Brevities.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXV, Issue 6162, 7 March 1914, Page 2

Brevities.

The Flourmillers’ Association has advanced the price of fl iur 10s per ton. There is an outbreak of foot and mouth direase in the Conway district. The Government is granting the Shaoklaton Expedition £SOOO io 1914 and £6OCO in 1915

The Melbourne Fire Brigade Board is about to spend £8212 in the purchase cf motor fire fighting vehicles. Special tiny instruments were used in a successful operation to saparatt Siamese twin girls aged three months. A young German lady was arrested at Cherbourg in posseaiion of oomple’.e plans of the naval arsenal.

Fir E. H. Shaokleton has already received £50,000 towards his expedition. He deolioes further controversy regarding Lieutenant Koenio’s claims. Owing to tha exclusion of frcaan mutton horn army contracts Mr T. Mackenzie has offered to demonstrate to tte War Offioe the suitability of New Zealand mutton for army rations.

Mr Ramsay Mao Donald was addressing a Labour party meeting at the Memorial Ha 1 when Suffragettes took oharge of the meeting for an hour. They oalled Mr MacDonald “traitor.” There were many free fights before they were ejected.