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Taranaki Daily News, 1 June 1916, Page 5

BRITAIN.

FROZEN MEAT TRADE.,. STATEMENT BY HIGH OOMMISSIONER. London, May SO, At the annual meeting of the Cold Storage and Toe Association, Sir T. Mackenzie corrected the erroneous statements in New Zealand papers that eight million carcases in New Zealand were awaiting shipment. Really only 2'/ 2 millions had accumulated, and that was entirely due to the scarcity of tonnage. He hoped that experience of the value of frozen meat during the war would, induce the British Government to help the development of the association with a view to the probability of Continental nations importing meat after the wax. He suggested the holding of a conference to decide what inspection was desirable. He thought the New Zealand system quite adequate. Members suggested that the British Government be asked for £SOOO for educational and research purposes. The matter was referred to the council. TIME AND A-HALF. NO WHITSUN HOLIDAYS. LondoH, May 30. The conference agreed that the workers should be paid time and a-half during Whitsuntide, witli a postponed holiday on full' rates after July, when they would be taken in batches. Rooms had already been booked for Whitsuntide, and the Clyde and Tyne workers would be saved any monetary loss. ■ ■ *, SERVANTS AND GROOMS. SERVANTS AND GROOMS LORD KITCHENER'S STATEMENT. Received May 31, 5.5 p.m. London, May 30. In the House of Lords,'herd Midd'lcton called attention to Mr. Churchill's statement that two hundred thousand officers' servants and fifty thousand grooms were behind the lines. Lord Kitchener said that the servants and grooms served in the trenches, and were not considered as being behind the fighting-line, and he thought that Mr. Churchill thoroughly realised that fact. PRICE OF MEAT. Receive! May 3), 5.15 p.m. London, May 30. In the House of Commons, Mr. Prettyman, explaining the high meat prices, said they were due to the large requirements of the armies. There was not a deficiency in the sources of supply, but there was less available for the civilian population, and this deficiency was sufficiently serious to increase the prices. , AN INDISCREET M.'P. London, May 30. In the House of Commons, Mr. Outhwaite drew attention to M. Melinkoff's statement in the Duma that Russia's supreme aim was to get Constantinople. He asked whether that represented Russia's view. Sir E. Grey said it was not desirable, to comment on an unofficial statement. BRITISH WOUNDED IN SWITZERLAND. Berne, May 30. The first contingent of 500 wounded British prisoners from Germany has arrived at Chateaux Docx. They will sojourn at iiotels and boarding-houses under Swiss supervision in return for similar facilities for Germans from England. British residents are making great preparations for their reception. AN UNSCRUPULOUS FOE. Received May 31, 8.5 p.m. London, May 30. Sir Oliver Lodge, at Birmingham University, in introducing Mr. W. M. Hughes for a decree, said that all the Dominions and dependencies of the Empire were united in love and loyalty. J hey had given strenuous help to the Motherland, who had been attacked by a. brutal insidious foe that was diabolically efficient in unscrupulous war. | EDUCATIONAL RECIPROCITY, j Received May 31, 5.5 p.m. ' London, May 30. Lord Abercorn and Mr. Henderson, in welcoming the French professors who are on a tour of England, said that the teaching profession would bo a great factor in reconstruction after the war, and an educated democracy would, be the the best guarantee of internal progress and the nation's right to conduct international affairs. The Anglo-French friendship had been sealed by the best blood of both nations. MORE UNFITS RETURNING. Received May 31, 5.5 p.m. London, May 30. Sir Thos. Mackenzie farewelled, at Paddington Station, a party of unfit New Zealanders who are returning by the Rotorua, via the Panamal Canal. ;;'•"!•' MR. RUNCIMAN ILL. Received May 31, 8.5 p.m. London, May 13. It is feared that Mr. Runciman's illness will prevent hi 3 attendance at the Paris conference.