GREAT BRITAIN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 159, 11 December 1914, Page 7

GREAT BRITAIN.

' AUSTRALIAN AMBULANCES FOR j' THE FRONT. London, December 9. Paul George 'Wcntawl, a. German, lias been indicted at tiic assists for spying. He was found in possession oi an electric llasli lamp and sketches of Grey Point and Port Or lock signal station at Belfast, also drawings of heavy guns and maps of the harbour. Iterr Aiders, formerly German Consul at .Sunderland, when indicted for high treason, pleaded that he was not aware of the declaration of war when he assisted to repatriate reservists. His ultimatum to Belgium would be withdrawn. Even on the morning of the sth nobody told him that England was iavoiv'od. He lias beeni sentenced to death.

Lord Moulton, at a meeting at Lancashire and Yorkshire business men, explained the national dye works scheme. The Government propose that the dye works should raise three million share capital if the Government guaranteed the debenture issue of millions. Lord Moulton said thatl two million ]x>unds worth of dyes we're consumed in 'Berlin annually and weTe essential for industrial products of the value of two hundred million sterling on which iy 2 million men were dependent. Only onetenth of the dyes were now produced in Britain and stocks were rapidly diminishing. Germany was putting' on intense pressure to prevent Sweden giving help. The meeting unanimously' approved the proposal.

, It hns bc:n arranged that the eighteen Australian ambulances shall be used near the front. Six will work on tfae line Njeupoit lo 'Calais, six between Arras and Ryulers, and six from Amiens.

There are many_ protests against the War Oflce regulation requiring the police to eep registers of soldiers' and sailors' wives, with the right 1o enter housos to ascertain tjliat the separation allowances are not abused. The London police haye greatly modified the regulations, avoiding homo inquisition. Wives accused of drunkenness are subjeeffid to persuasion, instead of prosecution. '['here ia still a demand that tihe wonien should spend ,tl)c money, as they please, subject to the ordinary law.

The Press Bureau denies the appointmtnt, of Lord Esher's Committee on contracts.

The Gold Coast bears the cost of the annexation of Togoland, which is estimated at ffJOjOOO. It also offers £SO.GOO towards the British war expenses. The Times, in a leader, draws (he attention of Berlin to the declaration of loyalty by the Island of Niue. This tells them something of the nature of the Empire which they were so confidently hoping to supersede. This wag cnlv one offer out of many from simple peoples who may now nothing about German culture, but do know something of British rule. The Times suggests that professional football competitions, which have an unique influence upon recruiting, be replaced by matches bol'ween. different units of tho new army. A woman, aped 75, complained in the lost her sewing machine. She had paid £lO by instalments, over a period of seren years. Tier eyes were failing, and she was unable to pay the balance of 9s. Two of her sons had enlisted. The mnjiisf.rate said'that the machine had been unwarrantably seized, and ordered it to be returned.