THE FOOD SHORTAGE.

Otago Witness, Issue 3344, 17 April 1918, Page 17

THE FOOD SHORTAGE.

Tho Press Bureau states that Lord Rhondda will prohibit from Juno 1 the sale of canned goods, unless the label clearly shows the estimated weigh't of the meat, apart from the vessel containing it. British officials say that tho utilisation of local resources in Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Palestine will save 'the British Government 2.000,000 tons of shipping this year. The British are intensively cultivating 1000 square miles in Mesopotamia. LONG-RANGE- GUNS. Tho bursting of one of the long-rapge guns which are bombarding Paris is confirmed from a sure source. It occurred on March 25, an officer and nine men being killed. Tho Petit Journal states that three of tho long-range guns have been located, half a mile apart, and one of them has been put out of action. Many naval guns in the vicinity of these guns fire simultaneously, for 'the purpose of confusing aerial observers. The guns are 95ft long, two-thirds of that length being barrel and one-third breech. The bombardment of Paris continued on tho 7th, but no casualties resulted. On the 11th four persons were killed and 21 wounded. A shell fell on a children’s hospital. The long-range bombardment has entered a now phase. After firing during the day tho guns renewed the bombardment in the midnight hours. No casualties were caused. In the House of Commons Mr Macphorson stated that stops had been taken to construct a gun capable of throwing a shell 80 miles.