NOTES FROM LONDON.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16546, 22 September 1919, Page 3

NOTES FROM LONDON.

PR OFITEER ING ACT.

PRODUCING GOOD EFFECT.

(Received Sept. 22, 11 a.m.)

LONDON, Sept, 21. Although no case was hoard in the first week under tho Profiteering Act, prices are falling, especially for clothing, boots, hats and fruit.

BRITISH BUREAUCRACY,

STILL GROWING FAST,

(Received Sept. 22, 11.5 a.m.) „ LONDON, Sept. 21. Despite demands for a reduction in national expenditure the official figures show an increase of 2267 employees in Government departments in August, compared; with July.

THE WAR MEDAL,

CRITICISM OF LATEST GRANT.

(Received Sept. 22, 12.15 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 2U. The Daily Mail, commenting upon the War Office decision to award the war modal to Y.M.C.A. rvorlFers, stigmatises it as unjust. The article says: “Tommy risked his life for four years in tlie trenches and now finds that the much-prized and dearly bought ribbons are to be shared with hosts of men and women, most of whom worked for a few months behind the lines.”—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. ■