CANADA'S EARNESTNESS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14578, 8 April 1918, Page 5

CANADA'S EARNESTNESS.

SUPPRESSING. .. THE DRONES. (Austraiian'Vnd N.Z. Cable Association.) OTTAWA, April 5. An Order-in-Council suppressing idle* ness has -be^ pa^'ed, the Federal Gov** ern*me**t insisting., that every male person under 60 and over 16 ..shall be occupiejd* m some useful occupation^ . . Fine and imprisonment are provided in 'default..

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CHARTER OF RUSSIAN AND OTHER SHIPS. (Australian and^N^.V Cable- Association) NEW- YORK^ April' 6.« The United States ha* chartered .ia Russian ship, at present at an American port, and other Russian vessels will be chartered later. America is negotiating for the charter of a hundred thousand tons of Swedish shipping under temporary agreement. Ml*. Peterson (Director of Imports) announces that no licenses for the importation of articles on tho restricted list will be issued after April 14. This decision affects the import of noii-esseii-tia-jl articles from Australia. Licenses already granted are ineffective after the 14th.