BRITAIN.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 May 1916, Page 5

BRITAIN.

MILITARY ARRANGEMENTS. ANZACS' SPECIAL TRAINING. ANOTHER HOSPITAL ESTABLISHED. Received May 23, 5.5 p.m. ' London, May 22. General Sennheim, Colonel MacAnderson and 350 members of the Cairo Headquarters Staff have arrived. Extensive hut accommodation is being prepared, where Australians and New Zealanders in adjacent camps will receive specialised training for the West front. New Zealand is similarly reconstituting its staff arrangements. Colonel jFitzherbert has charge of the base records in France and England. Colonel Myers has resigned his command at Walton, and is now in charge of the New Zealand medical department in England. A new hospital, containing a thousand beds, is being established under Dr. Parkes. A WARNING. FOOD SUPPLY ENDANGERED. IF MORE MEN TAKEN FROM LAND. I Received May 23, 11.5 p.m. London, Mav 23. The Rt. Hon. F. Dyke Acland,'speaking in the House of Commons, uttered a warning in regard to the danger of a breakdown in the home food production owing to the withdrawal of men from the land for the army. He contended that if more men were taken the country could only escape famine by diverting ships from munition transport purposes to those of food transport. HOUSE OF COMMONS. TRADE AFTER THE WAR. - London, May 22. In the House of Commons Mr Asquith, replying to a question as to the Government's advices, said he 'had failed to find evidence that Germany and America were making and storing goods ready to dump into Britain after the war. " Mr. Hunt sought an assurance that millions would not be driven back to the starvation wages existing before the war. Mr. Asquith:' "How can I give such in assurance?" Mr. Asquith did not reply to Mr. Hunt's appeal that t!he colonies should be assured of fair play after the war. CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS. Received May 23, 5.5 p.m. London, May 22. Lord Kitchener, in the House of Lords, announced that the civil authorities will henceforth deal with genuine conscientious objectors. MR. HUGHES AT HOME. London, May 22. Mr. Hughes visited Devonport and inspected the dockyard. He addressed a thousand men engaged in repair work, laying stress on the fact that every one of his Ministers had done manual labor and they realised that every labor interest and ideal would be crushed unless we win the war. PAPER MILLS IN CANADA. London, May 22. English papermakers are establishing a mill in Canada for sulphide pulp, to secure freedom from Swedish supplies, wkich are now prohibited.