Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 63, 11 October 1916, Page 6

Great Britain

OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRY. LOOKING TO THE FUTURE. Press Association-Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 1.0 p.m.) London, October 10. ' The House of Commons opened quietly, '' Tho Hon. Mr Rumimau announced the establishment of a new and enlarged commercial department, combining commercial intelligence and exhibition branches of the Board of Trade, with committees for the investigation of the aftor-thc-war posiiou. linpqrtant industries had considerably; progressed, and it was hoped soon to introduce a bill providing national organisation dealing with the new trade and commercial conditions. The Right Hon. W. Hayes Fisher stated that the Government contemplated assisting disabled soldiers and sailors desiring to emigrate, but it was a question for the local pens-.ms committees. Mr Rumanian said the Government had. taken more and more coraprohmsive measures to maintain the wheat stocks of. the United. Kingdom. The,had suggested to the French and Italian Governments at the end of 1915 that co-operation would be better than competition, and they had formed a committee of the three countries, and daily met in London, purchasing their combined requirements of wheat, maize, and grain. TluC'trade was disinclined, to hold more than" the minimum stocks in view of the possibility of war developments releasing me crops in certain countries. It was no longer safe to leave the question to private enterprise. The Cabinet had decided that it must develop -jState importation, and a Royal commission was 1 appointed to secure adequate and regulate supplies of wheat and flour, co-operating with th© Allies’ committee.

' IRISH NATIONALISTS. /• ■ „ RESOLUTIONS IN PARLIAMENT. London, October 10. A meeting of the Nationalists in the House of Coapqpjifj Mr Redmond to ask early in the day to lie allowed t^tjd/SfiWUff l that the system of government in Ireland is inconsistent with the principles for which the.-;-(Ohcs jpt]e lighting,' and also that it is mainly responsible for the recent unhappy events and the present state of Ireland; also, further resolutions Requiring the release of untried prisoners and reaffirming their attitude towards conscription. The Appeal Court upheld Gineli’s conviction, but reduced the line to one-half. Ginnell declared he would not pay a penny, and preferred to go to prison. hiif) 'nnyb* -q H»MI a,(« SIR JOSEPH WARD IN LONDON. OPINIONS FOR THE PRESS. (Received 1.25 p.m.) London, October 10. Sir Joseph Ward, in the course of an IntervjejW, first thing necessary was to win the war outright, and then bring in improved conditions, especially in trade organisation against unscrupulous competitors. Our business to gain a powerful defensive anti commercial supremacy and tlius preventing a recurrence of a war similar to the present. ,