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Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 October 1916, Page 3

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« 0 (Australia-New* Zealand Cable Service. ) DYE WORKS EOR NOTTINGHAM. : London, October 8. t The Minister of Munitions has sane 1 tion the erccting of large dye-works ai ; Nottingham. This is due to the dis- ; covery of the Hcrnisdorff formula foi ) making black d.ye for fine black cottor • hosiery. | THE ~KST AND THE BUST. [ General Moore Creagh, in an article in the Weekly Dee pa toll, says that at the worst the war will last two yeans longer, and at the best will terminate ear.'y next autumn. If wo wish to end the war in 1917 we must not slacken our effort to keep Russia well provided with guns and shells. THE GERMAN WAR LOAN. Newspapers point out the apparent success of the German war loan is duo to the Government lending the people ■large amounts of money which the people lend them back. Many loan banks were specially established to lend paper money for subscription to the loan, and they took all manner of security indlulling furniture. The trouble will begin when people, before the end of the war or after the war, demand tho conversion of the paper into cash. RIOT AT BRUNSWICK. Hie Weekly Despatch's Rotterdam coi respondent says the German Government is deducting sums from the munition workers' wages and applying tlum to the war loan. This reeeutly led to a serious riot at Brunswick. The cavalry were summoned to quell it. ■ ii li GERMAN SUBMARINE'S ARRIVAL. New York, October S. Commander Rose states the submarine was submerged for more than three days at two hundred feet under water. It carries sufficient food to take them over the return trip. The crew numbers thirty. Newspapers are discussing its significant arrival. Some expect an attack 011 shipping near American shores to force Britain to send over more cruisers. i OENBURG JOINS HOLLWEG. The .New York Times' Berlin correspondent states that von Hindenburg is supporting Prillcc voxi Holhveg in. his opposition to the ruthless submarine campaign. BRITISH EMBASSY INTERESTED. Washington, October 8. Oiiicial.—The British Embassy is watching developments with the closest interest; WAR PENSIONS TOTAL Wellington, fllhis Day. Tne \\ ar Pensions Board has granted a total of 4174 pensions representing an expenditure of £204,323 per annum— an average pension of £48, Returned soldiers have been granted £42.007, wives and widows £22,469; other dependents £25,236, and allowance* total £11,456. (