MISCELLANEOUS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2370, 28 January 1915, Page 5

MISCELLANEOUS

ECONOMIC PRESSURE

GERMANY FEELING THE PINCH

, Amsterdam, January 26. An.official message from Berlin states that the Government has seized all stocks oj- corn for distribution among ' thecomfnunities on a population, basie until the next harvest is ready. INTERVIEW WITH MR. LLOYD George. IMPORTANT MATTERS DISCUSSED,, London, January 26. The High Commissioners of the Dominions and the Agents-General of the States had an interview .with Mr. Lloyd George, Chancellor of tlio Exchequer, and discussed important matters. INCOME TAX., MEMORIAL TO THE OHANCELLORj .; London, January. 26. .. A memorial to Mr. Lloyd George iii being extensively signed in financial business circles, asking that no income tax be nayable, as incomes had previously been taxed for the Empire. RED CROSS SOCIETY. PRESENT FROM SYDNEY. London, January "26. The British Red Cross Society warmly acknowledges Sydney's present of blaiikets, _ clothing, food, and motor-lorries. Nothing could be more appropriate than tho last. FRENCH'TROOPS. SIS MILLIONS AVAILABLE. • Perth, January 27. . !A! wounded French reservist, invalided home to the New Hebrides from Ypres, estimates that France will have six million men at her disposal in the spring. AUSTRALIANS IN EGYPT. HAVING A GREAT TIME. Sydney, January 27. 'A member of the Expeditionary Force, writing home,, states that the troops' are having a great time in Egypt. The desert where they are camped is' bitterly cold it; night. '.[Tier© were several accidents while the troops were exploring the Pyramids. Christmas Eve was kept very quietly. TRANSPORT OF CEREALS. * ' MERCHANTMEN COMMANDEERED. (Rcc., January 27, 13.30 p.m.) London, January 26. The Italian Government has decided to commandeer. merchantmen for the transport of cereals.—"Times" and Sydney "Sun" services. RABAUL FORCE RETURNS. OUTBREAK OF FEVER. (Rec. January 27, 9.20 p.m.) Sydney, January 27. The second detachment of the Expeditionary Force at Rabaul has returned before the expiry of its time, owing to the outbreak of malarial fever.