THE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 163, 8 July 1918, Page 6

THE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.

(Published in The Times.) (ißec. July 8, 8-55 a.m.) LOiNiDOiN, July 6. The peculiarity of the influent a raging in London is exampled in the case of 32 victims, who suddenly collapsed in the streets in one day, necessitating ambulances. There have been 67 deaths during the week. BRITISH 00D SUPPLY. MEAT .RATION" INCREASED. .{Australian and. N.Z. Cable Associates.. (R«c. July 8, 8.55 a.m.) LONDON, July 6. The newspapers state that the weekly meat ration will shortly be increased from 16 pennyweights to 21. SULTAN OF TURKEY. •Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Rec. July 8, 1.10 p.m.) LONDON-, July 7. iMehmed VI., the late Sultan's brother has succeeded him. (The succession to the Throne, according to the Turkish custom, rests with the senior male descendant of the House of Othmam, sprung from the Imperial harem. The Sultan does not marry, but. selects from the inmate of the harem a certain number who are known a? ladies of the Palace, the others occupy ing positioi's subordinate to them. The . eldest son of the Sultan only succeeds when there- at i no uncles or cousins of greater age than himself.) MR HUGHES. NEEDED IN ENGLAND. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association ■ {Rec. July 8, 10.50 a.m.) LONDON, July 7. Lord Ebury, in a letter to the Morning Post, urges that the National Party try to persuade Mr Hughes to leave Australian politics in order to lead the English National Party. iMr "Hughes's place in Australia is easily fillable, because clcH-i* thinking rules there, but is nearly extinct in Bri tain. Mr Hughes is needed in order to re-animate it.