Great Britain
THE PAPAL INTERVIEW. THE TIMES' COMMENT. Times and Sydney Scn Service. (Received 8 a.m.) London, June 27. The Times, in a leader, says: As an assurance in exactitudes, the Pope's interview will be welcomed in many quarters outside the Roman Church, where the statement attributed to the Pontiff was read with regret. It seems strange that more care was not taken by the Vatican to ensure complete accuracy in the reports of the conversation with the Pope."
TRADES UNIONISM. AN APPEAL TO THE MAN. Unitsd Pbem Association. (Received 8.30 a.m.) London, June 27 The National Advisory Committee on the War Output, the Parliamentary Committee of the Trades Union jCongress, and the General Federation of Trades Union have issued a 'i anifesto urging trade unionists to accelerate the production of munitions, and appealing to every skilled workman to enrol as a volunteer, and demonstrate to his comrades in the trenches that trades unionism represents all that is best in national life, viz., freedom and security. It describes the Munitions Supply Bill as a guarantee of the restoration of trade union rights and customs when victory is achieved.
INDIAN WHEAT. GOVERNMENT'S GOOD DEAL. (Received 9.0 a.m.) London, June 27. A writer, In Hie Observer says the Government's deal in Indian wheat has been remarkably successful and the shipments made to Britain will virtually be only the surplus without heavily burdening the local consumers. They avoided dislocation by employing the usual wheat exporting firms, and the profits are several millions. The wheat, delivered in Britain, costs the Indian Government fifty shillings per quarter and the surplus revenue will be earmarked for the development of agriculture. Six million acres that last year raised cotton were under wheat and a bumper crop was reaped.
THE COAL MEN. SOUTH WALES MINERS' ATTITUDE. ■■'■-'■■ ■■-■■■-■'• ~- ! ' ■• „ "TRUST THE MEN." (Received 9.20 a.m.) London, June 27. Mr Runciman has intimated to both employers and employed, that as South Wales supplies the bulk of the fuel for the Allied navies, there must be no stoppage, and that an immediate agreement is imperative. Mr Smillie. in an interview, resented the yoke of compulsion as employing an unnecessary goad to greater efforts, and added: "Leave it to our sense of duty. We come as near halfkilling ourselves to carry the war to a successful issue as anyone not actually in the fining line. Trust the miners. Any shortage of shells will not arise from any shortage of coal."
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 49, 28 June 1915, Page 5
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