A Coincidence.
Thursday.—The Kaiser distributes 30,000 iron crosses.
Friday.—Great Britain declares pig-iron contraband of war.
"Members of the Tooloona Rifle Club have collected 1,000 fat sheep as a gift to the British troops. The price of butter has been reduced to £4 per ton, and the wheels of the export trade will be immediately set in motion."
Daily Chronicle.
How fortunate that the price of lubrication fell just in time.