LATEST WAR NEWS. BRITAIN

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 16036, 22 January 1918, Page 7

LATEST WAR NEWS.

BRITAIN

SINN FEIN DEMANDS. FOR IRISH INDEPENDENCE. By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn (Received Jan. 22, 1 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 21. Sinn Feiners distributed leaflets at church doors stating that Ireland had .decided to petition the nations of the world in favour of independence. It stated that the Sinn Foiners will hold a plebiscite of the people in Ireland over eighteen years on the question of independence. STRICTER MEASURES. TO PUNISH PROFITEERS. (Received Jan. 22, 1 p.m.) > LONDON, Jan. 21. Mr. Clynes, M.P., in a speech at Manchester, said that the were over-lenient with profiteers. The Food Ministry was introducing a. Bill providing that offenders, in addition to fines or imprisonment, should repay doubl the/ amount in excess of the fixed- prices. DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION. FOR ALL THE ALLIES. (Received Jan. 22, 1.0 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 21. The Daily Express states that Sir Philip Nash has been appointed Direc-tor-General of Transportation for all the Allies. This is anotljer -stop in the direction of unified control. VERY HEAVY RAIN. CAUSES SERIOUS FLOODS. Jan. 22, 1 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 21. Heavy rains have resulted in floods all over the countryside. The rivers have risen alarmingly and thousands of acres are under water. Much damage has been done in South Wales, Devonshire, Warwickshire, and Buckinghamshire. Many towns in Huntingdonshire are isolated. The thaw revealed’ 4500 burst waterpipes in New-castle-on-Tyne.