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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 47, 31 January 1916, Page 6

Great Britain

,-../ .; ■■■.../-j» •.■ —~ CALLING UP AROUPS 10 TO 13. [ U'NITKD PHEM ASSOCIATION. ] (Received 10.10 a,m.) ' London, January 30. Groups ten to thirteen inclusive have been ordered to* report themselves on February 29th. THE CAME OF BLOCKADE. (Received 9.45 a.m.) London, January 30. Official —One hundred and foi ty-t'.vo tons of'"ttteat aboard- the Stockholm, originally entered on the ship's manifest was struck out of the bill of lading as i'"»-j b;'!tish Ooi'iul had scaled the hatches. MUNITIONS OF WAR. . CONFERENCE AT PARIS. : ' XRiceived 8.40 a.m.) ■'.■ •:"-V,/ : , ; j Paris, January 30. A commission fy consisting of Mr Lloyd Georgev'Mr;||onar .Law, General Robertson; |!itf"MMrs Durane, Lee and MacPherson, M.P's., has arrived here to confer with M. Thomas, Minister for Munitions, regarding speeding up of the output of munitions and closer co-operation in production of the same. PROPOSED TAX ON AMUSEMENTS (Received 9.45 a.m.) London, January 30. The Weekly despatch says theatres, music halls, and kineiua palaces will feature in the next Budget. A UNIQUE PRESENTATION. SILVER MODEL OF MAORI WAR CANOE. (Received 9.45 a.m.) London, January 30-. His Majesty the King has approved of a silver model of. a Maori war canoe from the New Zealand Expeditionary Force being presented to the captain and oflkers_ of the., Ibuki. DURHAM MINERS AGAINST COMPULSION. (Received 9.45 a.m.) London, January 30. The Durham miners in a ballot re- ( corded 3175 votes in, favor of compulsion and 20,819 against.