DOMINION WAR NEWS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CI, Issue 15456, 19 September 1914, Page 9

DOMINION WAR NEWS.

BRITAIN NEEDS SUGAR. (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Sept. IS. Mr Wicklmra, the British Trade Commissionerj lias received the following from tl;o Board of Trade'Tho prohibition on.the exportation of foodstuffs from the United Kingdom has been withdrawn as from August 2S as regards the British Dominions, hut from September 11th the exportation of sugar, refined and unrefined, also molasses and similar goods, will be prohibited. A MERCHANTMAN. SUNK BY ENEMY. IN BAY OF BENGAL. AUCKLAND, Sept. 18News has boon received in insurance circles in Auckland that the Harrison linor Diplomat, 7600 tons, with £250,t 00:> worth of cargo, was sunk in tho B iy of Bengal bv the German cruiser E'.v.flon. (The Diplomat was a sister sliij, to the Harmatais, which recently , visited New Zealand),

INCREASE IN WAR RATES. CHRISTCHURCH, 'Sept, 18. The British Insurance Association has cabled to firms in Christchurch that the war nates in Britain have been increased from 3 per cent, (formerly) to 5 per cent.; and rates to India and Africa from 2 per cent, to 4 per cent. It is thought that the advance is due to the activities of German cruisers which might have escaped from the North Sea. OLYMPIA PATRIOTIC CARNIVAL. TUG-OF-WAR COMMITTEE. Tlie following gentlement have consented to organise the undermentioned sections in the Trades and Professions for the tug-of-war:—Auctioneers, Mr L,. OCallagban; Land AgentG, Messrs Huston and Hawkes; Insurance Agents, ,MrE. J. LeCren; Bankers Mr E. J?. V. Sealey; Lawyers, Mr H. Tripp. Hairdressers. Mr Geo. Whitehouse; Dentists, Dr W. A. Gunn; Tailors, Mr H. S Lamb; Bootmakers. Mr J. Reid; Plumbers, Mr W. Tweeddale; Booth, Maedonald and Co., Mr Hector Cox; Clothing and Mercers, Mr W. Battson; Painters, Mr W- Donn. In _ addition to those named, other combinations are being made up. Tho South School was om'tted from the preliminary not : ce appearing in yesterday's issue. Tli is school will Jrive displays by both girls and boys. ° Bth (S C.) MOUNTED RIFLES. ACTING APPOINTMENTS. The following acting appointments have been made in the Bth (South Canterbury) M.R.—Lance-sergeant J. H. Dines to sergeant; Corooral R. B. Prwsfc to sergeant; Lance-Corporal S. J. Bowker to corporal; Lance-Corporal A. X M'Kenzie to corporal; Troopers : Gr. D. Templar, J. "R. "Whitta, G. E. Booker. H. A. Bruce. W. J. Thomnson, G. M. M'Kenz ; e, I. F. Watson, C. G. Rich, W. H. Ha,y and E. A. Rickman to lance-corporal.