The Hamilton Spectator from Hamilton, Victoria, Australia • Page 6

HAMILTON St'ECTATOU WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 22 191 0 THE WESTERN FRONT. I like th Taste ana my vvue, She likes th' Fragrance jj i "lvucuy nit OUTPUT OF MUNITIONS MAMMOTH INCREASES. VALUE CF HIGH EXPLOSIVES. LONDON, Monday. Mr.

Lloyd George moved the adjournment of the House of ommona in order to make a statement on munitions. He said it was six months since Mr. Asyuith had invited him to take charge of the provision of munitions for the army, and he had given instructions for an inrrejise of supplies in order to lessen the losses when attacking perilous positions. M.C.A. ATJAROANELLES.

The following interesting litter from a M.C.A. secretary at the Dardanelles, has been forwarded to the local association, dated September 2 1 have just returned from the Dar-(lnnellis, and lind many matters awaiting me as you ran imngiue. Howey-ir, I will take time to tell you briefly of my trip. 1 1. ft Alexandria on the Jth, and arrived at Mudros two days later.

It was three days before I Could get permission to move for- I sard, but on '1 hursduy, the lath, I got all my goods Skansterred to a trawler, and after about six hours'1 sailing arrived at Kephalos. I wns i fortunate in rinding the camp com- I mnndant. Col, ha.k.r i SUCCESSFUL WITHDRAWAL Turks Taken GALLIPOLI LINE SHORTENED SERVICES OF AUSTRALASIANS EULOGISED RBCTBR'i TELEGRAM. "LucKy Hit" ARTILLERY AAKO DUELS. LONDON.

Tueixlay. General Halt's despatch reports that'there have been heavy Brtillery rk on iK'th si li-s at Vrres and St. Jean. Wj shelled enemy, trenches at Zonnelx-he and other places. 1 here was considerable enemy aerial activities "yesterday.

The rnin.T unsuccessfully attempted to prevent our serial fronnalssanees. There were a-rial combats, and two enemy machines were broncht down behind the enmy lines. Others were damaced. One of our machines Is m'selng. PAUIS, Tuesday.

An "official communique Savs that our heavy artillery northward of Grafeull damaged the railway over which a ereat of tratfir had been passln. The running the trains was Interrupted. THE CALKINS. ALLIES IN CREECF. EULCAR'AhS INSULT AMERICA.

SALONIKA. Tuesday. Not a shot has been fired by either side since ths Allies entered Greek territory. The Bulgarians at Monastir seized a quantity of flour heloneing to the Americen Bed Cross, and over which the American flag was t'ying. A Bulgarian o'heer said I know that rag Is only tit to frichten Mexicans." The fag was trodden upon.

RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN. OPERATIONS AGAINST BULCARIA. The "Frankfurter Zeitune's" correspondent in Bucharest fully confirms the report that the Russians are moving a large number of troops from Hcni to the Bukowina frontier for a campritn in Pulcaria. Other messages state that the bridge between Belgrade and Bemlin has leen reluilt. IN MESOPOUMIA.

IIHTIIKK I.Osms BY TlltKS. LONDON, Tuesday. General Townsh nd rstlmates that the Turks lost 25X1 men In a rear-gaarl action cn December 1. and in an abortive attack on Kutelamara on Decem'mr 12 and t.1. SEARCH FCR BRITISH FLEET.

LUMl'ROrs liFRHlN KEI'OKT. BERLIN. Monday. A droll communique detailing fruit-lers efforts to t'nd the British fleet declares that the Admiralty states Portion of our feet list week searched the North Sea for the enimy, and then cruised in the Skairerak on Wednesday and Thursday watching the shipping. They examined r.fty- two vessels and poized one with contraband.

British naval forces were nowhere siihted. LCSS CF Ll'SlTAN A. REPORTED CAPTURE OF SUBMARINE. LONDON, Monday. Referring to widespread rumours that we had captured the submarine which sank ths Lusitania.

Mr. T. MacNamara. Secretary of the Admir alty, in the House of Commons, Said the Admiralty was without inlorma tion. BHTiSH ELOCKACE.

THF. DANISH AGREEMENT. LONDON, Monday. Lord Tarmoor, in the House of Lords, said the Danish agreement was contrary to international law, and the Government had made i nneeessary sacrifice of our belligerent rights. The matter then drop-Itd.

