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Taranaki Daily News, 18 January 1919, Page 5

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DEMOBILISATION. PROCEEDING SATISFACTORILY. Received Jan. 17, 3.15 p.m. London, Jan. 14S ; r Eric Geddes stales that demobilisation is proceeding in a. most satisfactory maimer The released trcops have risen from SPOO to 20,000 daily He hoped soon to veiease £7,000 oversea ser\ice men and 25.000 home .'-I'vicc won. The labor exchanges are working well and are now handling 17000 applications daily—Aus.-N.Z. Cable AssocOFFER OF STANDARD SHIPS. TO ALL SHIPOWNERS. London, -Jan. 14. Lord Inehcape and Sir Owen Philips hnve jointly bought J37 uncompleted Uo.-ernir.ent standard ships and are offering them to ill ship-owners at cost pries, ttu allotment to be based on ship. owner 1 ;' ar losses.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Association. BOLSHEVIK TERRORISM. ATROCITIES IN- LETTLAND. Stockholm, Jan. 11. It is feared Ligau has fallen into Bolshevik hands. Refugees desqri.be iearful Bolshevik atrocities in Leitltiud. In one village, comprising 3000 souk, over 500 were murdeu lin cold blood AH the women were outraged, being "oisidered national property. They were taken to large common houses and subjected to moral and physical torture ibat'lling description. Herman reports that anti-Bolshevik mutinies ha\t broken out anions; the Petrograd gaiJlson—An:. -N.2. Cable Assoc. MEAT PRICES EXPLAINED. London, Jan. 14 Sir Thomas Mackenzie, speaking at tlie Cold Storage :ind lee Association, said there was an impression that the Dominions were exploiting consumers :n :iie Mother Country in connection wiik food prices. This was unjustified New Zealand's meat contract was fixed at tlie same prico as in lfllfi, in order to enable meat to Tie retailed considerably bdo-w present prices, which were Is to 2s for mutton and Is 7d for lamli The British authorities explain that they '-'imetimes pay Is Id for American meatIt was nero? J. .Zealand's intention to pell her meat ac hi" pr.o-'s iti order that big prices might 1*) nrtid to Americans —Aus.-NZ Cible Aj:-oc.