LONDON NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXII, Issue LXXII, 9 October 1916, Page 5

LONDON NEWS.

MR MASSEY AND SIR JOSEPH

WARD

WARMLY WELCOMED IN LONDON

PRIVATE BUILDING RESTRICTED

LONDON, Oct. 8. Mr Massey and Bir Josepn Ward arrived at l Jaadmgton at 1U p.m. There Was a picturesque scene at the station by a body of JNew Zealand troops, who, on the. dimly lighted platform', greeted the visitors with rousing cheers. Mr Massey, in a few words, expressed his formal thanks. Sir Thomas Mackenzie and many New. Zealanders and others were present, including Lord Plunkett, Sir J. Carroll, James Coates, Gilbert Anderson, General Richardson, Messrs Moss Davis and Donne, Colonels Fitzherbert, Hall and Myers. ' The Ministers, theY wives, and the rest of the party are in the best of health, and were delighted to hear of the New Zealanders' prowess at Flers, tempered with sad regrets at the casualties They are staying at the Hotel Cecil, and are guests of the Government.

Official notice is given that private building must be restricted. The inconvenience is unavoidable, consequent on the nation's urgent need for munitions. Factories in course of construction require more labor. At the same time every available man must be released for the army and navy. The necessity for the restriction of private building is greater because the use of constructional steel limits the supply of material, which is essential to->the prosecution of the war.