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.' '>: • 'news in brief; ' '' I ;i London, January .8. ■ The"Go-vcrnmont proposes to utilise the large quantity of light railway "nia- . terial'now in France for connecting up the country districts in Britain with the I main railway lines, thus increasing the , supply of farm products, j The authorities of the Women's Land Army approached Sir Thomas Maeken- : s.ic in' regard to the land conditions, in I New Zealand. Some live thousand women do not desire to return to their pre-war occupation, and a large nun.bor are. anxious to work on the land overseas if the conditions are favourable. New York, January 8. The Department of Justice has discovered that a fund of £300,000 was sent to New York from Lenin- for the promotion of Bolshevism in the United States. It is officially stated that 801-, shovism is making alarming headway in this country . f Melbourne, Jan. 10. A Government regulation pronibits the use of the German language on the telephone. ' London, January 8. Sir Thomas Mackenzie is forwarding ! to New Zealand the silk flags which the battle cruiser Nov/ Zealand bore in her various engagements, as war memorials. Arrangements are well in hand for ■' taking the licensing poll of the New,; ■Zealand troops in England, France, and | Egypt in April. I
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Otaki Mail, 13 January 1919, Page 4
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