MOTHER COUNTRY

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17290, 4 October 1916, Page 7

MOTHER COUNTRY

ENEMY FIRM. ANOMALOUS POSITION. Australian and N.Z. Cablo Association LONDON, October 2. Sir Charles Johnston, a former Lord Mayor of London, has drawn the attention of tho Home Office 10 the fact that Schumacher, an unnaturalisecl German, and his partner Broecker, naturalised, are allowed to carry on a silk merchant's business in the city. The Board ot Trade declares that it has no power to wind up the business under the Tradinc with the Enemy Act. . . n . Tho fact that an enemy firm is doing business under tho protection ot trie Board of Trade has raised angry pintests, and tho "Daily Mail" declares that there aro many similar cases.