TWO KINDS OF GUNS.
ABROAD AND AT HOME. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received 12.6 p.m.) LONDON, July 16. The Chancellor of the Kxchcquer (Mr. R. -McKenna). in a letter to a correspondent, save: '"J am glad that the War Savings Week has been chosen as a date when the thoughts of the nation arc directed across the Channel, where we are making the greatest military effort
in our history. It is not the battle of a fen - days, but the beginning of a long, patient, and arduous offensive, demanding our soldiers' heroic exertions and unimaginable sacrifices. Arc our homestayere content to be mere spectators? The greatest financial elfort. of our history is needed. Extravagance ' and waste arc treason, and indifference is crimp. Exchequer bonds are heavy, and smaller boude are equal to rifles and grenades.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 169, 17 July 1916, Page 6
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