DARDANELLES COMMISSION.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 10527, 4 December 1916, Page 5

DARDANELLES COMMISSION.

Australian-New Zealand Cable Association.. Received December 4, 11.25 a.in. LONDON, Doc. 5. I The Dardanelles Commission is preparing an interim report in moderate terms which, nevertheless, according to the Sunday Times, fully indicate Mr _ Churchill’s responsibility tor the conception ol the expedition. The minority may insist on an independent and more pronounced report.

SCANDINAVIA'S FOOD PROBLEM. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. Received December 4, 10.5 a .m. STOCKHOLM. Dec. 3. j 'I lie Scandinavian countries are seriously considering the food problem. Prices have, risen abnormally in Norway, Denmark ana i<> ji lesser degree in Sweden which bat. adopted a limited svsiem of food tackots and maximum prices which aie now being ex - tended owing to the scarcity of butter. Hour .-ml milk. Sweden has fixed a standard for Hour, insisting on 75 per cent being oxlract,.(l fiom wheat. The jienalty is imprisonment for failure, to observe the standard ■ The State controls grain production next . ~a ti Nor wav has coped wfh the difficulty !>v instituting communal provisioning conn,.jj s u liich are largely run by women successfully. War food store* have been opened in many cent res. another german lie. j Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. Received December 4, 8.55 a.in. 1 COPENHAGEN, Dee. 3. Britain emphatically denies the German allegation that the is seeking to secure I ihe transit of war material to Russia, via SwocVn. ZEPPELIN DESTROYERS DECORATED. * Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. (Renter’s Telegrams.; Received December 4. 11.45 a.m. LONDON, Dec. 3. ( The Distinguished Service Order has ' been awarded to Sub-Lieutenant Edward Pulling and Distinguished Service (‘losses to Lieut. Egbert Cadbury and Sub-Lieut. Gerard lor line'naval air I service in connection with the dcstrue- ■ cion of last Tuesday’s Zeppelin off the Noil oik coast.