Great Britain
FUNDS FOR THE RED CROSS.
ONE DAY COLLECTION, £797,000.
THE DOMINION’S CONTRIBUTION
Dnit«o Press Association. (Received 8.30 a.m.) London, December 9. The subscriptions to the special oneday collection to the Red Cross totalled £797,000, whereof Canada contributed £220,000, Egypt £115,000. New Zealand £15,550, Australia £IO,OOO. Lord Landsdowne said the Dominions had given over £250,000 to the Red Cross.
PARLIAMENTARY MATTERS.
(Received 8.30 a.m.) London, December 9
In the House of Lords, Lord Newton stated that a reduction of the ! troops in the field had effected a sav- ! ing of £3500 daily. The Judicial Committee Bill has passed its second reading, enabling sixty-two divisions to be taken simultaneously, otherwise there will be an unusual number of prize-court appeals likely to fall into arrears. The lit. Hon. Sir Stanley Buckmastor (Minister without portfolio), explained that they had not altered the con- 1 slituiion of the coin mi (toe, which, being an Imeprial Court, might sit in any part of the Empire, j]
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 6, 10 December 1915, Page 5
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