GREAT BRITAIN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 155, 7 December 1914, Page 5

GREAT BRITAIN.

PROHIBITING EXPORTS. ! OUR NEUTRAL NEIGHBOURS DOUBTED. Received 6, 5.5 p.m. London, December 5. • The Government has prohibited the ex- ' port of tinned meats and tin plates to Sweden, Denmark, and the Netherlands, ? also tanniis extracts for all destinations. SUPPLYING THE ENEMY. Received 6, 5.5 p.m." London, November 5. In the Chancery Divivsion the Zinc Corporation sought a decision as to whether the contract to sell their whole output to the German firm of Aaron I Hirsch and Son until 1919, was voided by I the war or merely suspended. Justice J Sargent held the case covered by the I clause suspending a contract during the continuance of events beyond the control of the vendors or buyers, which prevented and delayed the carrying out of the agreement, and granted an injunction restraining the directors from acting on the assumption that the con- } tract was terminated. He added that undoubtedly the case was going to the j highest tribunal. | PROTECTING THE TREASURY. j Received 6, 5.5 p.m. j London, November 5. { A committee, consisting of three memJ bers of the Committee of Imperial | Defence, Mr Lord Esher as chairman, has been apointed to co-operate with the heads of the various Treasury departments in sanctioning expenditure on all army and navy contracts arising out !of the war. This is the first result of the recent demand in the House of Commons for full inquiry into prevalent allegations of contract scandals. ANGLO-RUSSIAN FINANCING. Received C, 5.5 p.m. London, December 5. In consideration of the receipt of eight millions of Russian gold, the Bank of England discounts under Government guarantee a further twelve millions of Russian Treasury bills, making a total of twenty millions. "MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES." A NEW ZEALANDER HONOURED. Received 6, 5.5 p.m. Loudon, December 5. The lat Major Richardson, of the New Zealand staff corps who died from wounds, was mentioned in General Paris' despatches. NEW ZEALANDERS PRAISED. IN CAMP ON SALISBURY PLAIN. Received 6, 5.8 p.m. London, December 5. The newspapers are publishing interesting acceunts of the remarkable fitness of a detachment of New Zealanders on Salisbury Plain. The army authorities are highly gratified and the men are satisfied with their treatment and surroundings. ANOTHER KITCHENER DENIAL. Received 6, 5.35 p.m. London, December 5. It is officially denied that Lord Kit--1 chener has been in France this week.

KING GEORGE AT THE FRONT. ■<r ' DISTRIBUTES AWARDS FOR GALLANTRY. ;>» i ! - Received 6, 3.45 p.m. London, December 5. f « The King, .assisted by the Prince of ! " Wales, decorated many officers and men > at the front with distinguished' conduct medals, and also the French medal for valopr. later the Royalties visited King Albert, and inspected the French and units. { Received 0, 0.50 p.m. j London, December 6. I The King continues to review the • troops. French towns are be-flagged and [ their streets thronged with cheering S people. LORD KITCHENER MISREPORTED. London, November 4> i \ (Lord Kitchener denies the accuracy of the language attributed to him in the j • Cobb interview. } London, December -4. j British Jews have contributed five ! thousand men to the army. The Rev. j Rabbi Adler is going to the front. For j the first time in history a Jewish chap- j lain'is accompanying British troops in ! the field. ! > QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S THOUGHTFUL ACT. THE UNITY OF THE GERMANS. Received 6, 5.20 p.m. Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, November 4. Some wounded Indians lost their pug- • garees en route to England. Learning of this, Queen Alexandra, despatched 400 yards of muslin to the Indians, who were delighted, and instead of making \ puggares they carefully parcelled out the treasure to carry home. Lord Selborne, in a speech, said we must not underrate the enormous powers and unity of the Germans, which at present are holding their own against the combined power of Russia, France and England. OUR MEN IN EGYPT. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS FROM HOME. Received 5, 7 p.m. London, December 5, The New Zeajand War Contingent Fund of £OOOO is being spent in the purchase of artistic souvenir Christmas cards addressed individually to the troops in Egypt. Twelve bags of New Zealand letters have been forwarded to Egypt. Amusement was caused among Australasians in London at the suppression of news of the arrival of the troops in Egypt. Anxious relatives besieged the officials, who had been instructed to remain dumb. They protested their ignorance. Suddenly the wife of an officer in an outburst, informed everybody that her husband had cabled her he had disembarked in Egypt. The Pall Mall Gazette says the Commonwealth has already reached a special glory of its own in the war, yet they were only beginning. In both the New Zealanders as well as. the Australians, the Motherland is proudly confident and proudly grateful. SUPPRESSION OF NEWS. A MISTAKEN POLICY. Received 5, 7 p.m. ' London, November 5. ' The Times, in a leader, urges the Government to advise its citizens clearly • of their conduct in the event of invasion, although invasion is improbable. It mentions a piece of news, of which the ■ whole world outside Britain was acquainted had been published in American and German newspapers, but was still concealed by the Government. Excellent reasons for suppression no longer obtained. The Government placed the . press of this country in an exceedingly difficult position. ''We fear the Government has ceased to understand the necessity of keeping in touch with the British public." GERMAN ESPIONAGE UP-TO-DATE. v Received. 6, 5J5 p.m. oLndon, December 5. The English, Fren.h, and Russian police have discovered one factor in the German espionage—press seals for printing plates, for a wholesale system of forged passports by German agents. A DISLOYAL PUBLICATION. Imdaa,' December • 5. MMFfAMifrf i t i^Mmill