MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 August 1916, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

THE KING'S GIFT £IOO,OOO FOR WAR PURPOSES. Reuter Service. Received August 4, 0 p.m. London, August 3. In the House of Commons, Mr. Asquith announced that the King's gift of :'Jlon.lMO would be devoted to gencrjl war purposes. DARDANELLES AND GALLIPOLI COMMISSIONS. NO WHITEWASHING. Received August 4, 0 p.m London, August 3. Speaking in the House of Lords, the Earl of Cromer said that .f he found the strain on the Dardanelles Commission was over heavy, he would not hesi- ' tate to resign. Everything would be done to enquire into the Gallipoli operations. There would be no white- | wasliin.?. TWO OUT OF FOUR RETURN. til BADLY DAMAGED. Received August 4, (i p.m. London, August 3. Only two Zeppelins were seen returning to Holland though four crossed. Amsterdam reports that Lll flew over the coast apparently damaged and improperly controlled. The coastguards (red a shot and the Lll disappeared westward with a heavy list. FURTHER DETAILS. Received August 4, 5.5 p.m. London, August 3. The Zeppedin attacks on the- eastern and south-eastern counties did not penetrate far inland, and, except at one point, the bombs were dropped in widely distant localities, mainly near the sea. In conjunction with this attack, two airships were seen to approach the Kent coast and drop bombs, but the damage was astonishingly small, only nine horses being killed. The military object of the raid is not ! apparent. MORE GERMAN FALSE STATEMENTS. Received August 4. 0 p.m. j London, August 3. 1 A German communique say. that a li.irge nuinbei of imv.il airships attacked, With good results, London, naval base at Harwich, and industria' establishments at Norfolk. Though fiercely e.onibardcel all returned unharmed.. The ; I ress Bureau declares the communique 1 i-: not true„from beginning to end. TWO ZEPPELINS ARRIVE HOME. ONE BADLY DAMAGED, Jteenveu August 4, a.nj p.m. Geneva, August 3. Two Zeppelins, one budly damaged, i have arrived at Friedriclishaven by special train. SURPRISE IN STORE FOR RAIDERS. London, August 2. In the House of Commons Mr. Billing and others sharplj criticised the air defences. Reports reaching members suggest that the aircraft for defence have not reached expectation!:. There was angry feeling that "seven Zeppelins were able to tour seven counties and return safely to .Germany on the eve of the second anniversary of the war. Major Baird, on behalf of the Government, indicated that there were unpleasant surprises in store for German .raiders which it was impossible to disclose at present. WORKERS' PROBLEMS. DEPUTATION TO MR. ASQUITH. SAFEGUARDING TRADE UNION PRACTICES. I QUESTION OF DISCHARGED SOLDIERS. Received August 4, 5.5 p.m. London, August 3. Mr. Asquith received a deputation, representing one and a quarter million workers in the Miners' Federation, the National Union of Raihvaymen, and the Transport Workers' Union, who urged that the Government should see that the standard and conditions of life secured by trade unionists were not allowed to fall on account of labor being cheapened by the Hooding of the market by discharged soldiers and sailors. The presidents of the three Federations urged that the.trade union practices before the war be restored when peace is made; that all soldiers who so desired should be granted an extended furlough on full pay, and that all men and women employed as 'substitutes should be given other work at standard living rates of full maintenance. If exsoldiers were unable to procure work they must be assured of maintenance, MR. ASQUITH'S REPLY. Mr. Asquith said the problems raised were the most serious and complicated ever presented. The Government did not intend to depart from pledge-*. Bearding Ilia restoration of trade union practices ur.J insurance of munition workers against unemployment, he showed that the Government recognised the principle that substitutes should no given other work, oi maintenance 'lies length of time on furlough with pay after the war was a matter for eonsielerat : o:i by the Demobilisation Committee. The ilihject oi maintenance allowance foi exsoldiers unable tc procure work was be- , ing investigated. The Government' ini tended to set up machinery which would be brought into active operation the the war was oyer-