Great Britain

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 188, 18 January 1915, Page 5

Great Britain

SINGLE MEN BACKWARD. MAY NEED COMPULSION. r Times and Sydney Sun Services. % , Receivel 17, 5.30 pin. V>* - London, January 10. Colonel Bottomley, addressing a recitfiting rally, said he would-not hesitate to court-martial everyone taking advantage of the country's trouble to line hi* pockets with gold at the expense of the soldier. He said that three-fourths of Lord Kitchener's army were married men, and unless the single men enlisted more freely they would soon have to be compelled EFFECT ON SEA-BORNE TRADE. LIVERPOOL'S EXPERIENCE. Received 17, 5.5 pjn. London. January 10. The secretary of the Liverpool Shipowners' Association, reporting on the congestion of British overseas transports, said the imports for the five months from August to December were Talued at as -ompared with £327,644.354 for the same period in 1913; and exports f130.3fi7.734 and £3fcl,24Mofl. THE HARTLEPOOL DEATH-ROLL. Received 7, 3 pJU. London, January 16. Farther tler.t':-; at ni-rtl.-p"**! have raised til; 1 ti'tn! to ><*■ hnrdr-d rrd fifteen. PROMOTING MANUFACTURES. POLITICAL PARTY LINES ABOLISHED. Received 17, 4 p.m. London, January IS. Sir Albert Spicer, the well-known freetrader, seconded the resolution which was adopted by the London Chamber ol Commerce, urging the establishment ol aniline dye factories, by a guarantee ol adequate tariff protection for at least i decade after the termination of the war The recommendation is on non-part] lines, as the matter is of vital nationa importance. LORD ROBERTS' ESTATE. BEQUEATHED TO THE FAMILY. Received 17, 5 p.m. London, January It!. Lord Roberts left C77.3M. The whol estate, except bequests to servants, i bequeathed to his widow and daughter The will provides a contingent reversio to military charities of the bulk of th £IOO,OOO voted to Lord Roberts aft* the South African war.