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MOTHER COUNTRY.

, London. Dee. 10. In the House of Commons, Mr. Lloyd lieorge said he Appeared before the flouse with the-most terrible responsibilities that could fall on the shoulders of any living man, as chief advisor to the Crown in the most gigantic war the nmntrjr hjid ever been engaged in, upon {he events of which its destiny depends, ft k the greatest war ever waged, and the burdens are the heaviest ever cast on this or any other country, while the issues are the gravest ever attached to fitly conflict in which humanity had been Involved. The responsibilities of the (Government had been suddenly accentuated by the declaration of the Ger!man Chancellor. The statement made by the latter in the Reichstag had been •followed by a Note presented to Britain by the United States without comment.

VATJONAL SERVICE ADOPTED. - CONTROL Or FOOL PRICES , t London, Dec. 10. Mr. Lloyd George said the Cabinet Jiwl adopted universal national service ind was employing for national work itll men not taken for the army. There is a sharp advance u: the wholesale prices of tea, which has risen 10 per cent; in a week, owing to the decrease of 50 per «ent. in the freight space for Indian tea. Sir R. Winfrey. Under-Secretary of the Board of Agricultural, in the Hous-i of Commons said the Government intended to guarantee a fixed price for fcome-grown wheat in 1916-7-SMUGGLING THRUGH SCANDINAVIA.

London, Dec. IS. The Stockholm < orrespondent of the Manchester Guardian states that, despite the closest watching and heavy penalties, smuggl : ng to Gern-vny is flourishing at all tl -. .Scandinavian ports. He smaller s are :nainh Germans, but pometimes they are Scandinavians. The smugglers are displaying zea. f.nd ingenuity in overcoming the lengthening list of prohibited exports, which now number several hundred items, including all foodstuffs, textiles, raw materials and machinery. The number of Customs officials has- increased threefold Jt is suspected that German official? fue paying the fines for trades, which •mount to tens of thousands of crowns.

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Taranaki Daily News, 21 December 1916, Page 5

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MOTHER COUNTRY. Taranaki Daily News, 21 December 1916, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY. Taranaki Daily News, 21 December 1916, Page 5

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