HOW A FOOD SHIP WAS SACRIFICED

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3079, 9 May 1917, Page 7

HOW A FOOD SHIP WAS SACRIFICED

EXTRAORDINARY.,ADMISSION . (Rec. May 8, 5.5 p.m.) London, May 7.: • In the House of Commons, Sir Leo, Chiozza Money admitted that another food ship which had had to leave Her port of arrival in England owijig to a. lack of facilities for unloading had been torpedoed when en route to. another port. ■ Sir.Frederick Banbury asked: "Does not the Government consider the safe arrival of, a food ship sufficiently important to provide facilities at the nearest port for vessels arriving in England?" ..... ..." -"' Sir Leo Chiozza Money r "The whole subject is a very serious one-, and is being considered." —Reuter. •■ MR. MASSEY ON THE OUTLOOK . SOME HARDSHIP EXPECTED. ?■:. (Rec. May 8, 6.20 p.m.) London, May 7... Mr. IV. F. Massey (Prime Minister of New Zealand)",'interviewed";-said thnt the wheat supply was likely to give out before the next harvest. There was n great shortage of sugar and potatoes, but ample meat, fish, and oats. "The people will presently suffer some hardships, but Germany cannot starve Britain. The arming of the merchantmen and tho increasing use of seaplanes is expected to keep down the number of submarines." —United Service. ;