BRITAIN CALM.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 67, 7 August 1914, Page 5

BRITAIN CALM.

GERMAN AMBASSADOR LEAVES LONDON. PROTECTION FOR NEW ZEALAND CARGOES. Received G, 10.25 p.m. London, August 5. Count Lichnowsy, the German Ambassador, and his staff have received their passports, and leave Harwich on Thursday aboard a British cruiser. It is officially stated that Mr. Trevclyan, Parliamentary Under-Secretary lor Education, lias resigned. Sir K. Beanchamp succeeds Lord Morlcy. Mr. Runciman succeeds Mr. Burns. Mr. Masterman's resignation is denied. The Home and Foreign Produce Exchange is fixing prices every two days. All butter is quoted at 136s to 140s, except Danish, which is at 1448.

All Continental supplies are expected t(- cease at the end of the week. Mr. Runciman. President of the Board of Agriculture, has assured the farmers that there is no reason to slaughter their young stock. There is an improved feeling in the city, in view of the prospective issue of small notes. The War Office commandeered many horses, vehicles and motor-cars in London. Most of the members responded to the Automobile Club's appeal to place cars at the War Office's disposal. Newspapers are experiencing difficulty, owing to shortage of paper, and are publishing small editions. Hon. Tlioa. Mackenzie is asking the British Government to include in the war risks vessels already on the way to the United Kingdom, explaining that many ships with New Zealand meat are sheltering at various ports. The measure now only applies to vessels sailing after the outbreak of war. Mr. Marshall Hall, recently appointed Professor at the Orrnond College of Music at Melbourne, was among the last passengers who got through from Zurich.

Sir Ernest Shackleton offered his services to the King, who desired him to proceed with his expedition, and presented him wihh a silken Union Jack. Private Americans have purchased the steamship Viking to take four hundred American passengers from Liverpool to New York. . v Complete arrangements have beeftjmade at Grimsby to receive wounded me|;from the fleets. The schools will be utilised as hospitals.