The Rangitikei Advocate. TWO EDITIONS DAILY. MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1918.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11446, 28 January 1918, Page 4

The Rangitikei Advocate. TWO EDITIONS DAILY. MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1918.

A French communique reports a lively artillery duel at r Caurieres Wood, where an enemy raid failed. There are fresh disorders at Barcelona. The Government has announce that it is determined to crush the agitation The first comb-out in connection with Britain’s new manspower policy operates, in February. It first combs out from all the general services those under 34, The Broadway to Bond Street, High Street to Grey Street district will have charge of the Martoa Patriotic Shop again to-morrow, and will have a good supply of cooked meat,p oultry, pies and cakes for sale.

In the House of Commons, SMr Kennedy Jones asserted that the greatest dissatisfaction existed with the Commanders after the Somme. The present Government intended early in 1917 to remove-Sir Douglas Haig, but they dared not face fc the newspaper outburst. The Press Bureau states that Dr. Addison haa appointed a committee of manufacturers and business men to compile a list of articles suitable for manufacture and which were not made in Britain before the war. The Commissioner of Taxes draws attention of taxpayers to the notification appearing in to-day’s issue that the date of payment of the Income tax and Special War tax is on Monday, the 38th day of January,, 1918. Additional tax will accrue if the tax is not paid on or before 18th February, 1918.

Several speakers at a prolonged meeting of the workers at Vienna,' representing all Austria, declared that the strikes were only preliminary skirmishes in the great labour struggles. The censorship suppressed the strongest statements. Every lady who desires to be in perfect accord with fashion and yet truly comfortably fitted should go to Lloyd’s Ltd. I" for Warner’s rust proof corsets. A . popular model for the average figure from 6s lid to 19s Gd and guaranteed to fit perfectly, to wear well, and not rust, break or tear. Their stock of Warners’ corsets is the largest in the district. You should also read their advertisement on pa te one. .*

A Brisbane cable states that there are no further details or the Mackay disaster available. It is believed the township of Marlborough is practically wiped out. A German naval lieutenant who deserted from Kiel has arrived in Holland. He says that three weeks ago the crow of mine sweeping trawlers, which were badly handled in a fight with the British, returned to Hamburg. They were ordered to resume duty within an hour. They mutinied and threw an officer into” the water and allowed him to drown. An armed motor launch machine gunned the mutineers, killing 44 and wounding 73. 'i he remainder were court-martialled and heavily sentenced. The Prime Minister, commenting upon the recently “published statements forecasting a subt mtiwl surplus of English profits on New Zealand butter, which will be avail a bie to the extent of fifty per cent, among the local producers, expressed the opinion to your correspondent that there is no likelihood of the price of butter i?i New Zealand going up to Is 8d as a consequence of English prices. The English price is bein g fixed by the Food Controller, and is not likely to be much higher than the relative price in New Zealand. “If there is a profit over the fixed f.o.b. price,” said’ Mr Massey, “half of it will go back to the New Zealand producer, and I think there will be something to divide but it will be very small. The recent increase in freights, while it does not make any difference on the face of things to the butter producer, as the Imperial authorities see to the shipments, will be taken into account by the Food Controller in ascertaining the amount of the net profit to bo divided.”

‘‘l saw a train load of men come in from the Western front,” says a writer in the Australian paper. “They were grimy, hut laughing, I saw another train load go out for the Wetern front. The women had been assisting the soldiers, carrying their luggage. They wore all healthy and smiling. That gave me my first impression of England. I was satisfied that the heart of the people w-s in the right place. One of the greatest sights of London now takes place at about 7 o’clock at night, when you see from 50 to a 100 ambulances go towards the railway station. There are thousands of people standing round waiting for the hospital train to draw up with the returned soldiers. When tiie train arrives there is a deathly stillness. A momentor two afterwards a soldier laughs, or another waves his hand or foot. The crowd recognises that the men are living. The cheering that goes up from the crowd would bring tears to the eyes of anyone. The people atop there patiently from 7.30 to 9.30. or 10 o’clock every night. That goes on every evening at the proper time in all the main centoea of London. It is a sight that one never forgets. ” Three good meals a day, agreeably varied, are needed by all busy folk. Nowadays the cost is increased but can be kept at rock-bottom by dealing for groceries exclusively with Hodder and Tolley. Spot cash over the counter, no booking, no canvasing,;no delivery,—so their prices|are lower !*