MOTHER COUNTRY.
ANOTHER ENEMY INVENTION, ALLEGED SECRET TREATY. BETWEEN FRANCE AND OZARIST GOVERNMENT. Received Nov. 23, 8.10 p.m. London, Nov. 24. I _ 111 the House of Commons, Lord Robert Cecil, Minister of the Blockade, denied the existence of a secret treaty between France and the Czarist' Government of L.ussia, providing for compensation to Belgium after the war at Holland's en, pense. He believed this statement was |fln enemy invention. INCREASED FREIGHTS ON MEAT. MEET EXTRA CHARGES, Received Nov. 23, 115 p.ra „ , . Lo'iidon, Nov. 2S. Replying to Mr. Runciman in tli# House of Commons, Sir Chiozza Moncv said that the Government proposes to increase the freights on frozen meats irom Argentina and Australasia., in order to meet increased charges, particular .y war risk insurance, which was now, per cent, per annum. The reviled Argentine rate would be approximately double tho pre-war rate. The Australasian rate has not yet been fixed. ■,
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 November 1917, Page 5
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149MOTHER COUNTRY. Taranaki Daily News, 24 November 1917, Page 5
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