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CANADIAN MUNITION FACTORY. AN EXPENSIVE EXPLOSION. Renter's Telegrams. OTTAWA', October 28. An explosion destroyed the Canada Explosives Company's works, the loss amounting to £.400,000. CANADIAN PENSIONS. ONE MILLION POUNDS A YEAR. Renter's Tclegrams. OTTAWA, October 28. An Order-in-Council announces an increase of soldiers' and sailors' pensions by approximately 40 per cent. The Government is now paying about £1,000,000 per annum. ANTI-GERMAN DEMONSTRATION. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. SYDNEY, October 29. (Received Oct.-29, at 9.20 p.m.) A big anti-German demonstration in the Town Hall resolved to urge the authorities to combat enemy activities. PAUCITY OF NEWS. SYDNEY, October 29. (Received Oct. 29, at _ 9.20 p.m.) Congestion and interruptions to lines account for the paucity of war news. GERMAN CHANCELLOR RESIGNS. Renter's Telegrams. AMSTERDAM, October 28. (Received Oct. 29, at 11.25 p.m.) The Berlin evening papers report that Herr Michaelis has resigned the Chancellorship.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17148, 30 October 1917, Page 5
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