"STOP PRESS" NEWS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11508, 2 October 1915, Page 1

"STOP PRESS" NEWS.

(Reserved for late news rec»tw< after tha paper has gone to press.) PUBLISHED AT S O'CLOCK, ' HUG BY. •WELLINGTON. WELLINGTON, October 2. In the Rugby games to-day Trcntliara (l II defeated .Unlet;,- 10. A GENERAL STRIKE. MR ASQUITII DENIES THE POSSI- ■ BILITY. (Received October 2. 6 p.m.) LONDON, October 1. Mr Asquith. questioned in the House of Commons regarding tbo resolution adopted by a sec;ion of the Labour* lie.- thrc: t.-'iijng :i general .-tr''J:r in tbo even; o; ;i;.i!«.n:d :-■ r.aee being cd, nplhd that he did j.ol anticipate such h caitiugeney was likely to a::se. ARBITRATION COURT. DUNEDLN, October 2. It is understood that Mr Scott wilt again take the seat on the Arbitration Court recently relinquished by '■ Mr E. I'". Dutliie. as the employers' rei ! present ative. j j_ STMN ;■:!! IMIESDYTERIAX CHURCH. The ceremony oi laying tb.e foundation stone of the Sumner Presbyterian Church was performed this iiflernoou by the- Mayor. Mx J. I>, Laarenson, A SIGNIFICANT SIGN. LONDON. October 1. It is stated that tiie German Goj veriim-jnt is calling in al; manufactured articles cf c m>e°'. una nickel. HKRUX ALAi.'MEIb (Ib-cnvej. (iv:f).'r 2. 0 mm.) ■: LONDON, Ocl'.'ver 1. . The Sv-i;-.-; rews;>;q)crs announce that j Lcriin s inarmed t.ver the defeats. ' Tfee genera! staff has invited t-lic popuj lace to remain calm. „ j GENERAL MAItCHAND. j . LONDON, October 1. General Marchand, who was mounded j during; the recent lighting, has unclcri gone a, successful" operation. j WIRE ENTANGLEMENTS. ! LONDON, October 1. j The Paris Press is more conliueat J itt lone since the Allies pierced the | Westejni front. The main difficulty is ?- thai aoj.es of stout barbed wire, fre- :'- gtwntly, electrified. j <■ Ui§ Ewncfc are now .firing cutters j. from rifles yrith bad, effect. j , .1 THE GERMAN VIEW. * PARIS, October l. 'German papers insist .that it, is useless to minimise tlio importance of the but add the nation is entitled -i tq fools mik confidence to tha future, ~ .* dwpia eaem/a yell organised; eog weli j ...-* prepaid 1 H MMIBWWi ■..in* fl 1 A RUSSIAN SUCCESS. | LONDON, October 1. The "Berliner Tageblatt" announces I that the Russians penetrated the Austrian trenches between the sources of the Goryn and he Ikra. THE 'VICTORIOUS" SULTAN. (Received October 2, 6 p.m.) LONDON, October 1. A German wireless message anaotmccs that tho Turkish Cabinet has ©.greed that tha Sultan should bo eurnamed "The Victorious." THE AMERICAN LOAN. LONDON, October 2. Tho "Berliner Tageblatt " admits tho euccees of tho Allies' American loan. It is disappointed, and castigates President SVilson ior his strange conception of neutrality in not opposing the loan. The Allies are piling up a debt which smashes England's iiaoncial dominion for over. POSITION IN GREECE. > i kONEOX, October 3. Gftrmtmophilo newspapers in Greece j urgo Germany io recommend Bulgaria '. t<t demobilise; in. order to prepare tho »; way for tho demobilisation of Greek I iOTOOB. f{ THE EASTEiiN THEATRE. ) LONDON, Octobor 1. " 'Xho iTim&s's" correspondent at ' Petrograd states that the rapidity of * th» Russian victorv over the Gorman « cavalry ia tho Vclioka region, coupled with tha tendency of tho enemy to con'fiao himself to urtillcxy inc. _ in^ko^ DvinEk-Oeluriiana region sire regarded ttj indications that tho Germans have made responses to the calls from the jvcßt. General Jla ekensen is fitiil fishting \ vigorously in tho south, hut General ; ' Tronofl! tstruck a severe blow at tthe enemy near TarnopoL In view of tho general engagement in the west, the Russians may bo depended upon to (fteairi orcry norvo to assurno the ofTens£r« elong tho wholo Austro-German front. Sir.ce the runt-are of our lines on the Ihuiuj'.c the enemy',-: advance him averapred two miles a day, nnd it will obviously require many months io reach Pctrograd, Moscow, KiciT, eyorJ '('