GREAT BRITAIN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 163, 16 December 1914, Page 5

GREAT BRITAIN.

ROUGH ON THE KAISER. * f '"BLASPHEMOUS CANT." "OUGHT TO BE HANGED." Eeleived 15, 8.45 pan. ,' London, December 15. j - Lord Halsbury, in a speech at West- j minster on the, eighth commandment and | its universal application, protested that . it wai blasphemous cant for any man I , lSarikiiig himself appointed by God to j ' *eize tooKier's property. Any Emperor j wanting to possess a world empire by stizingcountries smaller than lii» own | ' ■was *: dirty- thief, and ought to lei] ihangea. He trusted tb« war would re-1 1 Hilt iS a general agreement thav ptoples • ; <Btab3shed in,their own countries shall J i Eot be disturbed unless interference is ; ' fully justified. j J KITCHENER'S PET AVERSION. ! AMATEUR NURSES IN IMPORTANT ; pops. \ SOME ALLEGED INCOMPETENTS. ' < Received IS, 8.30 p.m. i London, December 15- i The National Council of Trained Purees alleges that sick and wounded ( cdiers at auxiliary hospitals are enlanpered by tiie interference of tin- , killed and untrained nurses. Lord ( utchercr has asked the Council to sub- ( lit evidence in support of the complaint. , [embers of the Council declare that rcmen of social influence have been laced in positions of responsibility, tile experienced matrons have been nored. . < i GOOD NEWS FOR WOOL GROWERS. A GIFT TO AUSTRALIAN NAVY. London, December 15. Mr Coghlan, Agent-General for New icth Wales, has elicited the informant that the Board of Trade permits He exportation of merinos to the UnitH States if a Bradford conditioning : Huge guarantees them unsuitable for Hlitary purposes. Three weeks must , Htpse between the production of the Harantee and the issue of the Board HjTrade export license. HjThe Rubber Growers' Association has HEsented four-thousand life-saving rubHE collars to the Australian navy in HJognition of the Emden exploit. HJ London, December 14. ■the Trade and Industries Committee HJthe Colonial Institute passed a resoHfcon expressing pleasure at the inHbsed preference to British goods. HE will do much to increase the interHJnpire trade and promote Imperial MjSION OF POLITICAL PARTIES. Hi London, December 14. His the result of an informal meeting ■Reading Unionists in Britain, Mr HKar Law and Lord Landsdowne wrote HKlr Asquith prior to the declaration HBvar, saying that all their colleagues Hjm they were able to consult were i HHpinion that it would be fatal to the ' Hbr and security of the United King- j HH to hesitate about supporting France HI Russia at the existing juncture. HJ Unionists offered the Government HH»titating support for any measures HHssary. FASHION'S CAPRICES. WITH A BROKEN WING." Received 15, 5.45 p.m. and Sydney Sun Services. | London, December 15. I bird; of fashion is flying with a I wing just now. The Parisicnne ' demurely in skirts of reasonable ! and shoes of less perilous struc- ] The war has installed a seriousinto fashion's former caprices. is discussing the wearing of for the fallen. The upper aie prepared to modify their as an outer expression of their but the middle class do not favour H^Kroposal.