MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 October 1917, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

LORD NORTHCLIFFE'S j STATEMENT, ! KITCHENER'S FATE. New York, Oct. 15. Lord Northeliffe, in an interview, says that Sir Douglas Haig's smashing blows will continue, no matter what the weather. The Germans will not enjoy rest during the winter. Conditions have changed since General Joffrc said that France needed men. France now 'has plenty of men to hold the line, but wants America to send a million tons of munitions, which she needs badly. Lord Northeliffe said that there was no foundation for the report that Lord Kitchener was alive. He added tTiat the Hampshire was ndi torpedoed or mined, but struck a jagged rock when travelling at eighteen knots. REDUCED FOOD CONSUMPTION NECESSARY. London, Oct. 15. Lord Rhondda has circularised food control committees emphasising the necessit)' of materially reducing consumption. Unless evejff householder complies, the coming winter will be a time of the gravest anxiety. There must be rigid voluntary economy, or compulsory" rationing will be necessary. DISTINCTIVE BADGES. | i Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc. and Reuter. i Received Oct. 16, 8.50 p.m. i London, Oct. 15. , i The Press Bureau Btates that the War I Office in 1914 instituted a blue chevron, ■ and those who entered the army then 1 will subsequently be furnished witli a ) blue chevron for each year of service, i This ensures a special distinctive mark j for those who have served in the overi geas war theatres.

IMPOSTS AND EXPORTS. Received Oct. 16, 10 p.m. London, Oct. 16. The imports in September increased by £8,859,485; exports decreased by £233,483, and re-exports decreased by £3,962,101, compared with the previous September. DECREASE lUI CRIME. Received Oct. 16, 10 p.m. London, Oct. 16. The Prison Commissioners of England and Wales, in a report, state that the prisoners in 1013-14 numbered 151,603, compared with 48,302 in 1916-17. -I—IN THE AIR. A COMRADE AVENGED. Paris, Oct. 15. Lieut. Fonek, a comrade of Guenemeyer, has avenged the latter's death. On September 30 he shot down Wissman, the German who brought down Guenejneyer. Fonck escaped the Germans' first rush by clever manoeuvring and got behind them and shot Wissman in the head. The latter fell, and his observer was also killed.