CABLE BREVITIES.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 7918, 14 August 1917, Page 1

CABLE BREVITIES.

Ministerial Resignations. The Press Bureau states that Mr Henderson has resigned from the Cabinet, and that Mr Neville Chamberlain has resigned the directorship of national service. Both resignations have been accepted.

Aerial Activity. The Admiralty reports: Our naval airmen dropped several tons of bombs on the Ghistelles aerodrome, the Zuidwege railway sidings and the Thourout railway junction on Thursday night. Dense clouds of smoke were caused at Zuidwege. Our machines also attacked by gunfire the railway junction at Thourout. We bombed the aerodrome at Sparappelhoek on Friday. All our machines returned safely. Turkish Forts Bombed. Allied warships are bombarding. Turkish forts in Asia Minor. British monitors silenced one battery and destroyed an aerodrome. Pola Receives Attention. An Italian official message stiftes: Large flights of bombing planes attacked Pola on Wednesday night and effectively dropped eight tons of high explosives on the arsenal and fleet. All our machines returned. Japan's Help. The Press Bureau states that additional Japanese naval units have joined the Allied forces in European waters. Haig'B Confidence. Sir Douglas Haig, in a message to all the overseas dominions, says:—Our armies, drawn from every part of the Empire, bring to the fourth year a steady confidence justified by past achievements and an unfaltering resolution that they will fight until the enemy is overthrown. Aerial Battles. v Reuter's headquarters correspondent on the Western front says that during July our airmen crashed 122 enemy machines and drove down 120 out of control. Captured Guns. Sir Douglas Haig reports: We captured six guns in Friday’s attack. Poor Rheims. The Germans have again bombarded Rheims. Vacant Portfolio. Mr G. N. Barnes has been offered the succession to Mr Henderson in the War Cabinet. He has asked time to consider his acceptance with the unanimous approval of the Labor colleagues in the Cabinet, which is considered certain.