RUSSIAN CEJURAL RESIGNS. PETROGRAD, Tuesday. General Russky has been relieved rf bis commandership-in-chief on the n-r hen front owing to ill-health. Ger.er.il Rue-sky will, lowever, retain his membership in tha Council of the Empire War Council. SCUTHlFRiCAN BE EELS.

RELEASE OF PRISONERS. JOHANNESBURG, Tuesday. General De Wet and 118 persons who i.ere Convicted some time ago of hif-h treason in connection with the rebellion have been realeased on condition that they do cot leave their districts without permission. MELBOURNE SHEEP MARKET. (Wire From Out Correspondent.) MELBOURNE.

Tuesday, rat sheep penned, including a greatly increased supply of nor thern merinos. The supply was uni te In excess of trade requirements and the competition of graziers, of whom a rood number were present, was a material factor in maintaining values. The demand, however, was very irrerular throughout, and thou ph occasional sales discbsed a de tline of about 1 per head the hulk of the vardine was disposed of at Trices alxvit on a Par with late ra-trs. Quotations Prime croshbred wethers V' to 28 S. extra to 30, odd I ens to i dd wihers higher, good 22, 3 to 24 seconds 20 to Zl '6, in ferior from 16 6.

rrime crossbred ewis 24 3 to 2S extra to 55 'S, odd pens to 33 6. rood 22 to 236, seconds l'. 6 to 21 irferinr from r.ri:re merino wethers 22 to 23, extra to 2r. 0, Food 3 to 21, seconds 17 6 to 18 t. infer-rr from 16, merino rwes from IS '6 to 22.6, extra to 2S 3.

loir conditioned ewes from 10. Fat lambs. 21,411 prnn-d, composed of trucks and lLli by -oad. and including an increased pr mor-tion of second quality. I4ite rfttes were a' out maintained in some in-stdnees.

hut the hulk of the a ietions fiscbived lower a'ues. which in same instances were about 1 per hev1 beliw ltst week's level. Closint sales were rather weak. Qootatiois Prime 20' to 23 '6, 26 oiid pens to 309, good to 10'3. IS to 18, small sevts frnn 0'3.

tdiorn lanibs. rrime, 18. '3 to 21'. extra to 2S, odd pens to 31). others from 14.

by Surprise. The "Evening Standard" congratulates General Monro on the success of the withdrawal, which threatened to le a rearguard action with trade I ossibilities. It Kays that the operation le.quired military 6kill of a high order. The 'Tall Mall Gazette" states that the insigniticant casualties are particularly welcome nes, since the operation of re em! arking the troops under fire from a powerful and well posted enemy was one of much ditti-culty, and it was widely believed must lie attended by the heaviest losses. The nn.eut of bard won positions cannot fail to arouse painful emotions.

Anzac toe and Suvla Hay were the scenes th' most brilliant gallantry en the I art of British. Australian, New Zealand an Indian forces, which would 1-e linked by memories which would alwa4 be sacred In the annals of British warfare. ihe "Fan Mall's" naval evpeit states that the withdrawal will relieve the fleet and the mercantile service of a heay strum. Th "Globe" declares that senti-iitntal considerations prompting the withdrawal from Anzac were received regret, but sentiment counts in war. The chang-d situation since the participation of the Bulgars re-B'llted in a new situation neeessita-tin; a withdrawal fnm Turkish soil, which was hallowed b7 the blood of no many of our Empire's sons.

The War Office states that the Turns were r.ot aware of the evaeua-ti the gret army which had en withdraw was in the elo- B-st cor.tact with the enemy trenches. 11m shortening of the lire to enable operations at other points would be carried out in a mora eflective manner. NEW YORK, Monday. It is stated that British operators in other sectors of Gallipoli will he continued. Th.

withdrawal was efVted without the knowledge ol the Turks. LONDON. Tuesday. The Times pays that the ease with which the withdrawal was effected was wonderful. The newspaper says that the eourareous dad of Australia and New Zealand lie on the al'anc coed cliffs of Gallipoli, and their memory will never fade.

Mr. Aehmend Bartlett, writing to tne "Sunday Tirces" regarding the Dardanelles, said that General Monro's report' was strongly in favour of a withdrawal, and that a tremendous responsibility rests with those who are keeping our force there under wintry conditions. Enormous losses from sickness wre inevitable, and it wgs" al solutely certain that the troops in Gallipol must face sufferings -nd hardships unparallelled since the Crimean war. Mr. Rartlett asks.

