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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 04, 1915
Page
5
The Guardian list shows donations acknowledged by 3 pm including Mrs Dove senr and donors such as U. S. Dave Nat Donald McDonald Harrison Drummont i James Hawkins Longbeach. Total contributions amount to £643 10s 6d.
At a monthly Ashburton County Council meeting, a motion urged a £300 donation to the New Zealand Hospital Ship Fund. Debate split views with supporters arguing public cost should be borne by government, others backing to Patriotic Fund instead, but the motion to donate £300 to the Hospital Ship Fund prevailed.
Wellington June 3 Contributions by the public explained by Mr Allen the Minister of Defence. He said the government can fit out the hospital ship in full at state cost but the Governor started a national movement to equip the Maheno for service near troops. The government pays for the necessary furnishings while donations are welcome but not required.
Waimate's contribution noted in WATMATE on June 4. The Red Cross Fund reached 1750 and its executive voted £500 towards initial ship equipment.
At the Ashburton County Council monthly meeting the secretary of the Ashburton Belgium Relief Committee outlined the Dominion monthly contribution of 16 000 to the Poor of Great Britain and Belgium Fund. Local quotas were set for Ashburton County and four bodies, with sums to be forwarded to Christchurch. The council debated authority to pay and left the decision to the next meeting.
A lengthy roster lists soldiers wounded and killed in action from the Canterbury Mounted Rifles Auckland Mounted Rifles Wellington Mounted Rifles and other units with officers named including Sergeant Tom Bassett Lieutenant Norman Cameron and Major William Hutton. The notice also notes a council sympathy resolution for the Morrison family and reports additional casualties and illness across multiple brigades in the Wellington region.
An official Vienna report dated June 3 states Przemysl has been recaptured and is again in Austrian possession. The message was released from Amsterdam noting the timing as June 3 with a 8.55 a.m. receipt.
Petrograd reports heavy bombardment of Przemysl by 16 inch guns with main attack on the north front at Forts 10 and 11. Our guns were captured after stubborn fighting. enemy artillery focused between Lysimenitza and Stryi. some gains for the attacker while we held part of the Bystritsa line.
Daily Chronicle correspondent says General Mackensen delayed the main advance to attack Przemysl forts with a detachment from Mackowice and troops from General Marwitz. On a 20 mile front German forces attacked north west and western forts under heavy artillery fire. Fierce hand to hand combat near Fort 11 and along forest paths. The situation remained serious Monday afternoon.
The High Commissioner reports from London that a British submarine in the Sea of Marmora torpedoed a large German transport at Panderma Bay yesterday morning. The Admiral at the Dardanelles confirms the event.
Berlin dispatch says the Russian counterattack east of Jaroslav failed while General von Lisingen's forces moved toward Zydace zow north-east of Striyi. Reported loot from the battle of Stryi includes 60 officers 12 175 men 14 tons and 35 machine guns.
The Echo de Paris reports a German officer wounded a Turkish officer on the Smyrna quay. The Turk seized a pistol and killed the German. German officers tried to seize the Turk, sparking a fierce fight among Turkish officers with casualties. The Vale of Smyrna rushed to the scene and narrowly escaped as bullets flew.
Official report says Twenty-nine French aviators dropped 178 bombs on the Crown Prince headquarters with several thousand darts. The attack damaged the target and the aircraft returned safely.
Survivors say the battleship Triumph was stationary not anchored when fired on by a German submarine. The first torpedo glanced off, the second and third hit, causing the ship to lift and heel before sinking bow first in about 16 minutes. Most crewmen escaped by swimming clear on the starboard side.
Thaly urges Germany to accept equal status among nations after the war, warning against imperial dreams and criticizing reckless leaders who inflamed Europe. He cites Italy’s sacrifices and the blocking actions of Austria and Germany that protected Turkey and hindered action in the Dardanelles and Aegean regions.
Reported actions show Italian forces pressing toward Monte Croce and Trieste with naval support. An air raid on Pola May 30 damaged an oil reservoir, allowing oil to spill into the sea. Ten Italians were executed at Innsbruck for espionage as Tyrol residents suffer harsh repression.
The Berlin Tageblatt reports Roumania has not reached an understanding with the Allies. Roumania seeks Czernowitz and Banetch, while the Allies offered Siegenburg and Southern Bukovina in exchange for active military backing. Russia and Serbia favor Czernowitz and Banetch.
London dispatch reports Romania has ordered 500000 pairs of boots from foreign suppliers. The official note dated June 3 confirms the large purchase amid wartime supply concerns.
Rome dispatch reports King Emmanuel of Italy has offered to mediate between Russia and Roumania to ease tensions. The note cites a communication received June 4 and dated June 3 from the newspaper Becolo.
Mr Pearce the Commonwealth Defence Minister asks for additional reinforcements and announces a lower height minimum for new recruits. Sir Ronald Munro-Pergueon opened the Soldiers' Club, offering a comfortable gathering place for trainees. Sergeant KR D. Jonén, killed at the Dardanelles, was an engineer with the Colonial Sugar Company and once lived in New Zealand.
Geneva reports the Kaiser heads toward the Australtalian frontier as 5000 imprisoned. Rome correspondents say Trieste civilians revolted and troops fired on the mob, leaving many dead and wounded.
