BRITISH WAR LOAN.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 February 1917, Page 5

BRITISH WAR LOAN.

1 THE CLERGY ASSIST. Received Feb. 7, 10,15 p.m. London, Feb. G. The Bishop of Birmingham has arranged with his bankers to advance him CIOOO, which ho oilers to lend to the poorer eler'jy in amounts of between £3 an:! £lO lor the War Loan, to lie repayable in monthly instalments, lie appeals to the clergy to exhort—their congregations to subscribe to the War Loan. Racing coxtixed to NEWMARKET. Received Feb. 7, 7.55 p.m. London, Feb. B. The Jockey Club, in response to the Government's request, lias agreed for the present to race, at Newmarket only. ASSISTANCE FOR NEW ZEALAND PRISONERS. Received Feb. 7, 7.50 p.m. Londiin, Feb. 0. Sir Thomas Mackenzie's report on the. assistance rendered to New Zealand prisoners shows that, in addition to parcels of clothing, each received 9s worth of food weekly, and cigarettes and tobacco fortnightly, prisoners in Germany receiving is Od weekly, pocket money, and those in Turkey 10s 4d to 12s 2d per week, according to' the*locality where they are imprisoned. The latter receive a good local bread supply. 'There is great diflieulty in sending parcels, which sometimes take from three to ten months in transmission, so that to receive money is easier. BRITAIN SNOWBOUND. London, Feb. 0. Britain is snowbound. It is the coldest weather for twenjy years, there being to to 20 degrees;of frost.