Are the threaten losses worth wfle, and what are the advantages ff. as I th'ck, the authorities are agreed that it is impossible to advance the preeTnt position USTRAL'AN CENERAL HOSPITAL. ItErOHT OF COMMITTEE OF ENQUIRY. 1ONDON, Monday. It is urderstrod that a summary of th rci ort of the committee of en- iry into the trst Australian general rositai r.as.txen cahled to Austra ha.

The report traverses incidents rreteding the recall of Pr. Ramsav Smith and incidentally dis proved the story of Dr. Ramsay th and Dr. Syme regnrdine the treat ment of measles caes. It is under-Ftord 'hat the fin ling exonerates Dr.

Barrett. The report of the Red Cross bas not been received, but it is expected shortly. PLOTS IN AMERiCA (0MlM0s lF A MM'CIT. NF.W YORK, Monday. Frederick Vet'ler, a pro-German suspect, who was arrested in connect jth anti-Ally plots, confessed fhfi 1 1 OT-T- k'uni.

II American line dirvtor. manaeed an -trcy lamenting FChemes to des- who werP employed all reporting to i arain von i aprn MetiMei declar el that Geoiire K.ich. a German rt. was risi by Koerig to (iestrn-7 tb" canal in Canada th'' wr.s in time LORD FRENCH HCNOUFTD. OV A 1 I'AKIS.

I A P.TS, Tuesday, l.r! Kror. ae-rrted in I'ans. rreeidrnt I'luneare tir.ikel him for hisservi -s t. the Allies, and dec.juUd him with the BRIT'SH PABL'AMEKT. LOVTOV, Tneslay.

r. Ai 'iMth, in the Horse of said in view tbe wide-spread feirif in the (he was rr-l'ifiii' tlie Me of to (t ht mcTiths. Our shortage of shefls was known to ur troops and the enemy, but neith er knew how really short we were. The British were reluctant converts to the conclusion that a vrry sub stantial proportion of high explo sives were essential to success In trench warfare, but experts now believed that eiulte half of hich explosives were necessary. The Minister of Munitions had erected buildings to SMppltnunt the work of private firms, and also put up national shell factor ies, which had been a conspicuous suc cess not only In increasing the supply, but at a minimum ot labour dif- ticulties.

The result had been that last week the factories turned out three times as much hich explosive shells as was turned out In all the Htsenals at work in the United King dom in the month of May. The quantity of thi lis tired In operations during September was etioimous. The lttle lasted for weeks, yet there was no shortage, and the whole portion were replaced in a month, and they would soon be in a position to re place them in a single week. The po sition regard. ng medium guns and ho witzers was thoroughly Fatialactory.

Mr. Lloyd Georee said that mnrM- nes for making machine guns were tfiamnng idle for lack of men. If wi, could gtt skilled men where wanted the problem of war would be solved. For the new factories we wanted 90,000 skilled workers and 200,000 un skilled workers. In no war ever fought had the preponderance of ma chinery been so completely estab- nsnea.

i.ermnny Success was almost entirely due to the niechnnical preponderance achieved at the begin ning of the war. Mr. Lloyd George added that every soldier says that there Is only one way of doir.g It. and mat is to have enough munitions. Unless we qween movements damnation will full on the Sicred car.se for which so much gallant blood has flown.

Victory depends upon cm-I lovers sd workers. It Is a question whether they are going to bring the to an end a yenr or go along bloodstained for years. M'KCTKK OK TO: I.VTK." LONDON, Tuesday. Mr. Llnvd George's intrn.1nrll,.n Irs munition speech eon'ained striking nrpse-s.

ssul that the footsteps e-fthe Allies find bevn il.iu-cre.l ik. spectre vt "too late." In appealing for mere labour he saad that only a trii ing percentage ot machine tool I lathes were working' night shifts. He was sure that a chance would be made, but feared that it might be too late. We had dlsfoverd late the i vnlne of th bith explosive linu tea- lised late that an Incredible number were required. Mr.

