GENERAL CABLES

Taihape Daily Times, 3 December 1917, Page 4

GENERAL CABLES

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN. Received 8.30. LONDON, Dec. 2. A Welsh Committee is raising £150,000 for a memorial to North Wales heroes, consisting of an extension of the University College at Bangor for free university education of Welsh heroes’ children. - - - ~ - ——- ' CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS FRANCHISE. DISQUALIFICATION FOE SEVEN YEARS. Received 8.30. LONDON, Dec. 2. The Government proposes that the electoral disqualification of conscientious objectors shall be limited to seven years after the war. The disqualification shall not apply to objectors performing services of a national character or Red Cross work. GAS VERSUS PETROL. Received 8.30. LONDON, Dec 2. The Government has appointed a committee to consider the employment of gas instead of petrol, etc,, especially for purposes of traction.