News from England

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 242, 22 March 1915, Page 5

News from England

LORD KITCHENER SPEAKS. AN APPEAL TO MINERS. 008TCE8SI0NS TO COLONIAL EXPORTER& ) PREPARING FOR A BIG ADVANCE. London, March 19. ' The Miners' Federation received an •appeal from Lord Kitchener to limit the' Euter holidays to one or two days, ai the curtailment of output might lead to a veritable disaster. Mr. Thomas (Labor member), addressing the railwayman, declared that the ctqaonhip was responsible for the worken Dot understanding the occurrence; at the front. It was certain that now workers were 'brought face to face with aS that was involved they would give} th«ir best work to ensure that the lives of their sons fighting at the front should > sot be unnecessarily sacrificed. V The authorities have agreed to waive, i* respect of the colonies, the special war safeguards surrounding exports, on condition that owners undertake not to matla improper shipments. Queert Alexandra has written a preface to a book describing Red Cross wortf, expressing her undvjing gratitude that M the result of practical nursing SOjDOO men have already bbeeo returned to tJie front who" otherwiw would h#vtf ueen fojf to uie armV.

The W"ar Office throughout the kingdom is fitting up «choofe, infirmaries, workhouses and asylums in anticipation of the influx of the wounded. AIR RAID ON DEAL. t ■ *" Xq DAMAGE DONE. Received March 21, 5.5 p.m. '" London, Harc'i 30. A Tanbe at Deal attempted to bomb the shippin?. but the bombs fell into the sea.

STEVEDORES RESUME WORK. CLOSING THE HOTELS. LOSSES AT NEUVE CHAPELLE. Received March 21, 3.30 p.m. The stevedores have offered to load army and navy stores at old rates forthwith. The Government i 3 considering closing the public-houses in certain districts, excent from noon till two o'clock and from seven till nine o'clock. Mr. Lloyd George has invited Chambers of Commerce to express their views thereon. Sixty-three officers are reported killed. 116 wound.'(l, and 10 missing from tV battle at Neuve Chapelle and St. Eloi, including 18 Indians. WOMEN AS WORKERS. A FINE RESPONSE. PROTEST OF UNIONISTS.

(Times and Sydney Sun Services.) Received March 21, om p.m. Ixindon. March -0. . The Government's invitation to women to apply for employment in industries to cope with war needs caused considerable excitement amongst employable women. Trades unions declare that 40,000 women, nominally wage-earners, are unemployed, and claim that t icv should e absorbed before presumably economically independent women are introduced in'o the labor market. The morning papers announced tn-: scheme, and a steady stream of a PP"j cants soon commenced. Seven hundred f registered in Ijondon, the majority bcj]ja women of the middle-class, including many wives who worked before marriage. , The Board of Trade is not sure ot the extent of the response bv employera upon whom the of the scheme ultimately rests. It i* uncertain whether the bulk of employer, will seriouslv consider it their diitj? to substitute female for male labor m th. national interests. It » slighted that the Government might lead the wa> I bv relying thousand, of its clenca stafr. The «mplOTcrs have been asked to consider the question of the reinstatement of the men after the war. Harrod's approved the scheme A - «. readv 900 of the staff have enlisted, and 300 eligible* remain. The girls are working the lifts and packing parcel*. The firm is considering whether women mi gilt alio serve tbe groceries and slice tlKßtofo*