GENERAL ITEMS

Waikato Times, Volume 87, Issue 13272, 30 August 1916, Page 5

GENERAL ITEMS

FOR LOCAL CONSUMPTION. UERMAN STORIES OK WESTERN CAMPAIGN. ;Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received August. 29, '.>.L> p.in. LONDON, August 2'J. The military authorities point out that remarkable Oerman concoctions ai'e being circulated for local anil neutral consumption the progress on Hie west front. For instance, in connection with the Australian and English advance at Pozieres on the 4th, which was pushed further on the 9th, the Oerman report does not mention the former advance, and regarding the second advance, it is reported that imaginary British attacks were repulsed. Weeks later the Germans refer casually to the lost places in the allied possession, pretending that they were never held or lost by the Germans. DEALING WITH PRISONERS. FRANGO-OERMAN ARRANGEMENTS. Received August 29, 9.1 a p.m. LONDON, August 29. A Berlin wireless message states that the Kaiser has postponed until after the war the enforcr nit of punishments on French prisoners by reciprocal arrangements with France. MINERS' DECISION. WON'T WORK SIX DAYS. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received August 29, 9.13 p.m. LONDON, August 29. ! In the Scottish miners' ballot, the proposal to work six days a week instead of ten or eleven days a fortnight was defeated, the adverse majority being 9866. ROUNDING UP THE SHIRKERS. Received August 29, 9.13 p.m. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) -- LONDON, August 29. Many police court cases are arising from raids and round-ups in London and the provinces to apprehend men of military age who are suspected of shirking. The police'and military are visiting popular resorts, demanding satisfactory papers. INCOMPETENT GENERALS. FIFTEEN GERMANS RETIRED. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received August 30, 9 a.m. ROTTERDAM, August 29. A German Army Gazette announces that Generals von Lugeky and von Bern have been pensioned. Both were recently engaged on the Somme. Fifteen generals have been pensioned since the Somrhe offensive commenced. . MILITARY CONFERENCE. '• :-: '• ij TO STRENGTHEN RELATIONS. GREECE AND THE ALLIES. (Australian and NZ. Cable Assn.) Received August 29, 9 a.m. ATHENS, August 29. General"MoschopouJos, the new Chief of General Staff, goes to Salonika to confer with the allied general*. Re |ays he hopes to strengthen the retarttotts between the allies' and Gresee {££ to dispel misunderstandingSj •i |t k believed the appointment