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WHEAT SUPPLIES. RAINSTORMS RETARD BRITISH HARVEST. LONDON, August 30. The wheat visible supplies are 85,456 quarters. Chicago September options arc 143g, December 147. Heavy rainstorms are seriously retarding the British harvest. CONSCRIPTION OF WEALTH. "WE SHALL NOT HESITATE." (Australian and N.Z. Gable Assn.) MELBOURNE, August 30. In the House of Representatives Mr W. M. Hughes, Prime Minister, referring to conscription of wealth, said: "Since we are calling on men to sacrifice their lives, we shall not hesitate to compel men to sacrifice their wealth for the salvation of the country." DIPLOMATIC OFFICE. 1 BRITISH" MINISTER AT BERNE. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, August 30. Sir Horace Rumbold, who prior to the outbreak of the war was British Charge d'Affaires at Berlin, succeeds Mr Evelyn Grant Duff as British Minister Plenipotentiary to Switzerland.
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Waikato Times, Volume 87, Issue 13274, 1 September 1916, Page 2
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