BRITAIN.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 April 1916, Page 5

BRITAIN.

ANZAC DAY. TO BE WORTHILY CELEBRATED. PROPOSED HOSPITAL IN SOUTH OF FRANCE. Received April !), 5.5 p.m. London, April 8. Arrangements have been made for a great celebration in of Anzac Day, on April 25. A committee, consisting of the High Commissioners and Agents-General propose to hold a memorial service, and also to have a concert and entertainment for the Australasian soldiers. Arrangements that are being made to make the principal Australian and New Zealand hospital base in 9 the south of France are likely to be immediately reviewed. Overseas medical officers point out that wounded men were brought to England in the winter and it was now proposed that they should po to the heat of South France in summer. The hospital arrangements for the Anzacs in England had been completed regardless of expense and everything is in excellent working order. The ladies of England were also giving valuable voluntary asssistance, which would be lost if the men were sent to France. Probably the decision will be reversed in favor of the wounded coming to Wimernux (in the south of France), and thenco. to England. Sir Thos. Mackenzie and other Australasian officials will oppose the movement to send the wounded men to France.

[A London cable of April 3 said: Orders have been issued that all Australian wounded shaß, in future, be treated at the Wimereux Hospital, France, where the authorities are providing an additional five hundred beds.]

A LIVE STATESMAN. MR. HUGHES AT HOME. WARM PRAISE FROM THE PRESS. Received April 9, 8.5 p.m. London, April 8. Mr. Hughes has recovered. The Daily Leader says that the Government i? removing all obstacles in the way of ftn Hughes attending the Paris conference. Mr. Hughes has declined to discuss the matter and awaits developments.

The Times says that it is good news to hear that the Government is prepared to avail itself of Mr. Hughes' services, as he knows the sentiinente of the peoples overseas. It must be remembered that before the Empire can make arrangements with the Allies it must devise an all Imperial trade policy. The Daily Chronicle rejoices that Mr. Hughes will be attending the conference, but warru him against fervid advances. Newspapers who loathe the ideal wherefor he stands yet fall effusively on the neck of n. Labor Prime Minister.

The Westminster Gazette hopes that the Dominions will accept Mr. Hughes as a spokesman, though he is actually no more than a representative for Australia.

Other papers make favorabe comment. The Financial News, in a leading article, says that Mr. Hughes' progress is as enlivening as that of the North Country functionary called "The knock-up." He lias stirred public opinion as it has never been stirred since the war began. He is a real live Imperial statesman, who is determined to make a clean sweep of the Teuton. This was the last thing Whitehill desired, but the country wants Mr. Hughes in the Cabinet, because he knows what John Bull is after, and he is lead'ng straight to tne goal. The Evening News, in a cartoon, under the heading "We don't want to lose you, but we think you might go," depicts Mr. Asquith handing Mr. Hughes an overcoat, hat, stick and a ticket for his return to Australia.

The TV.Iy Telegraph declares that Mr. Hughes represents the spirit of the Dominions to a degree unsurpassed by any public man in the Empire.

The Daily Chronicle's Labor correspondent says: "Mr. Hughes' bait is tempting, but Australian ideas of State arc n littlo too crude for England Australian protection gives us, ideas, but it is incapable of giving the British worker a better state of things."

the Victorian and Tasmanian AgentsGeneral will attend the Paris Commercial Congress. ,'

THE MATCH TAX. 7RADE SUSPENDED. Keceived April 9, 5.5 p.m London, April 8. Match manufacturers have resolved that the proposed tax is unworkable, financially, and they will be compelled to suspend sales. Trade is at a standstill, and not a, match has been delivered since Tuesday. SINGLE MEN ALL CALLED UP. Received April 0, 11 p.m. London, April 9. The calling up of the single men has been completed. The latest class comprises those who are called up for training in the Home service until they attain the age of nineteen. INCREASE IN TRADE. London, April 7. British imports for the month, increased by £10,030,8-15, exports by £7,422,053, and re-exports by £844,364, compared with the corresponding month of 1915. KARBOL purifies the atmosphere and destroys the germs.—Sykes, Chemist, ANXIOUS MOMENT. One of the most anxious times of a mother's life is when her little ones have croup. There is no other medicine so effective in this terrible malady as Dr. Sheldon's New Discovery. It can be safely given and depended upon. No mother should ever be without a bottle in the house. Price, 1 3 Gd ftgd 3s. Obtainable everywhere • - ~ """ ,