EXPLOSION AT PARIS

Wanganui Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15133, 30 January 1917, Page 2

EXPLOSION AT PARIS

MUNITIONS FACTORY DE:STROYED. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, January 29A great gelatine explosion occurred at Paris. Many lives were lost. PARIS, January 29. The fire at Massy Paliseau spread rapidly and reached depots of explosives. ' Owing to the intensity of the explosion, first reports of tlie casualties were exaggerated. They are now behoved to be under twenty. The explosion at the melinite factory at Massy Paliseau was heard throughout Paris. There were many casualties. ' GERMAN FOOD SHORTAGE. STEADILY' GROWING WORSE. (Austral' - ’;: and N.Z. Cable Association.)" AMSTERDAM, January 29. An official statement by the Imperial German Food Office declares .that despite a favourable corn crop, Germany’s position is worse than in 1916 owing to the failure of potatoes. A system of economy must be carried out immediately if it is to be possible for the nation to hold out till next harvest. Imports from neutral countries are also a decreasing quantity. Foodstuffs are very scarce. Strict organisation is necessary. This difficulty'has arisen owing to the opposition and resistance of large sections of the population _to the ordinances and restrictions issued.