FOOD ECONOMY IN PRACTICE

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2398, 2 March 1915, Page 6

FOOD ECONOMY IN PRACTICE

i STRICT CONTROL OF WHEAT IN INDIA I. '. v London, February 27. i' He "Indian Government will restriofc V the-prirate export of wheat till tho end i ' of too year in ordor to control the local ■'pnees. - It is arranging to permit the s'--- export in tho usual soason under tho ' ■ strictest; Government supervision. 'GERMAN SOLDIERS' BREAD '• RATION DIMINISHING I;: : Copenhagen, February . 28. . The bread.ration in the German Army '■ 1 has been considerably .reduced, i- v ' Amsterdam, February 28. ;-. Tho' German Socialist < newspaper t'- states that' the sale of f bread- at Hhe canteens ■to prisoners of ' war has'been forbidden. The prisoners are not allowed more bread than the H ■ civilians. . . ' : DUTCH BAN ON POTATO AND FLOUR EXPORT. The Hague, February 28 The' export of potatoes and flour- has ;• • jieen-forbidden. ... * ; FOOD CRISIS IN VIENNA.

POTATO PATCHES IN GRAVEYARDS. (Rec. March 2, 0.50 a.m.) - > * London, March. I. 1 Reports from: Vienna state r that ISO '" Makers' shops ? <rat' of 1700 ; Bare' closed, i owing to t-heir. inability, to, obtam flour. ■The Government has ordered that the ■ ilaid'bordering ok the'Tailway. shal] be £som with - potatoes. ;: The ; -gravediggers .fthave'-, also, been," instructed to sow. the -v: unused ;of : the; cemeteries /.with .' potatoes.and maize. ;. ii , EPSOM-RACECOURSE IN WAR 1 TIME

DUKE OF PORTLAND ANNOYED. . : . . . ; London, February 27... ThorDuko of Portland.is involved in l controversy with ..the,.racing authon-, «aos ■ ■ "■ , ■ Tho--Epsom Chib- rooms were- ottered ■'•"for- use'- as"'a" military* hospital. Certain reservations'we're made, and the Duke • and -;caacelled ■ for the Epsom . meetings"- ' ■ ' £. In his. letter, of. protest, His ■ Lordship ■ aaicl: ' 'Surely r for ■ one year followers of racing should be willing to forego lun- / eheons,' if "thei holding of - them -i would tJisturbthe,wounded."

. SPEECHES IN THE UNION • PARLIAMENT. , Cape February 28. The "Unton" 'Parliament y has: opened. The Speech foreshadows'legislation providing for the. punishment of various classes o£. rebels and compensation to loyalists, . General:J.-0. Smuts (Minister of Defence) read-General Botha's-, message appealing for wise.forbearance' with the rebels and' Hertzog, as a- Select Committee would-inquire onto the causes: of the rebolhonj whether it was due to-German intrigue: or'whether.'its.robject"was. to independence. - * . , PRISONERS OF WAR

: • '■SrUMBEBS HELD BY THE . • - . ' _ . . .BELLIGERENTS. Condon, Febniary. 2~. The "Tribuna" (Rome) estimates that Cre ate. 600,000'Austnan. and German pnsGDeis m Ruasia, 60,000 in Servia,. end 350-000 in France and .England. Patrograd, February 2S. ,Official-—Since ..the beginning of the •war General' Bni'siloff's Army has capr. tared 1900 officers and 186,000 men.—' ''Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services. TIT FOR TAT. (Rec. March 1, 5.30. p.m.) ~ , London, March L ■ ■ Petrograd'reports.that in consequence of the harsh treatment meted out to Russian officers who are prisoners in Germany, Russia has directed that the German officers are to be treat-cd similarly.—"Times" and Sydnoy "Sun" services. GERMAN WAR BUDGET

ITHE'PROVISION FOB WAR LOANS REDEMPTION.;! . Amsterdam, February 28.' The German Imperial Budget asks for :aa extraordinary expenditure of 10,042,342,000 marks (about £500,000,000), of which ten million marks rre estimated revenue. The extraordinary budget, is - 80,499,218 marks- (£40,500,000). It is proposed to supply the deficiency by means of a loan. It is estimated that the ordinary revenue, will, show 'an increase of 25,905,4.50 marks (£13,000,000), and the expenditure of •108,003,369 marks: (£54,000,000). There is no provision for the war loan redemption, as the method must be settled after - the war. '• ' LOOKING TO AMERICAN ' SYMPATHISERS. . (Rec. March 1, 9.25 p.m.) New York, March 1. Reports state, that Germany is endeavouring to Hoat a large loan, bably among sympathisers in the IJmted States. ' MISCELLANEOUS ■

KING GEORGE VISITS THE GRAND FLEET. - ■ ; -• London, March 1. His Majesty the King has returned-to (London after visiting the' Grand Fleet. -'SPECULATING' ON 3HE WAR'S " DURATION. -■ - • London, February 27. "Inquiries have been made in the London market based on the probable duration of the war. Twenty per cent, has accepted on a- claim that peace will-not be declared before March, 1 1916. —"Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services. "GRANT. FOR A SPY'S WIDOW. New York, 1 February 28. The' German''Government has given £3000 to the widow of the Gel-man spy, Carl Lody (shot in'the Tower of London after his.trial and conviction). She was an, American. ■ '£50,000 ,FOR, THE. NEXT ZEPPELIN :.-v BROUGHT DOWN; : ' r -:. : ' Paris, February 28. 1 ' Marcraifl Ornato has offered £50,000 for the next' Zeppelin brought down, in Fran/». KMDEN'B LANDING PARTY . -• REPORTED. - - • (Rcc. March 1, 9.15 p.m.) . London, March 1. 'K f/flrrnin wirnlcsß message states that tho. AybxWu crew have reached DamMcus, and v/ill shortly arrive at Coniifcantinoplo.; ■ '. V. j I'Wbfln.tlio rmdw Emdon was battered ,ind rclycwi to r/knp-lrun by tho Sydney after her vi#it to tho Cocon enblostation, the kn']inf,-p;i.r|.y owapwl in, tho pchboii'cr Ayonha,) THIRTY MILLIONS FROM KRTJPF'S. _ _ ,filer,,. i'fijarch 1, 10, CO p.m.) London, March 1. Krttpp's oorckribated thirty, million to the now Gorman loan.