in raising money for the Mothers’ Thirty Thousand Fund in connection with Australia Day. THE CLOSING HOURS OF HOTELS. (Received June 23, 11.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, June 23. In tho Assembly, Mr. Carmichael gave notice of motion to take a referendum on tho advisability of the early closing of hotels. GERMAN WAR LEAFLETS. (Received Juno 23, 11.30 a.m.) MELBOURNE, June 23. Notwithstanding the Government’s precautions, Gormans in America are still circulating war leaflets in Australia. Mr. Pearco advises all finding iV.mu to destroy them. ARMY MEDICAL SERVICE'. NEW ARRANGEMENTS, PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. WELLINGTON, June 22. The Minister of Defence states that now arrangements have been mado in connection with the medical branch of the defence service. Dr. Valintinc, the present InspectorGeneral of Public Health, becomes

Director of Military Hospitals, with full control over all matters connected with the treatment of sick and wounded soldiers within tho Dominion.

Colonel Purdy, tho present Director of Medical Services, will confine his attention mainly to the Territorials, the troopships, and tho examination of recruits. The two officers will ho associated in tho appointment of medical men to the defence service. In order that the pul>lic health point of view may be considered as well as tho purely military one, it is necessary to guard against tho depletion of the medical service within tho Dominion.