CONSERVING OUR FOOD SUPPLIES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2937, 24 November 1916, Page 5

CONSERVING OUR FOOD SUPPLIES

CONFERENCE WITH HOTEL-KEEP-ERS. (Aust.—N.Z. Cable Assn. ond Eeuter.) (Rec. November 23, 8.15 p.m.) London, November 23. Mr. Runciman (President of the Board of Trado) has conferred with hotel-keep-ers in regard to the economising of food. Subsequently he conferred with tho manufacturing confectioners on tho question of the consumption of sugar. The British Board of Trade lias ordered a .return of potato stocks and contracts by cultivators of over ten acres in Great Britain. ■ (Router's Telegram.) Madrid, Novombor 22. The export of foodstuffs has been prohibited. , (By Telegrlaph-Press Association-Copyright (Rec. November 23, 9.15 p.m.) Melbourne, November 23. Mr. W. M. Hughes (the Federal Prime Minister) has announced a-policy by the new Government regarding the regulation of food prices to protect tho community from exploitation ; through high freights and other causes, and operating with a minimum oE interference. BRITAIN'S WAR PENSIONS ANNUAL OBLIGATION STEADILY' RISING. Australian-New Kealnnd Cnblc Association. London, November 22. In tho House of Commons tho Pensions Bill was read a second time. Mr. A. Henderson (Minister for Pensions) said that probably the pensions for disablement alone would require ten millions to twelve millions annually. If the casualties continued to rise as they were rising now, the sum might reach twenty millions. NEW GERMAN MINISTER AT VIENNA Australiau-Ncu' Zc.iln.nd Cn.bln Association. Amsterdam, November 22. It is understood that Herr von Jngow has accepted the German ambassadorship at Vienna. STATE-OWNED ALL-RED CABLE Austn\lian-Ncw Zealand C.ilil" Association (Rec. November 23, 11.30 p.m.) Montreal, November 23. The Canadian newspapers are urging the Government to support : a proposal for an Atlantic cable jointly owned by Canada, Australia, and Britain. Tho greatly improved financial showing of the Pacific cablo is urged as justifying State ownership of an Atlantic cable. FIGHTING IN EAST AFRICA SHARP BRUSH WITH THE ENEMY. (Aust.-N.Z. Cable Assn. and Reutcr.) 1 London, November 22. An official message from East Africa states:—"An enemy force of four hundred, with three guns and eight machineguns, attacked a small post at Lupombo on the 12th to the 14th, but were repulsed with heavy casualties. On the 18th, two British columns enveloped Lupembe, and the enemy fled, abandoning -a gun and forty-seven dead."