FOUNDRY DESTROYED.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 January 1917, Page 3

FOUNDRY DESTROYED.

New York, Jan. 12. The plant of a Canadian car foundry, where hundreds of thousands of shells, destined for Russia, were stored, was destroyed by fire after a series of explosions. No casualties have been ascertained, though fourteen are reported missing. The damage is estimated to be in the vicinity of four million dollars. (Received This Day 9.10 a.m.) AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Melbourne,. This Diay. It is stated that the Hon. W. M. Hughes and Mr Cook have reached an* agreement*.. Details have not been divulged. lit is now considered probable that Mr Hughea may go to London. OBITUARY. London, January 12. ~ Obituary: General Schwartzkoippen, to whom Captain Dreyfus was accused of supplying information. Scwairtzkoppen formerly was a German attache at Paris. THE NEW ORDERS. New orders, issued' by Lord Devon- , port, require the extraction of an extra five per cent of flour from the wiheat otr addition of five per cent from bar3°y, rice or oats. They empower millers to add a further five per cent voluntarily, and also forbid tlio feeding of ■animals on wheat suitable for seed or flour.