THE MUNITIONS ACT AT WORK

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2647, 18 December 1915, Page 6

THE MUNITIONS ACT AT WORK

•' SAYINGS EFFECTED ■ ■ J ' '' . h! n< j TolegTapli—Press'Association—C-opyricliV .. London, December 16. j v Mr. Lloyd George, speaking on the pi Munitions Amendment : Bill, introduced t : to remedy certain defects in tie Acti, j] v said that the Government had been p able to .save from ten to twenty, mil- j s lions in taking over the whole of the metal trade of the country _ and controll- f £ ing the workshops. Strikes were al- d most unknown. The Munitions Act \ had succeeded, in preventing strife and g dissension.: ". .. •Dr. C. Addison stated that the Munitions Department was recently paying £30 per ton for certain articles.-'-- Being . dissatisfied, it called for the books l to prove, ;the cost of production, with the ... . result that tho price' was reduced to ti £20, r -saving five millions sterling on a n single contract in a. very short time. 61 ■ -7 r—v /-• si ... ENEMY TRADING .> t NEW. LEGISLATION IN BRITISH . , ~ P AIILI AMENT. . v : 1 By TdceraplivPress Association—Cod yrlgln (Rec. December 17, ,1.25 a.m.) London, December 17. . In the House of .Commons Sir John t' Simon (Home Secretary) announced that t the Government was going to 'intro- e duce a.'separate Bill to deal with enemy p .tradihg'in. Britain.., It, would .be con- t fined to trade-with foreign parts, but a separate ; BiUwould be introduced to f deal with, similar cases ia the Dorain- ■ isas. V."V ANTI-CONSCRIPTIONISTS J ■ - • DEPUTATION TO MR. ASQUITH. Uy Tclecraph—Press Association—CopyrielU (Rec, December 18,1.25 a.111.) 3 London, December 17. • / ! A; deputation of Liberal and Labour members' of 7 lhe' House of ' Commons r waited t on. Mr., /Asquith and 'protested igainst .the introduction of conscription { is a great blow to liberty and social . progress. ' • WAR HEROES' RETURNING x ( DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEN , : . SAIL FOR NEW ZEALAND. By Telegraph—Pra=6 Association—Copyright - tßec^-December 17,'1.25 a.m.) London, December 17. ' 'A contingent of medically unfit New 1 oealander6 has left' Plymoulili, home- ! vards bound. Tho band played them J aut. The contingent includes several ] ' *'D.C.M.'s" and a party of Maoris. LATE EARL OF GLASGOW ■ A. WREATH FROM NEW ZEALAND. By Tclcsraph-Press Assoqiation-Oopyrlirlit I London, December 16. The Hon. T. Mackonzio,'.High Com- • ■ missionor for New Zealand, Yepresented tho Dominion' at the late Earl of Glas- ' gow's funeral, at Kelburn, Ayrshire, to-day. Tliere was a' great gathering of the deceased's tenants and political 1 , friends. A wreath was sent from the Government and people of New Zealand, with the inscription: "In affectionate ' remembrance of our late Governor." COMFORTS FOR ANZAC ' PARCELS NOT PROPERLY ADDRESSED. » ; By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrijlii (''Times" and Sydnej "Sun" Services.)' (Rec. December 17, 5.5 p.m.) 1 London, December 16. •Tho Hon. T. Mackenzie, speaking in London, said that: nine-tenths of the parcels of comforts which had been sent out to Gallipoli and the Dardanelles were not properly addressed, and had been returned to tho High Commissioner's Office. ■ ,