Lloyd George told en sptrniMied House that It was not ntil Mr. Asuith had vis- ited the trenches In Jtine that the ov- rrirhelmin? tmportnnce machine guns was real sed pnd orders therefor were rn.irmously inrreasrd. Tie "Daily Telegra aniamen- tary com erondent, referring to the ne-lert to supply machine guns, asks why had not this been realised at tbe ar office till June. Why bad it been left to a civilian Prime Minister to I rvss the truth upon the military authorities. C3NTR01 CF RA LWAYS.

POWERS OF COMMONWEALTH. (Wlr From Our Correspondent.) L-BO UR Tuesday. Mr. Mitchell. that the bin transferring powers to h- ls no wathin the constitution Wa Cannot bo con- 1 commonwealth 0 Nor does he think that the question of unemployment eome.

within the scope of section 74 of the Commonwealth Constitution. namson Moore differs consioeral.lv from Mr. 'Mitchell He considers that the bill is within the think, that the question of unem- K'. un" interpreted as be witLin the Constitution. C'FLONC MUL O'EN'D.

fWlre From Qur Corresnondeat i MELBOURNE, Tuesday. Senator Tearce. Minister of Defence, at the opening of th Gee-long mill. it cost 156,000 nnd mployed people. THE WEATHER.

VKSTERDAT'R HAMILTON RK-CORDa. Chads Temperhtnre. 'oe'i! Furnmet-r Dry HumttV mme. Corrected Bulb. Bulb.

lty. P. Cen. a.m. 30 234 62.

4 B4.S fl.O 3 p.m. 72.3 CO.O 46.0 RAlNKAl.l., Nil. 8MADE TEMPER TPHE. Marlmiim. Minimum.

7.0 deg. 4n-2 de4. Full Mon January 20th. New Moen January S. rstnfal f.r 4i years for the first eleven months of the year from January 1st, 1870.

to November 30th, PUS, 24.f23 Inches. Total rainfell from January 1st to 9 a.m. December 21, 2836 points. TO-DAY. Run.riseo 5.S.

a.m., sets 7.R3 p.m. Moon rises 8.43 p.m., sets 5.5. (Thursday). EATHER FORECAST. (Wire From Our Correspondent.) MELBOURNE.

Tuesday. Foil inp is the o'licinl forecast for Wednesday Kine and warmer. Winds tending cast and north. ding pier, and he made me very welcome my goods to be taken to the camp, and introdnrsd me to the ollirers mess. 1 saw blra again next moruing, and on his ad vies paid a visit to tbe capital of the island Panaghia to see about stcuring supplies, This was rather a rough journey of two hours on horseback.

I found prices at normally high, and very limited in Kth quantity and ta-nety, and altogether beyond our reach for canteen purposes. That ev-fning. I dined with Colonel Hawker, and we talked over the situation, he Hgreeing to provide meat once with a small and gave me a site maery central part of the camp. We together worded a telegram which we setoff to Cairo with instructions for Owens, une of the Australian to get marquee, piano, timber tor benches, and supplies as k-ly as possible, and leave by the l.ri-t a ailable boat. He also wired li military authorities to facilitate Owens' movemmts, and remhr him every assistfuce possible in getting his fupplies forward.

'Ihe next morning, Saturday saw our small marquee erected, and with seieral tables and benches hastily knocked together by some Australian friends, we opened up for business that afternoon. It was almost pathetic to see the ca-rrnrss with which the men viewed our preparations, and the way they came about the tent 1 had I rung hi w.th me several cases of tobacco cigarettes. and chocolate for distribution among th wounded s.ck, net of the mm about belonged to that class, I had a -7 tfcw "vom-'orts. All day Sunday 1 v. as busy -Oing out stationery, pocket Testaments, m.tmizinna una in he trnf the tent which was well attmJed.aml apparently appelated r.

who agreed to erect nn oven and run a canteen under our direction I arranged to see him the Wednesday, when definite." would be entered into. and vnth off to about supplbs "11 (n Tuesday 1 irft rarl mormng for Cape Helas, where I Hr. nved nine o'clock. With the r.ncpal chaplain I called up he camp commandant, and he qu, te ag! reed to our wifb were A. it the Ui ro-n At Baba began, ghellg were fall hour t.be BnJ Ill'-jloup and I was compelled to that no Mae, BJ far a.

1 col TurkUh ranpp of the I urkUh However, I told bl, were quit prepared to gd i ue. naa to go. and would inn the risk if wc were allowed to at any point where the mm wo ild be permitted to I in. us. only very smnll hut ins erectra, of course, but it will lit the men see thHt Ftanding with them and doing Its i est to serve them In these unusual conditions.

