BRITAIN

Timaru Herald, Volume CVII, Issue 16617, 23 August 1918, Page 6

BRITAIN

I 15! G SILOTi f AGE OK COAT,. I AmiATj FI'OM MARSHAL I'OCTTAustralian nnd N.Z. Cnblo Assn. LOXDON*. A'ifjnst -»!. Mr Caltlirup, speaking ;»i ji eonler--011.- n! the .Miners' Federation. ut fcmuliporl, sniij the countiv cxpcMivl Mi" n.nl .-liorlfigo to ho M.I'(lO,Ol)0 tain ;li : > year. Ho 'lopod to wive luMwrou fuul O.OOO.nnn ton.s In- moans, ol li'JUffJiDltl rationing. 'l'll.* colli, H,ts <ijid olivt ricilv delimit- could onlv 'iU nuM l»v rationing important. industries; ilim. were ;mt Mim-tly cmn-oroed in I war work, nnd liy improwd output-. </in' privations far exi-eedcj ro.rs. Frames com! ration for a lani-j il\ of I'vo whs only SRcwt. por iiiiniini. \ .\ini'rii'.m troops pouring into I'Yame noodrd moiic constantly. Xenrly all; 'ho i'o»] dolivorifs to tin- railways had j IHTu suspended ill order to divert ship-; nrnls to It:iiy. Tin- Grminns wio in lvorso straits tlinn ours, hut during Jul v wo Moro uiiahte to fulfil our obligations to tV Allies and neutrals. Jitlv's o\tpu: was 15,70(1.1)00 ions, >va doc-.Tiiso of ;i.ftH).nnu tons 'umparH Mit.il IDI7, luit July rmrld "I?VorV Inf" o nnnors'Vn ..TniTo July wi-vM absent- a week owing to mMr Caltrop rf.id mossns«s from Anmi ml Hoait.v, fir »oueI«» lln*. awl 11. ('leinoiif'-'ail, IUKiIIK an :i tloq 1 l:n .• !.;;inil v of coil 1 as licinc vital to tlie \llip>' i-iiuw. General Fooii to!i>nra;'li--1 'foal k tlie koy to victory. Minns cf Britain lielp mo."