GENERAL WAR NEWS.
(Delaved Cable). LONDON, April 16. In view of the lessening congestion in street traffic, the Times advocates an organised system ol motor transport throughout Britain. Distillers suggest the prohibition of the use t,i raw spirits, which should, they urge, be kept in bond for five years. The Kaiser has conferred the Iron Cross upon Professor Rontgen, who made iiis name famous as the discoverer of the Hontgen or X rays. Letters from British prisoners in Germany are reassuring. Some have been permitted baths and beer, while others complain of weakness because they have no exercise. Edinburgh and other councils are dispensing with alcoholic liquor at official luncheons.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 10060, 3 May 1915, Page 6
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