BRITAIN'S PART.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 15512, 12 February 1916, Page 10

BRITAIN'S PART.

NATIONAL ECONOMY.

.RESTRICTION ON IMPORTS,

PRICE OF BEER INCREASED,

(By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) I LONDON, February 10. The Government announcement of the restriction of the importation of sugar lias had the reverse effect to that desired. There has been a general in'crease in both the wholesale and retail buying. » - Beer, •which was formerly twopence a glass, has been raised to t 2jd. Tlio newspapers warn the public of the. possibility of an increase in the price of beer threepence a glass owing to the possible restriction of the importation of barley. THE FEUIT TRADE. A SPANISH THREAT. x LONDON, February 10. The Spaniards threaten to stop the shipment of ore and pyrites to Britain it the orange trade, is stopped. It was recently announced that there •was a probability of the importation of certain.classes of fruit being prohibited. V'eijy large ' quantitties of iron ore and pyrites are exported from Spain to • Britain.

v THE COAL SUPPLY.

APPEAL TO WELSH MINERS \

LONDON, February 10. Mr C. <B. Stanton, M.P. for Merthyr Tydvil, in to the South Wales miners to supply more Coal', said : "Keep working till we have driven all the Germans to hell, where they are long overdue."

A message from London on Monday said that Mr. W. Runciman, President of the Board of Trade, has established a committee of officials representing the Admiralty, the Department of Munitions, the coal mines and the railways, to advise district committees and ensure an increasing supply of coal. : md to see that the needs of important industries are fully supplied. The difficulties of providing fuel in some districts have become pressing.

POST-WAR PROBLEMS

LAND SETTLEMENT FOR SOLDIERS,

ENGLAND AND THE DOMINIONS . • • ' ' ' "V LONDON, February 10. The Committee of the Board of Agriculture, in its report on post-war land settlement,-comments "upon the Dominions' schemes of immigration. For years, it says, many of the Dominions iliavo employed immigration agents in Britain, who have painted in glowing colours attractive pictures of the advantages their Governments offered to immigrants. The Committee takes no exception" fo this course of action, retf cognising gratefully the welcome the . Vomioions have extended "to immi.

grants, but it cannot look with equanimity at the prospect of losing the flower of' the agricultural population, even to the Dominions.

''If our proposals for land settlement in England are adopted, '' the . Committee says, "we believe it will give ex-soldiers at least as good prospects as the Dominions offer." The Committee recommends the Board of Agriculture to institute a propagandist campaign in the Army and Fleet to induce discharged men to take advantage-of England's opportunities. ("Times" and "Svdney Sun" Services.) LONDON, February 10. The London County Council has agreed to a schools' decoration seheme illustrating the life and industries of the Oversea Dominions.

AIR RAIDS

MEASURES OF -DEFENCE. LORD FRENCH'S ACTIVITY. LONDON, February 10. - The Homo Oiiice notifies that Lord French has made an elaboration of the system of warning to the police, factories, and others in the event of an expected raid, but insists that the warning must not be passed on to the public until it is certain that the raiders are coming to that particular district, as otherwise it will interfere with the production of munitions work. There are many public protests in the Midlands about the inadequacy of the protective measures against air raids. Lord French was recently appointed ti» of the Home Armies, and his new duties include the control of the anti-aircraft defences of Britain.