News in Brief.

Thames Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 18325, 26 April 1917, Page 1

News in Brief.

I ——. , • I The BratJsh have processed and made gains, and' secured prisonera. *• ™ ™ w W W ♦ Stock sale at WaLtalkiaruru by Alfred Buokland and Sons to-moirawv The retail $*rice of coal has been raised by 4® per ton. ***.♦#••# Oiv itihie Allan© tflbe Finench. have mad© (pxfogpress north-east of Ctamy and Laomis taTctn/gj 'prisoners. * * -* ♦ # # ♦ The preparations for 1 the new -winter camp at Taulh/erenifeiau is ' pre>- ! deeding actively. The "coal-aari.rtg" fci.m9-fa.bLe en thie railways will probably be continued until May 6. *•#*♦### It ig stated the Germans are fightincr desperately to regain.'the key of the positions a£ Monohy. Five enemy destroyers were seen on Monday -between BkikmbuTffi and Zeebragge, five miles off tbe 'coast. * ♦ ##♦♦»♦ INear Moronvillers the FrencK Ifeiht- fonces penetroited' the Germao trenches which- were found filled withi oorpsee. #♦#*♦#♦ The second aaiinivensairy of Anzae Day was celebrated a,t Sydmey &y improasive raenuoaiiailj /^irvicea iaiidf -a parade of troops. ******* Mr Phiillip Gi'bbs states that the H'indenbuTig line i« not a German myth, but a ,very real' thing), ninniwg .through Drocoturt and Qiieant. ******* . Thie Prince of Wales' Fund at the end of January "had reached a total of £6,025,027. Of this sum £3,529, 719 bad been allotited for relief. The New Zealand Dairy Assn. Ltd. 'O'li the 2Lsrt. in»t. paid to its suppliers .£.78,190 7s 2d. The advance payment, far butter-fiat duriflfig the -month of March. ******* « To itest the feeling) of tine people of Greyniouth on the matter, the* Borough Council him decided to submit a referendum on tihe question of allowing! picture «how.s to*open on^ Sunday. * ******* Tlii© Taranaki Hei'ald stwtesr that Mr -Ke£lth. .Maitthews, of New Plymouth, wiho h'<\s been working i/t Wellington for some months past on a war (invention, has been cabled for by /the .Admiralty , It is understood tilnajt the invent ion is reay highly" spoken of, aad has passed aJI tests successt'iilly. ******* On Friday aftenniaon tihe IFlrst Otago Military Service Board had 1 tihe unique experience of sitbiaia; in- n hall in whiohi a cliunch sale of work w.afl , benaioj held (says the Times); It hiapipened at. Bamifii'tiy, and in pllace , of the usuail prosaitc environment of -th;e Boa i*d appellasn,tis found tifoeuv selves coiili-ontied 1 <*n the left, ""with a taible of ciafcas. fruit.l? nnd sweets; oa the -risht with «. d'spi'a.y of childtren's firooks, fancy work, lingerie, and suohlike; while at the rear thene wa» a colilett'on of vesretaJW-es. The ladJiesi vr\ cha.nGje spaicioiißily refrainedfrom dointr their work while the Bma,rd was im sessionl, and for tfh«p nonce, became interested audFtons of tihe evidence .in stipport of appenls. ■The sitiiin^ wais not a ?otdi? onre-, and tihio ladies tt,<?nin t<M>Tc chiails^ of the*l hair, aimonc their be«t ciu.«fomers beiniff TnembeTs of flhie Board.