I visited the trenches where and several other regiments are. Many of the recognised me, and call- id out, asking if I had brought the i.m.l.a. with me I left a large Mipi iy oi stationery, mngazines, ci-! parettes and tobacco them with several or the chaplains. and some cf it I distributed myself, and the men were very grat'ful, 1 can assure jyju. looxeu up two naileries Australian artillery that I had bee toll an1 1 ral pounds of Havrlock tobacco and nome pipes.

ivj tne nrst ol tnese men I caive aiross I held up a ti of the tohacco, and asked if it wa a frii-nd of his (Havelock is an Auf traliati tol acco, and very popula with the colonials). His eyes glii I have," holding up a sovereign. uui li joil glv a I'U'v nn I will be glad to exchange, for we-ls." When I toll him that the i toi accj ana pipe wen uis ror mini-j ing he was greatly touched. I went lOl.Il 111 HI iwm. I snd a le Flmilar gifts.

I had many I very ni'ri irm shel's and the 11' which are inci- u'm 1. 1 1 no on ine i-nuurinii, tnu th? late evening took trawler ba a.jv miw flrHk frten and with the npproval of the camp authorities, arranged that he should at once proceed to erect a kitchen, bbild a bakery, and I sent him to buy dishes and cvklng uteniils. 1 o'fcj secured a member of the military police as orderly for the tent, rnd he moxel his things to It, and I roved a very valuable assistant. The ncTt morning I started on th ally morning trawler for Suvla Bay, where th- new landing recently took place, and from there went to Ati'ae at the invitition of (IidthI Oodby. the G.O.r of the Australian and New 7e iland division.

To conditions at this place is be-yon i my time an! pen. Suffice- It to say that no part of the beach enl nly dug-outs on the hill-tde are free from snipers' bullets and shell tire. I had several fw supplies for this ramp, and distributed thrm a-eon? the men. and through the chaplains, and instead o' the twelve raw had brought ith me I cexild easily have distributed t-elve thousand. On Saturday tbe 21st and Sunday the I witnessed tbe attack on Hill and the capture of tbe Susfik Wells.

It was a si-Cl I shall never forget. The favr.e caused bv tbe enemv's shrapnel was terrible, and the Ins of woundel that soon to come in was a most pitiful spectacle. I got the iismt from General Go'Mev. and ijenernl Carriithers to est.iidis'i bt Anzac just .3 boon as we can get rt.AHF CUT In 2-or. MIXTl'Kt In trti.h toU fc' the material the nian to put In charge.

I 1 returneel to Kephalos-tm Sunday evening, on Wednesday returned to Mudros, where 1 met Owen with his supplies on his way to Kephalos. He had held up several days by tha authorities, but we were able tj ar- range matters so that ho would go forward that' afternoon. On the 2Gth I sailed for Alexandria, where 1 ar rived on the aftermon ot the SOtn. I at once came on to Cairo, and have been quite busy since. To-morrow I go to Tort Said, and "on Hat-urday must (e in Alexandria antn- I fort to" tell you that the mili tary authorities at Mudros are most anxious that we open up there immediately.

They offer us every assis tance nnd th; best site in the military clvmp, help in getting our hut or tent, whatever we have erect- eel, ready for us. They are making preparations' there for a hospital of 12.t'0l) beds and large recreation and Concentration ramps. The weather is very severe durin? the winter, and I nm told that it will be necessary for us to etert wooden sheds if we are in any wny to cope with the ath-r nditions. With difficult to get very expensive, it Is eoiug to tie a very serious consid eration, one that we must meet in some way. We have permission to start a canteen at this place, and I have already got the promise of an Aldr-rshot oven for our use.

We need at onoe for theHrdanellea work two cinemas nnd a large supply of films, several phonographs, two magic lanterns, with good selection of slides, accompanied by written lectures, and it will le almost necessary that we have a motor boat, aUhourh it is ju--t porslble that we may make sesne arrangement with the Red Cross for the use of their steam launches, but it present thre is ni means of getting alioul the bay from thorn to shore, or from ship to phln, only ns or.9 can with great difficulty arrntigemii.tw with the naval and military authorities. As soon as the marquee arrives Thomson is prewar ed to start with It at once for Mud ros, where" I feel sure he will ren der f.n excellent account of tilaisclf. You can easily see from this 'ief account that work in the Dardanelles is going to te very costly, and that we shall need a great deal of money to tin mice it. The sent by Hyatiey and tne 4.10U by New cam at most opportune time, for Mr. Owens took a large iiunntity of sup plies of everv kind, net only foi tent but canteen, and everything very costly in Cairo now.

