News from England

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 207, 9 February 1915, Page 5

News from England

! ______ *. NO SCARCITY OF WORK. T remarkabLe reduction in CRIME. Times and Sydney Sun Serv ices. London, February 7. The police attribute tlie notable diminution of crime since the beginning vf the war to the keeping of better hours and the early closing of public-houses, the new consciousness of national duty, the increased prosperity of the poor-r classes, and the absence of unemployment. The brewers' output has been induced by 40 per cent, in 6ome districts. The very prosperity of tho working elass hinders recruiting, and the increased demand for labor checks employers from encouraging men to enlist. The Queens' Work for Women Fund has reached £132,070. THE PEOPLE'S FOOD. STATE. PROTECTION URGED. Received 8, 9.50 p.m. London, February S. Mr G. H. Barnes, Labor M.P., for Blackfritrs, Glasgow, speaking at London, said that what the Government hid done with regard to sugar ought to | be done with wheat. The time had come for the Government to declare that tliero shall be no further increase in the price of wheat. SENSIBLE ADVICE TO LABOR. | Received 8, 9.50 p.m. ' London, February 8. Mr J. H. Thomas, Labor M.P. for Derby, addressing the railwaymen at Leicester, said that negotiations for increased wages were progressing satisfactorily. Anyone advising a strike at j the present would not only be guilty of a crime but would do the greatest disservice to workers. '