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j LORD FRENCH. i London, Fob. 20. Lord. Frencli took his seat in tho House of Lords. THE BLOCKADE. In the House of Commons the Ht. Hon. H. IJ. Asijuith anouneed Hiat Rear-Admiral De Chair will be appointed flag officer, advising the Foreign Office on all blockade questions.. WAR. OFFICIO SEVERELY OKilTiISED. Sir John Simon, in the House ot Commons, said he believed that beadquarters had said that nobody would, be exempted from service. Such action was wasteful and uneconomic. It the War Office wanted to imitate Germany it should imitate their efficiency —not their brutality. The Rt. Hon. T. Lough said that tin' tribunals were more like the old press gangs than anything else. THE LOSS OF THF MALOJA. At the inquest on the bodies of those lost in the wreck of the Maloja. the chief officer gave it as his opinion tliat ! the liner was torpedoed. FRENCH TROOPSHIP LOST. London, February 29. The French auxiliary ship Provence (ti ausporting troops to Salonika) was sink on Saturday in the centre of the Mediterranean—llos lives were lost. I
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 March 1916, Page 3
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