FOOD AND FUEL.
RESTRICTIONS EVERYWHERE MORE INTENSE. BRITAIN THE BEST OFF, United Service. Received Feb. 10, o.fl p.m. London, Feb, IS. Cumulative effects are everywhere manifest throughout Europe as to the food and fuel restrictions becoming more intense. Neutrals particularly arc lacking in coal. Britain, despite submarining;!, is the best served in all inspects. Newspapers in France and Holland are reduced to single sheds, and even paperless days are intended. In France, in addition to meatless days and the prohibition of pastry, it is proposed to issue bread cards shortly. Sweden has issued sugar and soap cards. The general conditions are becoming worse daily.
CARDINAL BOURNE'S PASTORAL. CONFIDENCE IN THE ISSUE. DISPENSATIONS FOR MUNITIONERS Received Feb. 1!), 5.15 p.m. London, Feb. IS. Cardinal Bourne, in a pastoral letter, says there is a spirit of hopefnbiess and certainty onsuccess abroad. Such as was impossible during .the more anxious period of the Avar, altl'ough there never was uncertainty regarding the ilnal issue. There have been many dark days. Wo are now convinced that while the enemy's power is waning, ours is gaining in strength, in numbers, leaders and weapons, representing a change suoli as the world bad not seen before. The. King, the Government, and the Empire look forward with confidence to the future. Cardinal Bourne gives authority to the clergy to exercise a wide discretion in granting dispensations during Lent to I'.unilion workers and those finding a difficulty in obtaining abstinence • from food.
HIGH COST OF LIVING. RAILWAYMEN DEMAND INCREASE. Australian Cable Association. Received Feb. 19, 6.5 p.m. London, Feb. 18. A mass meeting of railwaymen afßirmingham resolved to demand an increase of ten shillings weekly in wages, owing to the increased cost of living
PRICES FOR POTATOES. London, Feb. 18. Frost is reducing 6tock3 and interfering with the distribution of potatoes. The War Cabinet, after conferring with the wholesalers and retailers, decided that growers were entitled to dealers until the end of March (£9 a ton and thereafter £lO. Growers and others might charge retailers £lO 10s until the end.of March, and thereafter £ll 10s. The retailers' price was to be l 1 until the end of March, and lid until the end of i June.
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Taranaki Daily News, 20 February 1917, Page 5
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