Second Edition Great, Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 6, 7 May 1915, Page 6

Second Edition Great, Britain

THE MINERS' DISPUTE. Unitud Pit km Association. (Received 1,5 p.m.) London, -May fi. The Premier (Mr Asquith) inforabed the Miners' Federation they had made out a prima facie case for an advance in wages. Unless the existing committees had determined the amount in a week, the Government would select an umpire to decide. REPRISALS ON BRITISH OFFICERS. (Received 1.5 p.m.) f London, May 6. Sir Edward Grey said he had been unofficially informed that nine British officers in Cologne were in i solitary confinement, being denied decent sanitary conditions, and confined in ceJUs with a single window high up in the wall. THE SPIRIT AND WINE TRADES. (Received L 5 p.m.) V London, May 6. Mr Lloyd, George, in the House of Commons, said he had, met representatives of the spirit and wine trades, including an Australian representative, and he hoped to make definite arrangements by Friday. TONS OF INDIANS WHEAT! (Received. 1.5 p.m.) London, May 0. Lord Crewe, in the .House of Lords, said India had sowed four million of wheat in "excess of the previous year, and hoped to be aj>le to export ,a surplus of at least two million tons, or sufficient to prevent anything like a ,:panit in Britain.