BRITISH AFFAIRS

Southland Times, Issue 18833, 28 May 1920, Page 5

BRITISH AFFAIRS

THE FOOD MINISTRY. j ' EARLY REMOVAL OF CONTROL. i (By Telegraph.- -Press Asm.—Copyright.) 1 (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) ( ’ LONDON, May 26. | (Received May 27, 10.1(1 p.m.i It is understood that the Food Ministry will shortly de-control most foods, appointing a number of consultative committees in vaiious trades who will be summoned in the event of the price of any commodity rising abnormally to show why control should not be reimposed. - MURDER OF A MOMS VETERAN. | FRASER AND ROBBINS HANGED. | LONDON, May 25. | Albert James Fraser, an Au.-t ralian soldier, j and James Robbins, an Irishman, who were I sentenced to death on a charge of nuiriler- : ing, a Minis xeterun, nam-d Senior, in the j Queen's Bark Recreation Ground. Glasgow, ;on February 4, were executed to-day at J Glasgow. ! At the trial two women associates of the prisoners gave King's evidi me. Eraser's 'associate pave evidence th: t the men planned ; that she should entire Senior into the park, and that the men would follow and black- : mail him. Robbins took Senior, by (lie throat i and leaser hammered his face with a revolver. The woman added find Eraser had been living on her earnin':- for eighteen mom I is. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS’ BURIAL. RELATIVES' COMPLAINT AGAINST AUTHORITIES. LONDON, May 26. (Received May 27, 0.5 p.m.i Australia House is investigating a complaint arising out of alleged ob-i, uetinn by ofpeers of the Graves' Section in order to prevent relatives from Australia from attending the exhumation of the body of a soldier who died in captivity. It is on lerstond that the Australian an thoritics accepted a German report regarding the graves, but a relative made inquiries during a visit to France dad became suspicious that the report was inaccurate, lie applied for leave to attend when, in accordance with practice, the body was exhumed preparatory In Inina! in an Att--i Indian cemetery. ' The rclatve complains that ob-tindes j were placed in the way, hut finally, by t British intervention. he saw the grave opened, it then tran-pired that the grave | contained six Briti.-h soldiers and no Australian. The mistake was obviously due to faulty German records. COTTON GROWING. MANCHESTER PROPOSAL TO QUEENSLAND. LONDON, May 25. iRe-a-ived May 27, 7. lb p.m.i !t is understood that the cotton growing proposal for Queensland was made during ! Mr Hunter's visit to Manchester. Mr J. j W. Hunter, Agent-General, pointed our I that the two years’ experience was on such ] a small scale thai il did not justify Queens- i land's embarking on the project. The ne- | got.iations are still proceeding, and a further 1 interview is probable in which Mr Hunter, will urge the Manchester traders to accept a deeper responsibility for the experiment.