INTERESTING ITEMS.
1 LONDON, December 25. A crowd consisting chiefly of soldiers broke up a peace demonstration in Trafalgar Square. The police protected the speakers. Italian official.—Enemy patrols, attacking 6outh-easjb of . Gorizia were driven off. PARIS, December 25. The coal crisis is partly settled. Three thousand men will- be sent to the mines. The freight tax will be abolished, and the British Government vyill become the sole transporter. Stores and ships will be divided into three groups, namely: local commissariat, supply, and fleets, proceeding to different ports and couvoyed by warships. The importation' of alcohol into France and Nigeria is prohibited. AMSTERDAM, December 25. Krupps' organ, the Westfaische Zeitung, admits the complete destruction of the Roumanian oil wells, which the Germans found practically useless. BERNE, December 25.
It is reported that Sweden is disposed to make a prcposalto the be3ligerents similar to the Swiss. The Swedish Minister at Paris, has no information, but considers it logical that the Scandinavians should identify themselves with Wilson's Note.
ROME, December 25. Wireless press advices from Petrograd state that 4000 Bulgarians were drowned in Lake Babada, mto which they were driven by a Russian force.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 16852, 27 December 1916, Page 7
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