MOTHER COUNTRY.
SOUTH AFRICAN BLACKS ATTACK AMERICANS. London, April 30. A corps of South African blacks attacked Americans at Winchester repatriation camp with sticks, killing three and injuring 30. British troops quelled the disturbance.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. FUTURE OF MAURITIUS. London, April 29. Mr. Harmsworth stated that the Government had received a petition signed by five gentlemen claiming to represent the French population demanding ihe retrocession of Mauritius to France in accordance with President Wilson's fourteen points. [Mauritius was held by the French from 1715 to 1810. It was taken by a British force and was ceded to Britain by the Treaty of Paris in 1814.] ' HOUSING SCHEMES. London, April 29. Dr. Addison said that the local authorities were considering 99S housing schemes embodying 140,000 Tiouses.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. HIGH PRICES OF FOOD. London, April 29. In the House of Commons Mr. Roberts announced that the increase in the cost of food over July, 1914, was 94 per cent, in April, 1917, 100 per cent, in November, 1918, and 113 per cent, in April, 1919.—Au5.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 May 1919, Page 5
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176MOTHER COUNTRY. Taranaki Daily News, 2 May 1919, Page 5
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