MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 April 1918, Page 7

MOTHER COUNTRY.

DOGS VERGING ON STARVATION. London April 2S. The Daily Express states tliat the ftilpply of low-grade flour for the manufacture''bf dog-food U sufficient for next week. Dogs will flien be threatened with starvation. A committee has been appoints to .devise means to prevent •dogs being a menace to the community. problem is complex, as the Defence of the Realm Act prevents using human food to feed animals.

A FATAL DISEASB, London. April 28. The eighth death in London within a week is reported from botulism, which is caused by a geriji attacking the nerve centres. The germ is found in undercooked meats, tinned foods, and cheese. The disease is prevalent in Germany.

LORD RHONDDA'S ILLNESS. London, April 28. The newspapers pay a tribute to Lord Rliondda's work. and urge the withdrawal of his resignation, which is due to an attack of pneumonia. Lord Rhondda lias expressed liis willingness to resume after his convalescence.

CLUB FOR UNFIT NEW ZEALANDERS.

London, April 28. Sir T. Mackenzie, in opening a new club at Torquay for the benefit of unfit New Zenlandcrs, said tlie war had brought duties to everybody. The soldier's duty was to keep fit. It was the duty of the War Contingent Association, (he Red Cross Society, the High Commissioner and the military authorities to care for the sick and wounded and provide soldiers with wholesome amusements and recreations. Soldiers must resist temptations calculated to reduce their efficiency. It was the duty of the higher authorities to keep the country clean and remove all possible temptations and save the soldiers, but their duty did not go to the extent of licensing vice nor supporting kindred proposals which were contrary to the ideals of the people.

PEACE ADVOCATE DEFEATED. London, April 28. In the Keighley by-election the votinif was: Somerville (Government su|» porter) 4873. Bland (peace advocate; 234#.