In submitting the estimates of the Education Department the Education Board recommended cancellation of the principle previously laid down by the Council and approved by the ratepayers that expenditure on education be limited to the product of a 2 per cent. General Municipal Rate together with the relative Land Nevertheless, M. Rio asserted, France may be compelled to increase restrictions in order to reduce imports of non-necessities and put the merchant ships to the best possible use.
In conclusion, he pointed out that the Allies are exercising contraband control "with rigour" and that they intend to continue such severe control in the future. It has yielded good results to date for several hundreds of thousands of tons of goods, mostly valuable ore, has been intercepted en route to Germany.—Havas.
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