News From England

Taranaki Daily News, 29 July 1915, Page 5

News From England

PRICE OF COAL. < niaixjTS ix 1W1: distorts. .Received July 2S 5.15 p.m. L , lon. July 2S. An to ti.\ . e price for reiSlir. Rimciman .said I ,t the Departmental (Jonunibtee )ui -oii»i<lorod tin' question of the. poor lv'.ng victimised, and lftid found that it- ..'ouid be practically to follow hawkers from door to door .to en-sure observance of the regulation. The principal mertSmntS Were prepared to open depots m tile poorer dic-ffiriets, and lie rc;-o.nmvpn- ' ■ded the public .to patronise those merchants eiiicriaig info t'lie < iovwinment agreement. Thte Bill was read a third time. MARRIED MEN RECRUITS. PROVISION FOR DEPENDENTS. ' " Received July'*2B, B.'la p.m. London, July 38. i . In th<> Mouse of "jcmls, Baron Newton . paw tir.'it. .pajmrerttw to dependents pi married would amount to £700.- , 000 Wwiklv. , The War Office does not desnv to recruit married men. but the fact tJaat Parliament vs treating depen- - dentf- ofmarricd men wifcli xrcatur generosity -had surfed as a special induce v ment. 1 GAMBLING REGULATIONS. AX OFFICER COURTMARTIALLED. / Received July 28, 5.3 p.m. 1 London. July 27. ' Before a court-martial, l.ieut.-Colonel . Charles Prior, commanding the transport depot at Deptiord, was charged with unmililary conduct in inviting inferior officers to a gambling house in the West ,Knd, where, all the officers lost at eliemin de fer to an unknown American. One officer gave, evidence that he refused to pay, suspecting cardsharpiny, and stated that Prior informed him that he had received £23 for taking his colleagues. Prior denied this, and expressed regret at forgetting the regulations in rc- -*' gard to gambling. The ease is being continued in jam--1 era. CURTAILING DRIN K HOURS. deceived July 28, 10 p.m. London. July 28. Under the new dTink regulations, ho* tela at t(ie Clyde aftd other Scottish industrial areas arc only allowed to open on Saturday ibeitnveem four in the afternoon and nine o'clock in the \evening. This !s intended to prevent weekend drinking bouts.

TJHE CEYLON" HJiiTKRS. Received July 2S, 5.5 p.m. London, Jul/ 27. Mr. Bonar Law, in the House, of Commons. said that he was. not aware whether the death sentences on the Ceylon rioters had been carried out. Several villages were required to pay compensation. (There was no evidence of German intrigue, but, personally, lie believed it was. possible there hadd been. " ! TOTAL CASUALTY, L:ST. I London, Julv 27. Mr. Asquith states that the British j casualties in the.navv to July 20 were 015 officers, of whom 499 were killed, and 5491 men, of wliom 7430 were killed. The military casualties to July 18 in France were 11,254 officers, of whom .32SS had bpen killed, and 255,049 men, with 45.372 killed. At the Dardanelles, i Including the naval division, the casual- j ties were 2144 officers, of whom 5(17' ;liad been killed, and 47.094 men, of j •whom 75(57 were killed. In other then- 1 tres. including (!erman South-west Afri-! ca, the casualties were 415 officers, of' whom 145 had been killed, and 5:!:!?. : men. of whom 1445 had been killed. COTTON-. ' London. July 27. Official: Seventy: thousand bales of cotton, destined for Sweden, have been stopped in England. Fifty-five thousand were allowed to proceed 011 Sweden Agreeing not to re-export them. MUXITKIX WORK. London. .Inly 27. The Manchester Guardian says that within a short time every large workshop in India will be making munitions and general work in the railway shops will be suspended. , Af.TKX.S IX RRITATX. London, July' 27. In the House of Commons. Sir John f»inton announced that the Internment Committee had practically concluded •its work. Of 14.000 applications for exemption. (1092 were- granted, 732 refused. and 7000 were not determined, llihe internments since May 13 totalled {(325 and repatriation. 0302. There is «n average of a thousand internments weekly. u\iich will'be completed in August. The committee, is favoring Austrian applications in view of the lenienc-.* to the British in Austria, in contrast to the treatment in Germany.