The neei of Y. M.C.A. work pha'os, Ijemnos, Helns, and is vtry great. The men who ate hirhting for the Empire have nothing there in the way ot Comforts, nnd no meaiis of gettmr them excrpt by paying two or three times aire prices. They are giving th-nr livet -nd their health in such a way as no one possibly realise who has- not seen them mowed down by maehin pun fire like grain before a eleivle.

-m sure that the hearted Australians and New Kealanders will e-ive liberally that their boys may have a Y. M.C.A. home as nar the firinc line as it Is possible to ret. 1 am, W. Jessop, Secretary Y.M.

C.A.. Egypt. EA1LAPAT STflCK MARKET. (By Special Wire. I BALLARAT, Tuesday.

Messrp. S. C. Valentine and Co. report OnttK- 2r3 prnnrd.

about a nunr-t-rlem? prinie bullocks, and tbe hnl-dnce usi ful to me co-ws nnd heifers. Th" demand was brisk and prices miirh firmer. Eleven station breds, Admiral Uridges, Trawalln es-tnt secured i-'ISlo, ti ton Bnlb cks (Btoresi, ,4 20 bul-h eVs, Mr. Don Read, Melrose, DrcuC C1715. Sh-p.

penned, ef mostly useful to rood, with a few trucks of prime. The demand wns cosier. Cross withers 32'. cross ewes 305. Lambs.

.1521 penned. ITiceB were Arm. pest lambs fold to 31. UKEC3NrAHJMSSI0N SPORTS. I'edestrians are reminded that no-minaibms for the mission sports closci on I'l'Ciuber 2r.th with ih.

Mr. Ani-iis King, who lias been el ct-ed secretary owin-; to the absence of Mr. C. 1'. Austin.

Entries will a for eveuts number 1, 3, 4 and 5 on the progrHmm. There I will be a rharge 'lor admission Miis y-nr. mid tbe are in ui.J of thj" Wounded Soldicm' Fund. ft 10 I I IjONWN, Monday. The- War Office announced to-day that aU troops at Suvla Bay with guns and stores.

have becu transferred. with insignificant casualties, to another -sphere ot operation. The. Prime Minister. Mr.

Asimth. In the House of Convmons, said that the troop' had ben successfully transferred in pursuance ot a decision arrived at by the Cabinet some time aico. Ths operations reflected the utmost credit on the Admiral. staff, and all ranks. Mr.

Tenmnt, Vnder Secretary lor Wax. said that General Sir lan Hamilton's Suvla Pay Had been received. The Government was con mdering it. anJ there would be no avolCaile dolay in publication. The "Evening News" declares that the evacuation ot Ansae is one o.

the sensations of the war. While it does not indicate a complete withdrawal. It proves that an offensive costing 200.000 casualties has ended. It wa a' reli to know calculations of experts losses during the retirement had not. been fulfilled.

The "Anises' had, vn Immortal fame, fightmr like demons arainst the 'hest defensive trows in the world. When the ammunition hecanv exhausted thev lol lowed up the ffmy with stones and their fists. Tmring the Suvla Bay landing at A mac another porous attack (rained the crest of Sari Bnir. and it was not their fault that the rest of the attack was a painful st- bek- i The "Star" comments enus an enterprise whereon the highest hones had been built. Th? troops were always wlthm a few miles victory, and the final cause ot to t.ilure the Inability of the Suvl troops to fulfil their contract with v.

Australian nd New inlroncin? at An-ac. The Australians lon lost 2S.00O "at GAllipoli. The movement had. how ever, unniortnseu i I.ONBON, Monday. The abandonment of Arzec and Suvla Pay is the sensation of the day.

and the newspapers were hurriedly 'boneht ns the newsboys with plae ards through the streets. La ter edition" Tff also in enual de mand In the hope tnt they wovld contain details bevond the bald War Office announcement. There is much speculation as to whether this is the prelude to the romplt evacuation of Gallipoli, and also as to whether the AnTacs" will be Riven a temporary rest in protecting the Suez Canal or be transferred to Salonika forthwith. The newspapers are unanimous in emphasising the services of the Australians and New Zealanders, and are printing vivid stories of their doings. Experts generally state that ths withdrawal from Suvla Bay as the only course after the surprise initial attack fp.iled.

