MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 October 1917, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

THE DUTCH EMBARGO.

ITS JUSTIFICATION EXPLAINED. ■ i Received Oct. 13, 5.5 p.m London, Oct. 13. ~Tmd: Bofcort Cecil, commenting on the Jhitish embargo on Dutch transmission of German sand, gravel, and metal, de<lared the question wiu most serious. He bad just returned from the West front, jtnd considered that undoubtedly the Germans were using these materials for concreting, trenches, pill-boxes, etc., in I»ast quantities. Replying-1« the Butch contention that the gormajis ewre usign the materials for road-making, Lord Robert Cecil emphasised the probability of the Germans satisfying their requirements with ma-, terials obtained from Belgium itself, enabling the imported materials to be used foittailitiry purposes, thus justifying the Stoppage of cable communication. INCREASED PRICE OF COAL. the Germans were usinsr the materials for London, Oct. 13. JEhe bureau states that the Board <£'< Trade has increased the price of coal'atrthe pit's mouth by thirty pence per ton, to meet the cost of the •war wage recently granted tOj the miners!' > * N$W DIRECTOR OF AERONAUTICS. A, and N.Z. Cable Assoc, and Reuter. Received Oct. 14fi 5.5 p.m. 'V. 4 London, Oct IX The. War 'Office announces that MajorReueral Sir William Salmond has been *UEOinted Director of General Military •Aeronautics, in succession to Lieut.-Gen-eral'Sir D. Henderson, who is undertaking special wojik'. CURRANTS AND SULTANAS COMMANDEERED. -and N.Z. Cable Assoc, and Reuter. Received Oct. 14; 11 p.m. London, Oct. 14. rhe tress Bureau states that Lord Shondijs, takes over all currants and sultanas now afloat for Britain, at a price, hereafter to be determined. ORGANISATION. '<»■' London, Oct. 12i ■ Th» Press Bureau announces that Dr. l&Aiisda. has appointed a committee to report on questions connected with securing and distributing raw materials required by British industries for the purposes of restoring and developing (rade after the; war.