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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2691, 10 February 1916, Page 4

"The output of goods from British factories available for fulfilling private orders has beeu greatly reduced since the war started," says Mr. Dalton, His Majesty's Trade Commissioner in Now Zealand. "I am not str.-o of the exact number," said Mr. Dalton, ,: but there aro about 800 factories under the direct control of the Government- The larger part of the product of these, and many other, factories goes to fulfil huge Government orders, which has, of course, reduced tlio available output for export very considerably. So far as general business is concerned, manufacturers are working as hard as they can go with the limited labour at their disposal and the difficulty of getting any further lab-our-saving machinery Chan they hnvo." "An unexploded 12in. shell has been found in some refuse at tlio Corporation refuse destructor works at Bradford. The assumption is that it was brought homo by a soldier, who thoughtlessly disposed of it by throwing it rnto the ashpit." Thus says the "Daily Chronicle": "but inasmuch as a live 12in, shell weighs at least 7501b., I can only say he was 'some' soldier," addß u writer in "London Opinion."