MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 31 July 1916, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

ANOTHER ZEPPELIN RAID. NO MATERIAL DAMAGE. SEVEN AIRSHIP OBSERVED. Received July 30, 5.0 p.m. London, July 2!). Official.—Three airships raided the East Coast between midnight and I.MO a.m. Altogether thirty-two bombs were dropped in Lincolnshire and Norfolk. No material damage was done and no casualties are reported. Many other bombs dropped into the sea. At one point, anti-aircraft guns drove the airships off. Amsterdam, July 21). It is reported that seven Zeppelins passed Tersclielling on Thursday evening travelling westerly. OVERSEAS PARLIAMENT. ARIANS. CONFERENCE AT HOUSE OF COMMONS. Received July 2!), 8.15 p.m. London, July 2fl. At the conference of Empire 'Parliamentary delegates in the House of Commons, Mr. Steel Maitlund presided. Lord Milner opened the discussion oil the political constitution of the Empire. A number of overseas delegates participated. The proceedings were private. POST-WAR TRADE, HIGH COMMISSIONER'S VIEWS. Received July 29, 8.15 p.m. London, July 2S. Sir Thos Mackenzie, in an article on post-war trade, published in the Empire, contends that a number of the most capable financiers of the Dominions, together with the Imperial representatives, must confer with a view to organising resomces and absorbing the Dominions' outputs. WORKERS AND THE WAR.

TRADES UNIONS' CONGRATULATIONS. Reuter Service.. Received July 29, 5.5 p.m. London, July 29. Replying ,o a message on congratulation from ;he general Federation of Trades Unions; General Sir Douglas Haig telegraphs his warmest thanks, adding that all the men in the ranks realise how much of their success was due to the patriotism, the self-denial and the whole-hearted co-operation of their brother workmen at Home.

THE WAR COMMISSIONS. AN INDIAN EXPLANATION. Received July 2fl, 3.5 p.m. Bombay, July 29. The Times of India says tlmt the reasons for the advance on Baghdad will he found in the events of Gallipoli and Serbia. When the whole history is written it will he learned that the advance was very strongly pressed by Britain, and that the Viceroy and Com-mander-in-Chief of India did not like it, but were overborne by Cabinet pressure, supported by General Nixon, who misunderstood the situatioh. RELIANCE ON DOMINION'S STATESMEN. OPIUM AND COCAINE BARRED. London, July 28. Viscount Crey, speaking at the Colonial Institute, said they would have more confidence in the Empire's future when i 1 was believed that statesmen representing the virile overseas dominions would sit in council with the Motherland statesmen when peace terms were discussed. A proclamation prohibits the importation of opium and cocaine. Mr. Ginnell, M.P. was fined £IOO or Fix weeks' imprisonment for visiting prisoners AN UNLIKELY SCHEME. PROPOSED DOMINIONS CKKIiTEiIY. Received July 29, G. 5 p.rn London. July 29. Anglo-Canadians suggest the establishment of a Dominions, cemetery in London foi any Dominion troops dying in Britain; also tablets ill memory of those fallen and buried on the battlefields. It is an unlikely scheme, but though favored, the military consider it impracticable. The feeling in Australasian circles is that the best tribute would be closer partnerships amongst the units of the Empire.