SPECIAL WAR CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XL, Issue 12539, 10 May 1915, Page 8

SPECIAL WAR CABLES.

(Times and Sydney Sun Services.) I [By Eleotkio Telegraph—Copyright.] j Pen Phesb Association. ] KILLED~IX~VCTIOX. Loudon, May 8. Brigadier-General Napier was killed m action during the lighting at the Dardanelles. THE PRINCE PROMOTED. Loudon, May 8. The Prince of-Wales has .-been'promoted to the rank of lieutenant. TREATMENT OF PRISONERS. London, May 8. • In the House of Commons Sir E. Grey, said that a report on the treatment of German prisoners had been forwarded to Berlin, -with a request that the. same treatment he. Riven to British prisoners in Germany.

THE CENSORSHIP. London, .May 8. Mr Evelyn Wrench emphasised the scantiness of' the official reports of the noble efforts of the Australasians who. ho said, were fighting against unparalleled obstacle's. He recommends including the Australasians in the Canadian memorial at St. Paul's. A CARELESS GUNNER. London, May 8. Mr Macnamara admitted that a gunner fired a torpedo from a destroyer anchored at. Newport (Monmouth) while explaining the mechanism to' lady viators. He" did not notice that the firing charge had not been removed. Disciplinary 'measures had been taken. The torpedo narrowly missed an Italian steamer and strucic she dockside.

AUSTRIA PREPARED AGAINST ITALY. London. May 8. A correspondent who has returned from a tour from the" Tyro'l to Trentino said lie found Innisbruck a. vasthospital, with-the Red Cross flag everywhere. The streets ivere Idled with wounded. Trentino was an armed camp, with. 18,000 troops stationed at strategic points. It had been fortified witk feverish zeal, and the normal life had ceased. No men were seen in civilian dress.

SERBO-ITALIAX AGREEMENT. London, May S. Rome declares that an agreement has been reached between Italy and •Serbia concerning the Servian outlet to the Adriatic. A TURKISH REPORT. London. May S. A Constantinople official message .states that the Allies' unfavorable situation is unchanged, .and there is no truth iu the reports tliat the Allies occupy Gallipoil and Nagara. They only hold positions at Ariburau and Sedd-ul-TJahr. The Turkish military movements on the peninsula are not interfered with, and the Asiatic shore is free of the eneniv.

The bride was gowned in nattier blue, AYiili shoes and toque of "tango" hiie ; The bridegroom, in a suit of'brown. Looked quite the smartest ''spon'' in

town. And while confetti filled the air. A tearful mater kissed the pair, Ami sobbed. "My love! be always sure To take Woods' Great PeppermintCure." 13