BRITAIN.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 December 1915, Page 5

BRITAIN.

THE LIQUOR LAWS. CABINET SHOULD SET AN EXAMPLE. Received Nov. 30, 8.5 p.m. London, Nov. 29. 'Die newspapers give prominence to semi-humorous articles on "Driest Lon> don." Many houses which have been opened during prohibited hours and endeavored to popularise coffee, soup, and hot dishes, are doing a roaring trade in coffee between T and 9 o'clock, when the workers are going to the factories. A plumber of houses are unopened before midday, when the regulations permit of the sale of intoxicants during general lunch. The swell West End clubs as well as the smallest suburban saloons ,have strictly observed orders. There are few public protests, though the trade union agitation continues. The only comments in the bars and dining-rooms refer to the House of Commons being exempt from the restrictions. The Daily Telegraph says there is a strong feeling that the Cabinet should set an example in economy.

ONE RESULT OF THE WAR. CHECKING POPULATION. deceived > >v. .10, 830 p m. - London. Nov. 29. Latest statistics reveal that the war is enormously cheeking the growth of the population. The births in ninetysix of the great towns of Britain have decreased by forty thoiisuid in the year, while the deaths have increased fifty thousand compared with the iimilar period for 1913. The decrease in births in Berlin are four hundred weekly, while the deaths have increased four hundred weekly. There has been a similar decrease in I births in Paris.

PATRIOTISM RUN RIOT. TOO MUCH ANZAC. Received Nov. 30, 9 p.m. London, Nov. DO. At a conscription meeting in the Memorial Hall, at winch Mrs. Pethict Lawrence presided, a largo force of Australian New Zealand and Canadian soldiers, and medical students formed the bulk ol the audience. The appearance of Messrs 'Ram.-'ay Macl)«nald, Morel and Trevelyan on the platform was the signal for a concerted rush of the soldiers, who captured the platform, tore down the flags, smashed the chairs, and displayed a placard. "Anzaes want victory." They ejected the anti-conscriptionist sympathisers. An Australian toolc the chair, and soMiers made impromptu speeches, passing resolutions in I'a-'or of the rejection of all peace terms except those which the Allies dictated.

SECRET CODES. A NEWSPAPER PROSECUTED. Received Nov. 30, 7.40 p.m. London, Nov. 29. The Glasgow Daily Record and Mail was prosecuted, under the Defence of the Realm Act, charged with using a secret code to convey news of air raids, naval engagements, and bombardments. Defendants pleaded that the code was intended to facilitate the delivery of messages, and that the information was submitted to the Press Bureau before publication. THE LIQUOR QUESTION. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received Nov. 30, 5.10 p.m. London, Nov. 29. Mr. Thomas, M.P., speaking at Battersea, said that the liquor order had not distinguished between the East End and the West End. Russia to-day was saved 'because she had prohibited the sale of vodka, and what Russia and France had done, England can do. THE RED CROSS. Received Nov. 30, 9.5 p.m. London, Nov. 30. Lord Derby, while paying a tribute to the work of the Red Cross, urges that where possible married .people should re. place single ones. AN ENEMY ALIEN. Received Nov. 30, 9.5 p.m. London, Nov. 30. In a,law case in the High Court, concerning the rental of five hundred pounds per month for the Prince of Wales Theatre, it was revealed that Lowenfeld, the theatre owner, is the inventor of "Hop's Ale," and has been residing in Vienna since the beginning of the war. His daughter, who was defending the case, pleaded that Lowenfeld was a friendly Pole, but the judge decided that he was an enemy alien.