London, May 3.
Mr. Winston Churchill, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, has been ordered complete rest and has been forbidden to see anyone on business, The House of Commons has confirmed the remaining Budyet re solutions and the Finance Bill has Heavy Damage: Affected Districts Evacuated Amsterdam, May 3.
Extensive peat fires to-day in ten districts of Drenthe, a frontier province in northeast Holland, caused much damage.
Several million florins' worth of Peat have already been destroyed.
Dwollings in the affected area have been evacuated. There were:
fatalities—Reuter.
Mohamed Mahmoud Pasha, Minister of Finance, has resigned on the ground of health, Mahmoud Pasha is senior vice-president of the Liberal Party and therefore a portfolio must be offered to the Liberals if the present Coalition Government is maintain. ed.—Reuter.
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