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GENERAL NEWS.

Deported By Turks.

A report from the Greek Foreign Office of the Relief Com- mittee for Greeks in Asia Minor! alstee that more than 250,000 ₫ Christain Greeks had been da ported by the Turks from their homes in the Barisbing regions of Tarkey bordering on the cass, notably from Samecno, Alvalis, Trebizoned and Smyrna.

Submarine Oil Pipe. "Is it not generally known," writes a correspondent of a Home journal “sbat a sabmarina oil pipe-line has been propceed "between Europe and America? It will not be so easy sa laying an electric cable, but in these days of scient file engineering nothing is insuperable. The estimated coat is about ten millions sterling, and

it is said that's thoassud gallone

of oil could be transferred across the Atlantic for aboat six ebill- inga.

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A Big Treasure-Vault A huge stock of gold is housed in the vaults of the United States Treasury at Washington, corridor in the bsenment has been abat cff by teel gates, and the gold is stacked up like bricka i swaiting the mason's band. Io that pile is one thousand two bundred tone of pure gold, much of it representing British coins sent to Washington in payment of war supplies, and melled dow in the essay office'next door. Eitb brick is worth about one thousand sir bundred pounde, and the total value is more than one hundred and fifty million pounde..

Jam Jars Wanted. The Prese Baresu notified the! public recently that tons of fruit will go to waste this summer unless the country mobilises the whole of ita stock of jam jers for the bee fruit growers and factories. Everything points to a beary fruit harvest, bat jars are not available in many districts where they will be most needed. The National Salvage Coantil appesis householder in the to every country who is not in's position to make jam to hant up all avail. able jare for sale either to local growers or to dealere. No single jir that can possibly be filled with jam eboald lie idle.

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No War Charity Lotteries.

"RATIONING."

Aspects of the German System

of Food Distribution.

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Mr. Brace, Under Secretary for Home Affaire, could not, be said. in Parliament recently, undertake to introduce regulations making

Zurich, Jane 2-In the first legal the holding of lotteries ir convection with war charities. days of May there was a very, Be would however, consider what interesting process in Berlia. could be done in the matter of The charge was brought against tombolag consected with war the manger of a big factory, who charities with regard to which had bought directly from farmere Arrangements had already beer all kinda cf foodstuff for his made.

Scarcity of Skilled Women.

In a certain directius a mini mom has been reached in the way al newspaper curtailment, for daily sporting journal bas daring

workmen, without regard either "the part week or two teen appear

to the maximum prices or the ing in a two-page form, prics

rationing regulations. When the twopence. Twc-page papere have There werk dificuity in case was brought before the court. been seen already, but neaslly se securing educated and skilled the colpable manager called as early editions of evening papers, woman labour, although opskilled witness the military chief of the which emelled in bulk as the labour is all available, declared monition cffice controlling bie afternoon wore oz. There is a Lady Heckworth at a meeting, at factory, and this witness, a high certain coceolation for Fleet Street the Trocadero, of the Aerociation officer, admitted to have said to the is the story which it has some of Advertising Women. The feet manager: "Do not trouble shoot times printed in its lighter cor. that women's laboor ie asually maximum prices gor about ration- ners of the small boy who, on immobile is a farther difficulty. ing. Do all you can to keep the being assured that God could do If they made up their minds to workers quiet, prevent strikes Boything, icquired, "Can Be move and follow the work rather under all circumstances by die take a sheet of paper with only than expect the work always to tributing food in unlimited one side ?."

go to them they would perform squantities." In this case the fraud Monotonous Marriages.

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was committed by military order, "We have a habit of speaking

Anonymous Heroine,

and the feetory being “militarie of all marriages as if they were

The identity of an unknowned," it was impossible for the court either blissfully happy or terribly

o make a decision. heroine was recent sought by the unhappy; the majority are

This process clearly shows that Deither," said Hra. Wyndham Edmonton police. On a recent Ban- Kaight-Bruce, si & recent con day evening, a young men named the system of public economy and public distribution of gooda fererce of the British Dominions Birdmead, of Scales-road, Totten through limited xstions and Suffrage Union in Caxton Hall, hem, was paddling a caros in the limited prices immediately suffer-

Les when the when young blies is over, there cacos capsized. It wse been working class was no longer ready comes a period of monotony, and reported to the police that a young to starve for the Fatherland. In if at that time of our lives the women dived in from the bank

and made several attempte to care, the military authorities door were open would not many

bad to give the munition workers people walk out?. Yet we know rescue him, but without success. at least the same privileges which sbst very many husbands and She left the spot before the police the wealthy classes in Germany wives who become estranged at arrived. Birdmead's body we middle life are on the best of recovered. terms again later."

this

have had since the beginning: namely, violation of prescriptiona order benevolent permission of the authorities. Under these con- ditions, the German Socisliet Papere are right in saying that only the poor children and women of the fighting soldiers have to live on ratione entirely insoficient for health.

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