MISCELLANEOUS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2373, 1 February 1915, Page 6

MISCELLANEOUS

SOOTH AFRICAN MAIZE AND OATS. - ' •■ (Rec." January 31, 3.15 p.m.) Pretoria, January 30.. Tho export of maize and oats overseas has been prohibited until the Detfence Department's wants have been Satisfied. ' •

: ( kUTHOR OF THE POEM OE HATE. „ ...(Rep. January 31, 4.30 p.m.)

-' Amsterdam, January'3o. i Tho Kaiser has conferred the Order fiof tho "Red Eagle on Lissauer, the author of the.Hymn of.Hate. The GerIra'an Press is delighted. The "Tage:blatt" considers that Lissauer ranks among "the celebrities of modern.times. ' SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIES IN i ... ... GERMANY. (Rec. January 30, 5.15 p.m.) j; London, January 30. .The'anticipations an Germany respecting the possible duration of the war is (shown in the measures which are being fcaken to provide against a shortage in fce'rtain classes of food. In some towns Vorders have been issued that kitchen re- . liuse nob required to. feed animals is to the saveil and handed to tho authorities.—("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Serfriees.)

; AND IN AUSTRIA. (Rec. January 31, 3.15 p.m.) Venice, January 30. , Tho Austrian Government has decided (to organise a grain monopoly similar to that obtaining in Germany.

• GERMAN CUCKOOS IN BELGIUM. t ; London, January 29. _ 'A' neutral declares that it is unques- ;■ tionable that the Germans have decided to defray tho cost of feeding their army ■■ in Belgium at tho expense of the Bel- : fiians, and to pay tho officers' pocket- : cmoney from sums extorted from the : -.people by fines.—("Times" and Sydney V'Sun" Services.) (Rec. January 31, 4.30 p.m.) Havre, January 30. General von Bissing (tho • German ! Governor of Belgium) has announced : that a heavy tax will be levied on Bel- : gians who do not repatriate before | -March 1, when their property will be i gold. : Tho Belgian Government notifies ithat tho law provides for the recovery ! of the property from its new possessor, KIPLING ON THE VALUE OF ' BANDS. London, January 29. jMr. Rudyard Kipling, at a meeting ; IX the Mansion House, held to provide ■ bands as an aid to recruiting, said that ! 'drums and fifes alone meant at least five extra miles on a route march. : '"We are of tongue-tied blood at best," he said. "Bands can declare on our ibehalf without shame or shyness something of what wo all feel, and help us : to reach our hand towards the men who , : have risen up to savo us."—("Times" nand Sydney "Sun" Services.) J'GOD PUNISH ENGLAND!" Berlin, January 29. 'A new formula of greeting is spreading in Germany, "God punish England," towhich tho response is "God punish her." Lissauer's Hymn of- Hate is ' v being taught in the schools to thou"sands of children, and is recited in theatres and at lectures.

KAISER'S BIRTHDAY 'AMNESTY. London, January 29.

The Kaiser granted an amnesty_ to army offenders, to celebrate his birthday. The newspapers in Berlin, including tho Socialist journals, publish warm eulogies, and predict _ that the Kaiser "will emerge ; victorious.— .(."Times" and Sydney "Sun ,? Service?.),.