"VICTORY" WAR LOAN.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 January 1917, Page 5

"VICTORY" WAR LOAN.

FURTHER MILLIONS. jßeeeived Jan. 20, 8.30 p.m. London, Jan. 10. Further gubscriptiosn to tlic Wai fcoan, nwwtlv ilpw monev. include the North-Eastern Railway Co., £2,000,000; Edinburgh Life tauranee, Andrew Weir and Co., and the Equity uiw As•nrance, each £1,000,000; the National, !£lj000,000; and the National Mutual of Australasia, £BOO,OOO. ■. JCHE FOOD PROBLEM. Received Jan. 21, 5..". p.m. London, Jan. L-. lord Devonport lias abandoned the Idea of enforcing a meatless day. He is endeavoring to reduce consumption by v 'pther means. London, Jaw. iO. Owing to increased food prices t!ie Government has increased the separa.tion allowances to soldiers and sailors, involving an additional ton million Stirling annually. The Government is making heavy pnrjinaEes of potatoes in Midland town 3 at [f 8 per ton. SOLDIERS' GRAVES IN FRANCE. London, Jan. 10Presiding at the Soldiers' Graves Comtaittee, the Prince of Wales stated that '•. 350,000 gravea had been registered i;i France and Belgium. Sixty out of <!0() burial grounds had been beautifully laid out under the advice of the director of ETew Gardens. We were also carinpr for the French, cemeteries in the line taken over. The experience gained in France and Belgium was being applied elsewhere. He welcomed the first attendance of members from the Dominions and India on the committee. The marking and care of Dominion and Indian sdlfifls* staves in Great Britain was under consideration. THE DOMINIONS COMMISSION. London, Jan. 10. Ihe Dominions Commission will recommend co-ordinated dredging and other ■improvements of imperial harbors, onearing uniform anchorage and wharfage accommodation.