GENERAL ITEMS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17327, 29 May 1918, Page 5

GENERAL ITEMS

TILLAGE IN BRITAIN, j RECORD CROP HOPED FOR. ■ Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. [ LONDON, May 27. Farmers throughout the country antici- " pate an excellent and perhaps a record ( crop. Mr Prothero, President of the Board of Agriculture, speaking at Bedford, eaid the acreage «sown was the highest on ' record, but owing to the withdrawal of half a million labourers there was danger of a labour shortage. He appealed to wom&i to replace men. The Ministry of National Service has 1 completed a 6cheme for employing school i boye for harvesting. i>. Mr J. R. Clynes, Parliamentary Secj retary to the Food Ministry, speaking at t Manchester, said that besides heavy manual workers there were others—for . example, women—who deserved increased ,' rations. He hoped there would soon be e sufficient to enable it to> be done. We 0 could anticipate a continuance of supplies e for a considerable period, but economy Y was still necessary to ensure safety. 1 TRADE WITH NORWAY. ——— 5 AGREEMENT WITH UNITED I STATES. ! " COPENHAGEN, May 27. r (Received May 28, at 7.15 p.m.) k An agreement between Norway and the e United States covenants that Norwegian 8 firms ehall be expunged from the Allied s black lists, and the control of Norway's s imports be left to the Norwegian author!e ties, who will furnish American Ministers " with the necessary statistics. Norway will i- get 200,000 tons more fodder and 30,000 tons more vegetable oil than last winter, * and, in return, will increase her nitrate ir exports to the Allies. »3 : y GHOULISH WORK IN OCCUPIED e TERRITORIES. CHURCHES AND CEMETERD3S DESECRATED. Ie d The Timea " LONDON, May 27. £ (Received May 28, at 7.50 p.m.) The Austrians have stripped churches in invaded regions of metals, and j evacuated cemeteries for zinc. The popu- , lation are indignant, but protesters have been shot. it i_ ARRESTED IN SWITZERLAND. d A PROVED GERMAN SPY. f t HEAD OF A DANGEROUS GANG. 10 The Time* g PARIS, May 27. (Received May 28, at 7.50 p.m.) Bollinger, head of a gang of German ( spies, with women behind the lines of France, has been arrested in Switzerland. Bollinger was imprisoned in 1914 in Bel:e gium, when plans of the Antwerp and r, Liege fortifications were found in his B ' bags. Ho was subsequently liberated.