OUR SPECIAL CABLEGRAMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 1 February 1916, Page 5

OUR SPECIAL CABLEGRAMS

NATIONAL THRIFT. DRASTIC MEASURES NECESSARY. [VX2ISS AWB STDWHT «tJ» MSVICM.] LONDON, January 31. Mr Herbert Samuel, speaking in London, said that the Government's appeal for national thrift had largely fallen on deaf ears. The majority had not changed their expenditure. Nothing short of severe taxation and more rigid restrictions on unnecessary articles would be effective. REPAIRING THE GUNS. QUICK WORK. [fltOO AJf» HTDWJIX HUH BJSVIOBS.] LONDON, January 31. A correspondent describes his visit to the Western Front. He saw a vast establishment at the base receiving daily whole trainloads of damaged guns and_ other equipment. These were immediately repaired by a vast staff, and returned equal to new. MISSING VESSELS. REINSURANCE RATES. [*IMHS A*B OTOKBT BUH BMVIOSB.] LONDON, January 31. Reinsurance rates include :—- The Crosby Hall, from Australia to Britain,- five guineas; Clan Mactavish, from New Zealand to Britain, 60 guineas; other missing vessels, 50 per cent, and upwards.

BRITISH WOMEN.

MUST LEAVE GERMANY.

[TiEaas **>i Sydney Sdh Services;.]

BERLIN, January 31. Commandant von Kessel las notified all British women to depart by a special train for Holland on February 6th. Since the beginning of the war they reported to the police twice (ltoly, and were restricted to narrow areas.

THE KAJSER'S BiRTHDAY.

NO CELEBRATIONS.

[Tines and Sydney Sou Services.)

LONDON, January 31

The Kaiser's Birthday was not noticed in Berlin except for a display of flags and panegyrics in newspapers. The Voerwarts did not mention it.

THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA.

HIS ILLNESS

[Tlnci and Sydney Sbr Services.]

COPENHAGEN, January 31

Advices from Vienna state that the Emperor Francis Josef is suffering from a severe chill and is very weak. He is terribly depressed. There is great uneasiness at court.