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In written reply to Hr. Acland Allen, Sir Albert Stanley zayn:-The number of boxes of matches released for the London area is 4.000,000 per week and that for Scotland 2,400,000 per week.
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Rateable Value of London. An official return shows that' the rateable value of the 28 parishes or unions of London is £45,439,999. The rateable value of the City of London Vajon ja $5,816,570, of the City of West- micster Union' £8,043,144, of Wandsworth $3,193,082, of St. Marylebone £2,215,557, of Ken. sington 62.445,082, sad of Hal. bara 42,130,916. The lowest rateable value is that of Stepney --* £329,547.
News From France. A young officer on the General List (Chinese Labour Corps) in France writes that he has met Colonel Sigerfoos, recently in Command of the 15th US. Infan. try in Tientsin, and Colonel Garrison MacCasky (lata Adjust- sat of the 15th). Capt. Webb-| Bowen, of the Middleser Regi- ment, is now a Lieut-Colonel, and has been given the D.8.0. Sir John Walsham, Bart, is in camp with him, and be has also met Lieut. D. D. Forbes, formerly! of Tientsin.
Light of Greater London. As the meeting of the London "Safety First" Council it was resolved to invite the Central Lighting Authority, through the Home Secretary, to adopt a diffused, substantially uniform illumination in all districts in the Great London area where military exigencies and local conditions permit. It was also decided to euggest to the lighting sathorities] in this area that, after the war, the use of appliances abould be encouraged to provide diffused street illumination in substitution for the glaring lighting which prevailed before the outbreak of war. It was announced that the President of Loos! Government Board had become a vice-presid- eat of the Council,
Bacon Cargoes Endangered. At a meeting of the British Food Control Committee, Mr. Ernest Boven, of the Dockers' Union, complained that, owing to the wholesale trade stipulating that imported baoon should be handled in pre-war methods, the docks of Bristol, London, Liver- pool, and Manchester were blocked with cargoes, and that if warm weather came quickly we should see the biggest bacon waste ecandal of the war period... He protested against the holding up of such large quantities of food- staff instead of getting them Bway to the markets of the country. The chairman and others having.concurred in the protest, it was resolved to de mand an interview with the Food Ocntroller.
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The Government's policy means much to the whole Nerib American continent, since its ehipbuilding programme is no temporary war measure but the PARTICULARS AND CON- foundation of a permanent basi (DITIONS of the letting by Public ness, that will equip this country Auction Sale, to be held on with steel merchantmen to take Monday, the 8th day of July, care of all our export trade in the 1918, at 3 pm, at the Offices fature." After the war this of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Canadian tonnage will be even Governor, of One Lot of Crown more necessary than now, for Land at Happy Valley, in the English ships at present plying Colony of Hongkong for a term the North Atlantio route will then of 75 years, with the option of be diverted to the seven sess in renewal at a Crown Rent to be order to re-establish former lines fixed by the Surveyor of His of trade that are being neglected Majesty the King, forone further during these days of conflict. term of 75 years.
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Tientais that Mr. A. de O. What is Being Done to Check-plate industry in this country.
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The following letter has been may seem slight as compared with tons of steel plate per annum. Tribunal recently. The chairman,
received from the Dake of the larger programme outlined. To provide for oar #hip- Mr. F. Mead, said the Act stated Connaught by Sir Charles Lacse, for America, nevertheless the building requirements, however, that a public department might Chairman of the Council of the tonnage now under construction during the year and a half before include in a list of certified
Royal Colonial Institute:Dear here is considerable in proportion this plant is ready to deliver Occupations those who came with Sir Charles Lucas, I write to to our population. The amount, orders, the U.S. Government has in the sphere of the departments, Within the ephere of what public say that it will give me the of shipping launched in Canadian been good enough to enable as to greatest pleasure to accept the watera during the last two Pecare efficient steel for 1913 department could a newspaper office of President of the Royal rears, which hee included raval and 1919 st the same price be? He doubted if the placing Colonial Institate, which I wavessels of a certain type, has been as is paid at the United States we of bewapaper maker-up in the! list was legal. The National obliged to resign in 1911 on my the greatest in the country's abipyarde; This co-operation Service representative replied aming the appointment of history, New yards have been has
Canada, established in the Maritime that the certified occupation list, which necessitated my absence Provinces, in Quebec, along the having been upheld by appeal from England for five years. I Great Lakes, and ca the Pacific courts, could not be questioned by will be difficult for anyone to Coast; all of these, as well as the a local tribunal. Eveninally the follow my old friend, the late older basinesses, are Dow crowd- care was adjourned, so that the Lard Grey, whose enthusiasm for ad to their utmost capacity. Only representative could get further the cause of Imperial anity wstwo weeks ago the first ship in strong and inspiring and whose fifty years was launched at Que- Marriage Arranged In Court. loas I deeply deplore. However. bec, where the transatlantic At Stratford Police Court, Emily Florence Sullivan, 35, a 1will do the atmost I can to former, the Royal Willismo, was machinist, of South Grove ward the very important work i built in 1833. baildings, Mile Ead, was charged that the Colonial Institute has and fifty-two wooden steamers, is engaged on. I rejoice to hear At present, sixty steel steamers with abandoning her child aged expanded so much and is extend aggregating about 170,000 tone, Fix weeks. Detective-mergeant Hider ssid that Sullivan had been ing its overzea membership and and seventy small sailing vessela a widow for about five years. She is establishing bisnches in there building at eighty different admitted that she bad abandoned great centres of the United King hipyarda. Only four of these, the child at Leytonstone. Salli dom, and is making efforts it however, belong to the Dominion's van now pleaded that she had come into closer touch with the new programme for spending been ill. Her three other children working democracy. Although $300,000,000 on A fleet of ware in want of food and she the war precludes ne from cele Government-owned ocean-going thought she would abandon the healing our jubilee this year, steel steamer, for the earlier baby in the hope that "someone we should otherwise have dear, orders, which are chiefly from would pick it up" and look after let us look forward to happier the Imperial Manitions Board it. A men in Court said that he times and let na press forward and from private companies, bava was guling to marry the woman, our work with renewed energy. be nompleted before these yours sincerely, large vessels are bid down. - andenpon this understanding the Believe me,
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