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Taranaki Daily News, 10 January 1918, Page 5

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FRIENDSHIP WITH JAPAN. •THE KING'S MESSAGE. £Jf£EROR MADE A FIELD MARSHAL. Received J&n. 10, 12.5 a.m. ;r . London, Jan. 9. f/fftml: The King exchanged New /' Ye4r with the Emperor of ■Japan, Stating that, the warm friendship of the peojiks .was being mutually offered and accepted, and that th? yank of Field Marshal had beer, conferred upon the Jiwperor •

; HANDLING PRODUCE. • : -SIR THOMAS MACKENZIE'S SUGGESTION. . * Received Jan., 10, a.m. l>onilDn. Jan. 9. .Sir Thomas, Mackenzie '(High Commissioner), speaking at the Bristol branch of the Colonial Institute, advocated bringing the eastern nnd western ports into direct communication with the overDominions, in order to lessen the gOftt of handling. MAN-POV.'ER PROPOSALS. Received Jan. 10, 10.20 p.m. , London, Jan. 9. A national conference of shop stewards 9? Ifaifchtsteij', representing the- engineer* and Shipbuilding workers, defined to accept an agreement in connection with the. Man-power proposals that may bo reached by the trade unions and the Governments Tile conference demanded the Government •to accept the Russian invitation to discuss peace. KRW ZEALANDERS RELEASET. Received Jan. 10, 10.20 p.m. London, Jan. 9. The New Zealanders, Lieut. Howard Ellis, of the Royal Flying Corps, and Private V. S. Pace, who were prisoners nf war, have arrived in England. Nineteen other New Zealanders have reached Switzerland. BUTTER DISTRIBUTION. Received Jan. 9, 9.-20 p.m. London, Jan. 8. The Food Controller will distribute on Wednesday a quantity of butter and margarine equal to one-eighth of the trade's applications. Butter lor January . distribution will consist of one-third butter and two-thirds imargarine. It is understood similar distributions will be toad* weekly. ITALY. ARTILLERY SUCCESSES. AIR RAIDS ON AERODROMES. Received January 9, 5.5 p.m. London, Jan. 8. .. British-Italian Official: Our artillery flad several successes during the past week end. Our success in the air was well maintained. We carried out several successful raids on aerodromes! Much mow fell yesterday.