DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 October 1916, Page 2

DOMINION NEWS.

22ND REINFORCEMENTS. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, October 13. l'he Hon. James Allen states that, all the shortages are included in the quotas called tip for the 2'> nd draft, and if that draft comes in with the full numbers asked for there will be no shortages of any kind whatever in camp. The Minister added that the m* rliinery of tht Military Service Act was being got into operation as fast as was humanly possible. It was grossly unfair to say there had been any deliberate delay. If there were shortages in the 22nd draft they would certainly be made up subsequently. The family shirker clause was now in force. THE PRICE OF BUTTE!?, Auckland, October 13. The provincial executive of the farmers' 'Union passed a strong resolution which protests most emphatically against continued interference by the Government with_ prices, such as in proposed with reference to the supply of flutter for local consumption. The resolution says: "We call attention to the fact that the farmers' cost of production has enormously increased, and the comparison of present with former prices is most misleading We contend that the cost of livi;ig,lias i con affected by the gsncral rise in prices of commodities, and we fail to S'.'O any reason why butter should be singled out for special treatment."