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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Dec 28, 1917
Page
6
London December 26 The Admiralty weekly report on submarine activity for the week ended December 28 lists arrivals 26th departures 24 60 boats sunk and attacked. It notes 12 unsuccessful attacks and fishing boats sunk with other figures under 1600 and over 1600.
London dispatch cites Italian official report on the Asiago Plateau battle resuming at dawn. Forces concentrated between Col Dell Rosso and Monte Val Frenzela, with limited advance beyond Hatssoo. Captured and retaken positions include Col Deli Rosso and Monte Valbella. Brenta River bombardment checked.
Snow falls across Italy while General Conrad von Hoertzendorff’s drive on the Asiago Plateau is reported a failure. The winter offensive led to heavy Austrian losses, with about 20,000 troops sacrificed on Christmas Eve in a bloody bombardment shocking observers including at the Vatican.
Snow covers the western front as reports indicate artillery duels near Vimy Havrincourt and east of Npres with ongoing shelling and combat action in the area.
A French equitation unit reports that on the Meuse’s right bank the enemy launched a double assault on Courieres Wood but failed despite heavy bombardment. French forces held the position and repelled the attacks.
Vice-Admiral Rosslyn Wemyss is appointed to succeed Admiral Jellicoe, who is raised to the peerage for his distinguished services. It is hoped Jellicoe’s experience will be used in another major appointment.
News from New York dated December 26 describes growing American outrage after a claimed German atrocity against U S troops. The report mentions a severed throat wound and a mysterious Madame EL as central to the incident.
Farmers report CEREMILK keeps particles in suspension with no bottom sediment, unlike rival calf foods. A reader from Bainesse notes calves thrive on CEREMILK, and Canterbury stores and distributors including Lord and Mirams and Davidson and Wauchop supply it.
A figure tied to the German spy system is suspected of involvement in schemes to blow up the Welland Canal and in anti Indian and related plots. The claims situate this person within broader espionage activities of wartime concern.
The Government will take control of the railways from December 88. Mr W G McAdoo has been appointed Director General.
Petrograd dispatch reports Germany asking Lenin for peace talks postponement to January 24 with general peace rejection at Brest-Litovsk. Austro-German forces mass on the south western front as Trotsky orders arrests of organizers who invited Chinese troops into Harbin.
From Petrograd on December 25 telegraph, Dr Harold Williams reports that the people's commissaries plan a new calendar abolishing Christmas Easter and the Gregorian system. The change will start January 6. Former officers turned workers unload trucks at railways earning 20 roubles daily. Government eviction of striking civil servants and arrests of leaders noted. Suppression of newspapers has left journalists unemployed. Municipal workers, doctors, lawyers, notaries are idle as thought is in abeyance.
London dec 26 reports in the Daily Chronicle Tokio that the Emperor Viscount Motono Foreign Minister Elder Statesmen Prince Yamagata General Matsushita and Viscount Saionji held a consultative meeting. They reportedly weighed Japan's stance should Russia seek a separate peace.
Vancouver dispatch: The Russian Consul in Seattle has been informed by cable that a new government has been established at Voronage on the Azov Sea. Leaders are believed to be part of Kerensky's Provisional Government who fled Petrograd.
A commission, permitted by the armistice, advances to Petrograd to arrange the exchange of civilian and unfit war prisoners and to restore Russo-German relations within set limits.
A sawmill hand writes to Mr Baxter praising Ling Preserver as a cure for colds and bronchial trouble in Horopite. He claims the remedy can cure all colds there and urges a purchase of a bottle. The ad ends with advertising notes for KOLA-NP and advertising lessons from Mr Conner on signage and newspapers.
A Paris conference of the General Confederation of Labour backed Wilson and Russian revolutionaries as aligned with French working classes. It endorsed max terms plus freedom of seas, compulsory international arbitration, and a League of Nations. It calls for publication of Russian peace terms to prevent separate peace and for an early global worker conference.
The Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria is reported to be suffering a nervous breakdown and has been ordered to rest as he undergoes medical evaluation and treatment. Public details on his condition were released by Berne news desks citing medical officials.
Ann Lowenstein, a well dressed woman, was charged under the Aliens Registration Order for furnishing false information about herself while staying at the Victoria Hotel. Detective Rabbitts arrested her after a hotel to works telephone inquiry about an aeroplane seating four with 200 horsepower. The case connected to possible Princess Lowenstein, widow of a German prince, and she was remanded for a week for further inquiries.
The piece extols newspaper ads as the most cost effective publicity for expanding businesses, citing a New York Woolworth Building case and a knife sale that sold 5000 knives from a tiny ad. It notes freight space shortages globally, with Japan amid a wartime freight surge and a rise of nouveau riche traders, Kobe shipping guilds, and new shipping ventures shaping Pacific trade.
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