FOOD IN BRITAIN

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 128, 24 February 1919, Page 5

FOOD IN BRITAIN

PRICES OF THE TREASURY'S STOCKS. (Eec. February 23, 5.5 p.m.) London, February 20. In response to an 'insistent public demand the Government has appointed a committee to consider the prices at which the Treasury's vast stocks of food shall be sold, the Chancellor permitting sales below the purchased prices.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. SEDUCTION IN MEAT PEICES. (Kec. February 23, 5.5 p.m.) London, February 20. The Food Controller will reduce - the price of meat 2d. per lb. all round on March 1. The Controller states that he is prepared to remove from control any particular article of food when the supplies thereof are abundant, and trust to competition to reduce the cost of distribution to the lowest possjble point— Aub.-N.-Z. Cable Assn. RE-ELECTION OP MINISTERS BILL READ A THIRD TIME. (Bee. February 23, 5.5 p.m.) London, February 20. The Hou6e of Commons read a third time the Re-election of Ministers Bill — Reuter. [The Bill abolishes the necessity for the re-election of Ministers who are appointed to office within a period of nine months after a general election.] RELEASE OF SPIRITS QUANTITY TO BE INCREASED 50 PER CENT. (Eeo. February 23, 5.5 p.m.) London, February 21, The Press Bureau states that Cabinet has- decided that the quantity of spirits to be released shall ,be increased by 50 per 1 cent—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Afisn.-Eeuter. A MELBOURNE TRAGEDY DOUBLE MURDER AND SUICIDE. (Eeo. February 23, 5.5 p.m.) Melbourne, February 23. A sensational tragedy occurred in a boarding house in Albert Park. Leslie Wilson, a returned officer, visited the house where his wife and daughter had been staying for two years, and ran amuck. Firing a revolver, he shot the landlady's husband and killed his daughter. Wilson then committed suicide. His wife escaped—Press Assn. A TOOTH TRAGEDY. Behind one of these pearly-white teetK of yours there is, maybe, some infinitesimal decay. But that pin-point will grow until one day—orack--a broken tooth— you find that your apparently sound tooth was a mere shell. Don't let yourself suffer any tooth tragedy; Visit W. P. Sommorville, "The Careful Dentist," Molesworth Street, for tooth inspection.— Advt,