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Taranaki Daily News, 25 July 1917, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

PRIZE COURT AWARDS. FOR HELIGOLAND SIXKIXGS. Received July '24. 0.0 n.m. London. .July '2.'!. The Prize Court has granted a bounty of £G4l.j to the following warships' companies: Princes.} Royal, Queen Mary, Sew Zealand Birmingham, Falmouth, Liverpool. A;-thusa. Lurcher, Kite. Drax". !.<■<imdas, an.l several submarines for sinl ing the German warship.- Koin with 4/57 i!ioard, the ilainz ".*ith 4"25. the Ariadne with 2n, and the 188 with 93 aboard, during the battle in the bight of Heligoland.

AGRICULTURALISTS' WAGES POST WAR RECONSTRUCTION. Australian Cable Association. Received July 2!, 5.0 p.m. London, July '2'!. An urgent Government whip hr.s Wen issued recardirm Mr. C.. J. WardleM amendment to tlie Government proposal >H regard to the Ajs minimum wage for agriculturalists. Pro-Government newspapers warn its opponents not t,o create a crisis resulting in an "vpeal to the countrr.

Received July '24. 7.M p.m. Londoi", duly -23. Mr. WardleV amendment was defeated by 301 to 102 The Government is introducing a Bill mating a Minister of Post-War Reconstruction, at a &a'ary of £2OOO.

THE GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE. CANNOT AFFORD A THIRD MISCALCULATION. Received July 24, 10.30 p.m. London, July 23. In the House of Commons, Mr. Prothero said the Government could not accept Mr. Wardle's amendment if pressed to a division, and must stand or fall by the result. Th« Bill was essential to our existence and safety, and the minimum waa irreducible, but a .Wages Beard «nU increase it. The proposed inrrMcsed wap- would impose a payment oi an add : tional forty millions on the farmer*. Tha late Government had miscalculated the submarine menace and the ekanfpw and in the world's supply of grain. We could not afford a third miscalculation.

PRICE OF MEAT. MAXIMUM TO BF. FIXED. Received July 24, 10.50 p.m. London, July 2-1. In the House of Commons, the Food Controller announced that from Jvjptem ber 1 the maximum price= of meat would be fixed and the operations of all meat firms controlled. REDUCED CONSUMPTION. London, July 23. Mr. Kennedy Jones, who has just retired from the position of Food Controller, claims that the consumption of bread and flour has been reduced onetbird since March.

THE NEW CREDIT VOTE. Received July 21, 5.5 p.m. I/>ndon, July 23. The new credit votn is for '550 million.