GENERAL CABLE NEWS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 199, 1 May 1915, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS

AUSTRALASIAN EXHIBITORS. AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY. (Press Association. —Copyright.) LONDON, April 29. Twenty-three Australians and four New Zealanders are exhibitors at the Academy. It is a record colonial year. HARVARD UNIVERSITY. GERMAN PROFESSOR REBUKED. NEW YORK, April 29. Lawrence Lowell, President of Harvard University, replying to Kuno Myers in connection with his resignation of Professorship because Harvard awarded a prize to a poem wherein Germany was denounced, asserts that neither Professors or Students of any American University has limited free, dom of speech. This only was a course consistent with the principle of academic freedom. Mr Lowell hoped all German Professors would recognise this. WORK NEGLECTED. THROUGH EXCESSIVE DRINKING. LONDON, April 27. Mr Lloyd George at Portsmouth said all honour was due to the men, 78 per cent, of whom were working 60 hours and upwards weekly as compared with the normal 48 hours. Men in some other places were doing less than the ordinary week's work. Under the normal conditions cut of 8000 workmen in one firm, after three days' holiday at Easter, 1800 failed to return on Tuesday. Every report declared that slackness in shipyards Ava 3 duo to excessive drinking. Among a section it was ascribable to the fact that thef wpre earning more money than they know what to do with. Reports to the end of March showed there was no perceptible improvement.

! WORKERS’ EXCESSIVE DRINKING. A REMEDY FURNISHED. TIcAVY DUTIES AND SURTAX. LONDON, April 29. Mr Lloyd-George, Continuing, said: Three out of 114 men only returned to work in ono firm engaged in. submarine work; 58 were off one day and 55 the next, due'almost entirely to exoes. sive drinking. Regarding armaments he eaid that letters Tom firms xscribj ed the slackness to the same cause. Directors c( the Tr?’ spert stated that the Service was conducted under serious difficulty, owing to excessive drink, ing. Us added: Delay vra.3 s. real danger to the success of naval and military operations. However, unifiessant thp. task, fine Government would ha betraying their trust unless they proposed a remedy for *ll this evil, by doubling <he duly on spirits, and putting a surtax rn bear of 12/ p*r barrel of 43 to 41 spec:fir gravity; 21/ between r-nd and 23/ on ail above that. The duty on sparkling wines would be 15/ a gallon.

A CATHOLIC PROTEST. AGAINST LABOUR ACTION., MELBOURNE, This Day. A great Catholic- demonstration, Archbishop Carr presiding, resolved to strongly protest against the Labour Conference’s action in excluding conscientious Catholics from the Labour Council. A SMELTING COMBINATION. FORMED IN MELBOURNE. A 50 YEARS’ AGREEMENT. MELBOURNE, This Day. At a meeting of the North and of the proprietory of tiro Broken Hill mines, it was agreed to form an Association of Smelters to acquire the Port Pirie smelting Wofks, the Ullambi eokeworks, and all contracts concerned in the smelting and treatment of silver and lead ores, and other metals, with a nominal capital of £750,000. The Proprietary Company is receiving £450,000 for the Port Pirie works, and the contracting companies’ agreement provides that the whole output of load concentrates purchased at Broken Kill shall go to the Smelting Company for 50 years. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS. REPORTED UNDER-FEEDING. LARGE NUMBER OF SICK. MELBOURNE!, April 29. In the House of Representatives several questions arose regarding alleged underfeeding of troops. Mr Mathews moved an adjournment to call attention to the overworking and underfeeding of troops in Egypt and laid a charge against heads of affairs in Egypt. There had been an enormous sick list, for which there must be some reason. He couldn’t believe that Australia was a sick nation compared with others. Sir Robert Best stated that at a time like th e present the Department of Defence calld for sympathy rather than for fcriticisnl Howeve f 'very serious allegations were macl e regarding the food supplied to the troops. Mr Jensen replying, said he was sorry the matter had been brought up as he did not think the position imposed ventilation. The Defence Department was doing everything possible. General Bridges reported that the health of the troops was generally good and he thought members should have more confidence in the Minister of Defence. The motion was negatived.