FIGHTING IN EAST AFRICA.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11477, 4 March 1918, Page 5

FIGHTING IN EAST AFRICA.

DISPERSING ENEMY'S 'REARGUARD London, March 2. An East African official report statos; Our columns from Lake Nyasaa dispersed the enemy’s rearguard southeast of Mt._ Arikia. Out columns from Pertamfia has 1 occupied Mega. WAR BREAD IN. SOUTH AFRICA. Capetown, March 1. The Cost of Living 1 Commission recommended fixing prices of .wheat at :12s per two hundred pounds; also mixing wheat with maize flour for war bread. The Minister of Railways said the Government was not prepareud to fix prices, but would introduce a Bill providing, for the compulsory miixug of wheat with maizle. PRICE OF RECRUITS. Melbourne, March 2. As the result of objections by recruiting bodies the Government lias decided to pay 10s for each recruit secured to the funds of recruiting committees instead of to recruiting sergeants, as' originally proposed.