BRITISH MAN POWER.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 11417, 21 December 1917, Page 5

BRITISH MAN POWER.

COMBING OUT PROCESS. HAMPERED BY ASQUITH S PROMISES. (Received Thursday, 5.40 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 10. The Government is ' postponing the announcement of it’s man power scheme till the new year, so as to enable a discussion with the trade’s union leaders regarding a drastic combing out of the munitions and other workshops, in regard to which the Government is hampered by Mr Henderson’s and Mr Asquith’s promises. Sir Eric Gcddcs assured the Miners’ Federation of his intention of introducing industrial conscription. THE QUEUE NUISANCE. CONDEMNED BY LORD RHONNDA.

PROFITEERING TO BE ABOL ISHED.

London, Dec. 19. Lord Rhondda, in a speech at Islington, s-ml every food queue was a centre of possible mischief and must and will be stopped. The Ministry will support local food committees in initiating schemes for a more equitable distribution. The controller will consider a system of compelling customers to register at one shop for butter and margarine and compulsory rationing will probably be necessary, but there is no fear of starvation. The prices of potatoes, meat, bread, margarine and cheese had been reduced in the last half year and the cost of living had fallen by ten per cent. Ministry measures precluded the" possibility of profitereing, to which increased prices were only slightly due. Committees could prosecute and drive out profiteers from business. He believed the country was willing to agree to the most drastic regulations as long as sacrifices were equal. BRITISH FOOD ARRANGEMENTS. ONE MEATLESS DAY FIXED. (Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.) Received Dec. 21, 9 a.m. London, Dec. 2 0. Lord Rhondda is arranging to fix January maximum prices for various grades of home live 'stock and imposes from the New Year one meatless day per week, on which no cooked or uncooked meat shall be sold. He proposes to limit retail sales after the thirteenth of January to three-quarters of the amount of October sales.