BRITAIN'S PART.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16145, 25 February 1918, Page 8

BRITAIN'S PART.

THE D.S.O. NEW ZEALANDERS DECORATED. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) I (Received February 25th, 12.50 a.m.) LONDON, February 24. The King, at Buckingham Palace, conferred 290 decorations, including the Distinguished Service Order, on Colonels W. Cunningham and J. Duigan, New Zealanders. A SIGNIFICANT INTERVIEW. (Received February 2oth, 12.50 a.m.) LONDON, February 24. Importance is attached to the Japanese Ambassador's interview with Mr Balfour. SOLDIERS' GRAVES. MONUMENTS TO THE FALLEN. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Router's Telegrams.) .xJeceived February 24th, 0.0 p.m.) LONDON, February 22. A meting of the Imperial War Graves'Commission approved of the report of Lieutenant-Colonel making a recommendation of equality of treatment in the headstones for officers and men. The Government will bear the cost of tho outlay and maintenance. It was stated that some, if not all, of tho Dominions would decide on headstones representing the Dominion, rather than the individual. MINERS OPPOSE MAN-POWER PROPOSALS* (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) J (Received February 24th, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, February 22. The president of the Scottish Miners' I

r Conference announced that large joritios in the various mining districts had ba'lcted against the Government s man-power proposals. RUSSIAN ENVOY EVICTED. (Australian and X.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON. February 22. The landlord lias ejected LitvinotT. the Bolshevik nominee as Russian Ambassador in London, from his offices in | Victoria street, on the ground that he has not observed the clause prohibiting propaganda work.