Rey Crook, a young Australian in the British Navy, recounts serving on three warships that sank. He describes boarding the Amphion during its sinking and Heligoland action, narrowly escaping death as a gun crew was blown apart. He survived the Aboukir sinking, was rescued, then faced the Hornet torpedoing, and later fought during the Bilter (Bilucher) engagement with only a slight arm injury.
Athens reports on June 3 that fresh troops at Mitylene aided repulsing Turkish attacks while Gaba Tepe news says Allies press a slow, steady advance. Turkish units attempted a turning move but were repelled by British naval fire and heavy losses and small survivor surrenders. German officers also suffer heavy casualties.
The High Commissioner reports British forces seized the chateau Hooge near Ypres at bayonet point and repelled a German counter attack in Labyrinth. Between May 9 and June 1 the French division that took Carency Ablain St Nazaire Malon Hill and the Souchez sugar refinery captured 3100 prisoners and buried 2600 Germans. The enemy lost 324 men in wounded dead and missing. In Champagne near Beausejour the German assault failed after initial progress.
Official statement reports a synchronized May 9 explosion of 17 mine chambers with 300 kilogrammes each, destroying barbed wire entanglements and trenches, wrecking rifle works, breaking enemy communications, and forcing many German surrenders. Seventy Germans were captured in one gallery while others died of suffocation. operations aided gains in Lorette Carency and Neuville sectors.
British troops hold their own in grenade warfare while German prisoners report heavy losses. Our howitzers and machine guns work in co‑operation, shelling a chateau stable and driving out 50 khaki clad Germans with twenty killed in action.
An official resume of German operations around Ypres from April 22 to May 4 reveals the motive for a violent attack. The goal was to exploit a weak Allied position by holding a pronounced salient and to trap the Allies while a northern thrust sought to push them back to the sea. The piece credits British defense at Griefstadt on May 3 and notes no mention of gas.
A military communique reports very violent infantry actions east of Notre Dame de Lorette with no change in the overall situation. Eight hundred Germans have been captured since May 31 in the Labyrinth area, including nine officers and 50 non commissioned officers, and two machine guns were captured.
In Rome Signor Salandra blasted Austria and Germany accusing them of underestimating Italy. He said Austria and Germany believed Italy weak and capable only of bluster, while asserting Austria seeks to humiliate Italy to free its Balkan aims. The speech challenges allied intentions and warns of insecure fronts since 1866.
French troops north of Souchez drive the enemy from woods after a hand to hand clash. They push toward Souchez from three sides as they work to reduce the Labyrinth position, a key to opening the road to Vimy and Lens, with heavy casualties noted.
Berlin reports an official inventory finds abundant grain and flour supplies. Max prices for flour and bread were cut on May 7.
A Medical Corps officer writes on May 24 that Guards charged through gas to seize German trenches east of Ypres. Casualties were severe with many wounded left in trenches as German forces bayoneted or shot them. The battle was described as brutal and costly for the British.
James Glassey of Ruapuna was accepted for enlistment in the Expeditionary Forces at the local Defence Office today.
An American who just returned from Germany reports estimates on German strength and London’s condition as of June 3. He notes factors affecting postwar balance and potential implications for Allies.
The record notes seven million Germans in the army and eight million in training. It states the 1915 class of boys aged 17 has not yet been called out.
The Eastern Theatre dispatch from Petrograd on June 3 says stubborn fighting continued on the front between the Vistula and Praemysl. Russians gained notable success on the Lower San left bank capturing several villages and a base south of Kalnikouve with 1200 prisoners, including 22 officers.
London inquest finds a man and wife murdered by agents of a hostile force. They were found at the bedside in prayer with night clothes burned and suffocation cited. Two bombs found in the basement one unexploded and filled with mire. a second inquest for a girl burned to death after a bomb hit a children’s room.
Rome reports Italian covering troops advance with apparent success in Tren tino and on the Isonzo as massing Austrians gather on the left bank. Italians consolidate on the right bank while Caporatto fell to Italian forces where a priest was found sending wireless messages to Austria. The priest pleaded for the Pope's intervention.
In London on June 3, Chancellor McKenna and the Bank of England governor plan talks with the Italian Minister of Finance in Nice. The meeting aims to discuss financial matters connected to Italy's wartime entry and related economic questions.
An official statement says bad weather is hampering operations. Forces occupy Stern in the Giudicarid valley and advance on Condino. From the head of the Laccolana valley on the Carnia frontier, they harass the enemy’s long distance fire as the effort to build a bridge beyond the frontier continues.
Mr Martin Donohue described fierce fighting as Austrian troops attacked Monte Croce Pass five times. Italian forces repelled each assault, cutting through the attackers with infantry fire and stubborn defense before counterattacks routed the enemy.
Paris dispatch notes that Vienna declared a state of siege following Italy's intervention as disturbances intensified. The report highlights heightened tensions in Vienna and the international reaction to the crisis.
London reports in June that the government will respect the Pope's sovereignty under guarantee law and informs foreign powers that their representatives may live in Rome with safety guaranteed.
London reports Belgian aviators dropped leaflets across most of Belgium to civilians and German troops. The missive claims Italy sides with liberty and asserts over a million Belgians fight for freedom against Austria and Germany.
Rome June A court in Austria sentences Signor Battisti Deputy for Trent to death. Battisti formerly served as a scout in the Trentino regions for the Italian Army, now facing execution under wartime terms.
Signor Salendra the Premier spoke at a patriotic meeting urging that Germany must respect treaties after having trampled them, challenging Herr von Beethmann Hollo ner to bow to lawful obligations.
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