MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 November 1916, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

QUESTIONS' IN PARLIAMENT. ■T EMPLOYMENT OF BLACKS. (v,, '- . Renter Service Received Nov. 3, Z. 6 p.^v London, Nov. 2. in the House of Common-, Mr. fluncimanjrresident of the Board of Trade) ktateo that if the stocks of potatoes were unnecessarily witinell, the Govjernmtat would take action. Mr. T. W. Rnssell estimates the Irish potato crop a* two-thirds of th.; r.onnal Mr, Bonar Baw, replying to Mr. R. L. Outhwaitc, said there were no' Arrangements for the employment of South African natives by France, but a number had been recruited by the Tritiah Government for service behind the tine*. /.y./Etrl Winterton *skcd if it was proposed to employ South African natives in Britain under the same conditions as ■France employed Chinese, and thus re- ( lease a considerable body of whites for th» »rmy. Mr. Bonar law said tie whole subject |Ma under consideration. Mr. Outhwuite: Does that meaif the Government is considering employing Wacls in Britain? Mr. Bonar Law: I have nothing to add. . Mr. Thome interjected that if all the whites did their duty,, blacks would not - . 1)l required. EXHIBITION OF BRITISH JANGFACTURES. Rcuter Service. London, Nov. 2. In the House of Commons, Mr. Runciman stated that he was communicating with Mr. Bonar Law regarding the possibility of arranging for an exhibition of British manufactures in the principle commercial centres in the Dominions. Extensive preparations were essential if the exhibition was to be practicable WHEAT PURCHASES. London, Nov. 2, The Daily Mail says the Commission has made large purchases in • the United States and elsewhere and intends to issue lists of fair prices for flour and bread, which it will be in a position to enforce owing to its control of the sale •f all wheat. MORE HONORS. London, Nov. 2. Tne **ng has conferred the C.M.G. on . Major Phillip Davy, D.5.0., and Captains Augustus Williams and Arthur Brown, of the Army Medical Service, for their Work during the epidemic at Gardelegen. FOOD PRICES BILL London, Nov. 2. V The Government is drafting a Food Prices Bill. It Will not seek to fix pricss arbitrarily, but by the purchase of commodities endeavor to control distribution and check any preventible rise in prices. .Apart from wheat, the Government's chief problems are milk and potatoes. The Board of Trade is assured cf a good rice supply, and suggests that it , should lagely replace potatoes. JJINTER ENTERTAINMENTS FOE > " SOLDIERS. London, Nov. 2. At thft suggestion of the Colonial Institute the City Livery Companies are arranging winter entertainments for 'wounded overseas soldiers.