OFFICIAL WAR MESSAGES.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13997, 29 January 1916, Page 6

OFFICIAL WAR MESSAGES.

RESTRICTION OK IMPORTS INTO BRITAIN.

". The Prime Minister has received the la) Soyir.g by-cabio'"f«oip.,-xhe1 H:gh (.'om.tnissioner: —

> London, Jan. 27,-7 p.m. In the House of Commons Mr.iluncima'n annouiced. that, in order 'to relieve the .strain on shipping tonnage, t'ha Goverm'iout had decided to cut down non essential imports. Paper and pulp grass would be dealt with first. Raw tobacco, building materials, furniture woods, veneers, and some fruits would shortly be prohibited.