GENERAL WAR NEWS.
GERMANY’S FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES. United Press Association. London, March (3. Communal rates in Germany, which are based on the income-tax, have increased enormously. The pre-war rate of 105 per cent, of income-tax prior to the war rose during the latter part of 1914 to 189, and in 1915 it reached 199. It is now 216 per cent. FARM LABOR IN CANADA. In order to increase the supply of farm labor the Government of Ontario has agreed to allow fifteen thousand students of high schools and colleges to work on farms from May to October without forfeiting their status, VICTORIA CROSSES. The King has awarded Victoria Crosses to Private Charles Hull,. 21st Lancers, for rescuing an officer under enemy fire, and to Private Harry Christian, Royal Lancashires, for rescuing three men under heavy tire.
ITALY SHORT OF SHIPPING. Italy is feeling the shortage of tonnage severely. Admiral Bettolo suggested that they should arrange ior the construction of 50.000 tons of cargo boats in the next ten years. These would be at the disposal of the State in a national emergency, the builders receiving a subsidy of £200.000 annually.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 79, 9 March 1916, Page 3
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189GENERAL WAR NEWS. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 79, 9 March 1916, Page 3
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