GREAT BRITAIN

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 116, 9 October 1914, Page 5

GREAT BRITAIN

UNEMPLOYMENT IN BRITAIN. NO NEED FOR ALARM. COTTON INDUSTRY CRIPPLEU I BUT BRITAIN WILL BE BUSY. Received 8, 11.10 p.m. , London, October 7. Mr Lloyd George, speaking to a depu- , tation of the Workers National Committee, chiefly composed of Socialists, said that the war involves 4 very heavy burden on the resources of the country. It ■was increasingly evident that other countries would depend more and more on our markets to assist them to carry through their operations. The cotton trade was the only one that had com- I pletely broken down. The distress there would be severe, bnt it was premature to anticipate very considerable employment elsewhere. As the war progresses the demands on British industries would be enormous. The Treasury was pre- I pared to send to municipalities the Government credit if they suggested any reasonable enterprise to avert uncmploy- ■ ment, THE EFFECT ON TRADE. ENORMOUS DROP IN OVERSEAS COMMERCE. Received 8, 10.30 p.m. London, October 7. The Board of Trade returns for September show that imports decreased by £16,303,788, and exports by £15,750,703; re-exports by £1,578,972, as compared wife the previous September. NEW ZEALAND CONTINGENT IN CAMP. A FINE BODY OF MEN. Received 8, 10.30 p.m. London, October 7. The New Zealanders have gone into camp on Salisbury Plains. The Hon. Thomas Mackenzie and Lord Plunkct farewelled them. There was an enthusiastic scene at Victoria Station. The contingent is a fine body of men, many ■wearing South African medals. INSURANCE AGAINST BOMBS. Received 8, 10.30 p.m. London, October 7. Many private houses in Loi.don have been insured for 3s (id per cent, at Lloyd's against bombs. Lives can be injured for Is 6d per cent. "BLOTTED OCT." WHAT EVERY ENGLISHMAN MUST PREVENT. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received 8, 5.45 p.m. London, October 7. Professor Pope, of Bradford, after seven weeks' internment in Germany, | told his congregation that "unlets every | man does what he can, we, the British, are going to be blotted out. The aim of every man in Germany is to reieh Paris first, an ', then Loiilon" "GREAT EVENTS ARE NEAR." A TIMES' PREDICTION. Times ana Sydn'-y Sun Servi-:r=. Received 8, 5.45 p.m. London, October 7. The Time?, in a leader, says "the fact that the Czar has joined the troops at the front suggests that great events are near. The advance of the British and French to the north of Soissons may mean n tieh. the Geiinans kow visiting France have already oversta_v.nl the limits prescribed by politeness, but \f Poincare lias gone to the front, and •Will he in time to bid them a hearty farewell." THE NEW ZEALAND CONTINGENT. : Times and Sydney Sun Services. • • - Received 8, &25 P®- - - ' - London, Octpber 7. SK"-' The >2JWar Contingent

Mr. George Beethan and his wife, of Masterton, having no sons to send to the war, are presenting the New Zcalar.ders with a motor ambulance. SAFETY MEASURES IN LONDON. ENGLAND'S REGENERATION. WOOL EXPORTATION PROHIBITED. Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, October 7. Regulations have been issued requiring veiled lights and shrouded windows throughout London, and in case of a sudden emergency, a further reduction or extinction. By cable. —Press Association. —Copyright London, October 7. I» response to public appeals a hundred motor ambulances have already been given to the Red Cross Society. The King, who was visiting the hospital at Wandsworth, said, "They don't play cricket," when a Coldstream Guardsman related how he was shot by Germans who had hoisted the white flag. British Tommies in the trenches are receiving many newspapers. The football results appear to be the lirst item of interest. The exportation is prohibited of wool. British art lovers have drafted a protest against German vandalism. Copies have been flent to the President of the United States and Count Lalaing, Belgian envoy to St. James'. New York, October 7. The Sun, in an article headed "The Regeneration of England,' states that the eagerness with which peer, commoner, capitalist, laborer, squire and peasant have responded to the country's call has proved a perfect revelation to tin Germans woo scoffed at serious mili- | tary resistance from Britain. From I soath, east and west, the men of the Empire are thronging together to deliver the world from military terrorism.