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;.. will rr be made? HABDEB WOEK-POSTPONED . PLEASURES. LORE- KTTCHEMEB'S' GBEAT ABEEAX (Received 2.45 p.m.) LONDOSr, March 1. Lord Kitchener, speaking at the Guildhall oh the formation of the National Economy League, said hitherto we had filled the gaps by vast importations from foreign countries. Owing to the naturally increasing difficulty of paying for these imports; it inessential that we should rely much- more upon ourselves. Therefore, civilians must go short of marry things to. which they are accustomed in peace times, or the armies must go short of things.
•'Whidk Ta it to be?" lie asked. "Are civilians -at Home prepared that their friends and brothers in the trenches sfioTlM;'sacrifice their lives and endure hardships of aUtinds, and yet themselves not he ready to undergo small sacrifices in the way of harder work and inero-ased economy, which alone can with certainty prosjdeeur armies with all "they require wai^"-
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 53, 2 March 1916, Page 2
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154NATION'S SACRIFICE. Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 53, 2 March 1916, Page 2
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