Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 19, 21 August 1916, Page 5

Great Britain

PUTTING IN THE NIPPERS. V■ ; ,r- • ; K . .iUtO • _ -.■otmlraor mi’:' LLOYD GEORGE ON THE WAR. <pf fir PEACE NOW AND FOR EVER. y/'j i'< Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 9.5 a.m.) “WT London, August 20. Mr Lloyd George, speaking at Criccieth, said lie was satisfied with the way things were going. He felt for the first time in three years that, the nippers were gripping, and that they would soon hear the crack, when they would be able to extract the kernel. The vigour of our demands would bo proportionate to the extent of the sacrifices made by Great Britain. We must have a complete and unchallengeable victory, that shall be a warning to kings and their counsellors of the reckoning demanded by civilised nations for their outrages. Let us have done with war now and forever. ,

INCREASED FOOD PRICES. ' (I Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 9.20 a.m.) London, August 20. Increases in food prices are as follows :—Beef, sixty-one; bacon, fortyone per cent. (the highest ever known); potatoes, ninety-one; other foodstuffs, similarly. Butter will ■shortly be 2s 6d per lb. New regulations are expected to beneficially affect wheat, bacon, and meat. SHIPYARD WORKERS' WAGES. Press Association—Copyright. United Service. (Received 9.20 a.rn.) London, August 20. Sir 6, Askwith is hearing a deputation representing all shipyard workers, who are asking an advance for boilermakers of 6s weekly and 15 per cent, piece work, and for the Allied trades of 15 per cent ai? round.

MESOPOTAMIAN COMMISSION. Press Association—Copyright. Reuter’s Telegrams (Received 12.20 p.ra.) London, August 20. General Sir Beauchamp Duff ha been recalled to give evidence befor. the Mesoptamian Commission, ana General Monro succeds him.