BRITAIN.
DAYLIGHT SAVINGSILL PASSES THE HOUSE, Received May 18, 5.5 p.m. » London, May 17. The Daylight Saving Bill has passed, and will become operative at two o'clock tin the morning of May 21st. OPPOSED TO RECRUITING. DETERRENT FINES. Received May 18, 5.5 p.m. London, May 17. jidward Grubb Brockway, the hon treasurer, secretary, and organiser, of the No Conscription Fellowship; Rev. Leyton Richards, John P. Fletcher, and three other members of the committee were summoned at the Mansion House Court for publishing a pamphlet containing statements prejudicial to recruiting and the discipline of the forces. It stated that 750,000 copies were printed. Fletcher and Richards were formerly secretaries of the Australian Freedom League, opposing compulsory training. De- « fendants were fined £IOO. Tvith £lO costs.
AUSTRALIAN SILVER. SfOT LEGAJ; TENDER IN ENGLAND. Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, May 17. In the House, of Commons, in answer to a Mr. McKenna said Aus- < tralian coins were not legal tender in Britain. The Government securing the coinage profits should confine the circulation to its own area. The fact that Britishers profited by the presence of the Anzacs could not be offset against the coinage question. EMPniE PRODUCERS' .UNION. London, May 17. The Empire Producers' Organisation !» arranging a conference of industrial, agricultural and labor representatives at the Mansion House on June 14. ,- r A BY-ELECTION. London, May 17. In the Tewkesbury election the voting was: Hicks Beach (Coalitionist) 7127, JBeosey (Independent) 1438. ALIEN WORKERS IN BRITAIN. London, May 17. The Bethnal Green tribunal strongly jttotcsted against the presence of 200,000 Allied aliens of military age in Britain, apart from 22,000 enemy aliens. It was scandalous that Belgian, French, and German aliens were allowed to steal British job's. Alliea aliens of military aac who refused to join the armies Should b* regarded as deserters, but there was nc mean* U cowpelttiw th*m to *aturn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 May 1916, Page 5
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