INTERESTING ITEMS.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 16949, 10 April 1917, Page 7

INTERESTING ITEMS.

COPENHAGEN, April 8. By an explosion of shells at Essen, 38 were seriously injured.

AMSTERDAM, April 8. The Dutch Government has informed Britain that it adheres to its decision not to admit armed merchantmen to Dutch ports.

Meantime, Britain has agreed to release Dutch grain vessels at Halifax, and to allow them to proceed home without touching at a British port. COPENHAGEN, A^ri! 8. According to frontier newspapers, British aeroplanes dropped several bombs on Zeppelin sheds at Tondern on March 22nd.

The extent of the known. ,

damage is un-

BSRNE, April 8. Germany, fearing the attitude of the natives, Las instructed all Germans in Palestine aud Syria to proceed'to Germany.

PARIS, April 8. Owing to Germans systematically burglarising safes in French territory and stealing securities, Senator Flandin has introduced a Bill providing for penal servitude for any neutral banker setting foot in France after the war who assists in negotiating stolen securities.

LONDON, April 8. The Empire Cabinet and Imperial Conference have suspended over Easter week. The meetings are likely to last into May. ; '

The Bight Hon. W, F. Massey, Premier of New Zealand, is spending Easter at Eastbourne, and Sir Joseph Ward is at Mirehead. The Minister • ' Finance visits Glasgow on May stli to review 20,000 of the Boys' Brigade. The Petit Parisien interviewed Lord Robert Cecil, who said:—"lt cannot be denied that our losses of merchantmen are serious but it is no exaggeration to say they are considerably below what the Germans anticipated. It ought not to be forgotten that, while we talk about the victims of Teuton piracy, I we say nothing aboiyt the pirates' own losses." The Admiralty had authorised" him to say that between February 21st and April. Ist there had been 49 fights between British vessels and German pirates.

WELLINGTON, April 9. A balk; to make up the shortage for the 30th [Reinforcements commences at 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon. The shortage is about a thousand and to provide for rejects three thousa -.d names will be drawn.