Same newspapers opine that Sir Ien Hfimilten reported to this effect, and that Lord Kitchener arrived at the same conclusion. TRADE WITH GERMANY. FESUITS CF WAP. CO-OPERATION AMONCST ALLIES. LONDON.

Monday. At a meeting of Australasian commercial' men Sir George Keid, who presided, said that when peace comes our treatmnt of German commerce Cannot be the sme as Itfifore th war. Our closer relations with the Allies would make trade freeer than ever. He referred to the Australians' loyalty in the war, and said they had set aside ambitions of developing new nmrkets, especially in the East, and put all their products at the d.siosal of the Imperial Government. The power of the British Kmpire.

linked with France, Russia and Italy would un outlive, outlast, and outfight wn a great military Tower like Germany. We could only regret tht Germany had united the I. lest forms of ferocity in the newest forms of fighting, and that single fa-'t sc-ii the demm if Germany's attempt to put aU the destinies of mankird int.i on; mould. MISSION. BITTER ATTACK BY LEAD EH.

COPENHAGEN, Tuesday. Mr. Ford has ingratiated himself with pro-German members ot hie party ty a most bittftr attack on Americah nuinition factories, wnirh he states, are making a prolon gation of the war possihle. Mr. Ford de Clares that th American war 'rul'is-try is shamUss.

I would rathr." he "live in a pior hoitse thrin earn on cent, in a war industry." FECRU'UKC IN BRITAIN. riGrr.ES NOT YET AVATl.M'l.E LONDON, Monday. Mr. in tl rrf l'-moris. SHid that ow-n to th" in r'r (vin- the n't was without ord Tws'iy's but hoid to r'-e-ive the nn-rnl results t-dav.

It imiTfiJi'-le tr make tli- Tonii-eit to h- h- ed it n'' Vc po'-i'dr ti so tbc jours MI! t. and I. lb. Tins. Dnrk or Aromatic, nnd llm ai.o in eLUU 99 rcra nn hum Arras j.

I ORIGINAL COHRESPOKCENCE. (Ws do not In any wa? identify ourselves wl'h tb opinions our rorrespou dents. Ws throw cur "lr-lirml Correspondence" column opnn Xo any bona hue person who wishes to publish his views, and all letters must, be accompanied by tne narus .1 ft. t. tree ot the sender, not necessarily for publication, but as a MH4-S OI fUVU UtllB.

spectator. WITH THE COIiOURd. (To the Editor of the lr. On several occasions since ftlr Roy Watson's departure for the front, both 1 and Mrs. Watson have been asked why be should go.

When Mr. Watson expressed the opinion that' he should go his wife gnawer to ber credit, be it said, It you think you should go, I will not Say no." lint how many sleepless nights she passed both before and after his departure no one jut herself knows. If those enquirers will look up Major-General AiTay's speech at the Melbourne town hall on Wednesday lastv the 15th they will know why he went, and also when asked why be stood out as a gunner, instead of, as bis papers showed, a fanier. he answered that be wished to be in tbe thick of the figit, if any. The question at the present time, and a very urgent one, to everv man is not why should he go, lout why should he not go.

I am, J. A. HODOBrf. STOLEN or fctrayed, 130 r.es and Wethers, mixed ngts, top off near ear, 1 ac nnd front notches otf ear. prosecuted.

Reward 2 per bead on sheep recovered. Edwuid c-torer, Wallacedale North. fllAKE Notice. Stolen or Stray-J- ed from near Hotspur, between E0 and 60 head of Cattle, steers top off near ear, back and front notches off ear heifers back and front notch eff ear, and cut under near ear I some heifers same earmark as fteers). Reward per head if stolen.

Drtain-rs prosecuted. Edward f-torer, Wallacedale North. ADVANCE Australia Seppelt's Brandy, "Three Star," the product of the Commonwealth, and dis-MHea under the supervision of your own Ciovernment. iICTORIAnJ- RAILWAYS. ARARAT-HAyjlLTON-rORTLAND TRAINS.

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