OVERSEAS JOURNALISTS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 307, 16 September 1918, Page 6

OVERSEAS JOURNALISTS

: ' (Rec. Septerabor 15, 5.5 p.m.) Paris, September 13.. '. .. British correspondents in.Franco entertained at luncheon the ( overseas :■'."■ journalists. Many, well-known Frenchj men wore present. ' ■.'', i .Lord Derby,' British Ambassador, exj. ■■..'": pressed the, hope that •'tho. overseas i , editors, when, they returned home, :" . would emphasise the horrors of war, so ''"'•' as -'to prevent a recrudescence "of the ■tcrfib'lb evil.' The future of journalism ' .'.'": lay 'in advocating the substitution of ';', right for military autocracy..'. v . ■.]. '-'Messrs. Geddis (New Zealand) and .Mackintosh responded. — Aus.-N.Z. 1:'.'..,. Cable Assn. - . ■. ( ■

i; 'BEER FERRERS ACCIDENT

, v '.:. ...:... London, September 13. "The Bishop of 'Exeter unveiled a - .-'.•'■ tablet in tho Beer Frin-ers parish church ■_'-;. in memory of the New Zealanders (of j. ■'■ the Twenty-eighth Reinforcements) who '"■were killed by the accident on September 24, 1917. Tho tablet is erected "in , admiration of their loyalty and. 501f- .... sacrifice; incoming ,to England to fight ' ''for ihe.; freedom-of the world."—Aus.- '•• • N.Z. Cable Assn.

STRIKE OF COAL-HEAVERS

'.... 'i (Rec. September 15, 5.5 p.m.) London, September 14.' • The Press Bureau reports: "Thecoal- !. ' ■ heavers at Liverpool have ceased work, I holding up, a largo .number of vessels ■ ..which were;preparing to return to ' ''America for' the..puiiiose qf bringing ! 'American and' Canadian troops. The War Cabinet, has decided to employ ,';.. naya) .ratings to coal these vessels."-— : Aus.'-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter.

r ■ :■■■■■:., -. -■■.:. — ■ j BRITISH WIVES OF GERMANS

!, - (R>c. September' 15,' 53 p.m.) ! j...' -- • •••: London, September 13. '■■: .:'■ Sir George Gave, Home, Secretary, in ; * written reply to the members of a ', '-deputation,' stated that there is ro ; \ ,-■. foundation for-' the statement that '/ ':I3ri'tish-b'orri ' wives'had ' been deported ■'' ' ; ''to''Girninny agaiiist their will, excapt ! four or five who''were violently pro,v German. All the otherß had gone volun- ' tarily,'.after being:warned of.the hard- ; .ships they' might endure in Germany. ; "British-born".children over eight 'years j . ,of age had not been allowed to go until 1 interrogated separately. Despite lie f precautions a considerable number of women elected to go, because of 'a dei sire to .follow their deported husbands '■;.-'; or. because/A German name makes life . intolerable in Britain.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable i . ,-Assn.-'.. ■;■■>,'' ;.■:••.

';. -in -V-.. ■■...:■,■*,-: ■,-.,■ ..,. ~. . j WAGES "

(Rec. September 15, 5.5 p.m.) '" ! ' r " \ London, September 13. • The.'railwaymen -are demanding an i ■'• ndvauce ofiOs. a week, in addition fto : „ the present bonus of 2?s. They rejeotj. '•'ed 'an offer of os. Mr. J. H. Thomas, . secretary of the National Union of j Railwaymen, has issued a statement Jwjnting out the gravity, of the.situai urging men to avoid ill- | advised "and 'unconstitutional methods ! during the: national crisis.—Aus.-N.Z. j, Cable .Assn.

I GERMAN PRISONERS STRIKE

!''■ '(Rec. ; 'September 15, 5.5 p.m.) i . London, September 13. : ■;■• In a.Weat of England prison .'camp ' " t the'''Germans struck and'refused' tp ' 'work with conscioTiLionsiobjectors, on : ;'the ground that-the latter,were cowService. : ,

PAPER SUPPLIES

; Melbourne, September 14. ! The Commonwealth Government has i' decided to control the. supply and distribution of paper, and 'has appointed ' Mr. \Villiam Brooks as controller — Press Assn.

; MANNING THE.MINES

i .. . .••■.. ./ i . (Rec. September 15, 5.5 p.m.) London, September 14. ' Arrangements have been made to j return to the mines daily two thousand i miner soldiers below the highest grade, i —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

"HOMES DAY "IN SYDNEY

(Rec. Soptomber 15, 5.5 p.m.) Sydney, September 14. i Incomplete returns of the "Homes 1 , Day" collections show that a sum of £26,000 has been raised.—Press Assn.

j _"■'■'• TRAIN DISASTER .

; .'{Bee...September 15,' 5.5 p.m:) !•■•'-.- ''■ Amsterdam, September 13. Forty people were killed and over | a hundred injured near Weesp, North ...Holland, .through a train falling from ■' « steep embankment.—llouter.

; IN SUPPORT OF ALLIED CAUSE

: , :■' (Rec. Spptcniljcr.lsi.il p.m.) • I .:.'■'.'• New York, ' September 13. - Till? Right Rev. diaries Core, Bishop \ '•;. of-Qxt'ord,. lias arrived. lie is touring '■■'.■' the'aiinitry making speeohes in sup--1 ~ port, of tlio Allied cause—Aus.-N.Z. ; . .'Cable Assn.