MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 November 1916, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

NEW ELECTORAL MFASURE. EXiMIAXCHISEMEXT OF FIGHTERS AND WAR WORKERS, Received Nov. 2, 8 p.m London. Xxv. 1. In the ?ommittee sta.se of the Special Register Bill, all amendments extending the franchise, including the extenVon,* to soldiers ami sailors, were ordered to he struck out. The Bill will probably be dropped. Mr. Asquith promised a simple mensure, enfranchising soldiers an! sailors, also munition workers and others, if possible EMPIRE FINDS ITSELF. UNIFIED BY BLOODSHED Received Nov. 2, 8 p.nt London, Nov. 2. ijord Rosebcry, speaking at Edinburgh, stated that the war bad enabled the Empire to find itself. Nothing was so unifying as bloodshed in a common and righteous cause. He 'hoped there would be no relaxing of the Empire ties. He believed that if an.''as-you-were peace" were concluded, the Dominions would cease to adhere to Britain. Received Nov. ", 12.5 a.m. London. Nov. 2. If there were a Minister, which, thank God, there isn't, who was so cowardly, so short-sighted, and ro imbecile as to conclude a peace leaving Prussia with the same devilish power a? in the past, I am afraid our Dominions would say the country was so governed that it is not the country to adhere to, an.! we. had better find hotter statesmen of our own. QUESTIONS IN COMMONS. GERMAN" EAST AFRICA. I ,_ j London, jNov. i. In tlie House of Commons, Mr. Bonar Law said that an experienced official from the Colonial Office would shortly be despatched to establish provisional admiinstration in the conquered portion of German East Africa. I Mr. Asquith said he was unable yet to announce the Governments intentions regarding the extension of the Conscription Acts towards Ireland. It was not in the public interest that any statement should be made as to the Government's intentions regarding the disposal of enemy propertv. which would necessarily come up for consideration in the peace terni.-\ BRITISH CASUALTIES. London, Nov, 1. The October casualty lists for the army aggregated 4308 officers and 101.340 men, including approximately lflM officers and 19,805 men killed or died. There were? also 415 naval casualties. RECRUITING OF IRISH. London. Nov. 1, Official.—lrishmen recruited for general service will in future be given the option of enlisting in an Irish rcgiroent. THE COST OP LIVING. London, Nov. 1. A conference representing IOO.OfIO munition workers at Woolwich, Enfield, and Waltham Abbey, passed a resolution in favour of State control of food and the fixing of retail price to prevent a national calamity. They also demanded increased wages. A MEMBER IMPRISONED. London, Nov. 1. Mr. Ginnell, M.P., has been imprisoned for failing to pay a fine imposed on him. j WHEAT COMMISSION. ' London, Nov. 1. The Wheat Commission has appointed a number of firms as Government agents to sell Indian, Argentine, Pacific, American, and Canadian wheats. At present they are only allowed to sell to millers, and their remuneration is 3d per quarter.