MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 November 1916, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

MOVEMENT TO SHELVE MR. ASQUITHi AMERICAN CORRESPONDENT'S ■STORY. deceived Xov. 2"). 1..i.i a.m. New York, Xov. 24. The Tribune's London correspondent states that, apparently, an attempt is about to lie made to shelve Mi. Asquith, antl elevate Mr. IJovd George to the Premiership. He adds, that it is impossible to estimate the strength of the movement.

PEACE TALK. £ LORD NORTHCLIFFE'S VIEWS. Received Nov. 25, 1.30 a.m New York, Nov. 24. Referring to the series of peace-basis articles, us cabled on November 20, Lord Northeliffc. in a wirelessed letter to the New York Times, makes the suggestion that for Britain to consider peace can only be regarded as hostile to our citizen army, which is only now ready,for war. "There can be no peace discussion it this country, and there will not be any while Germany occupies any Allied ter ritorv."

OUR MINISTERS AT HOME. THE FLEET VISITED. London, Nov. 2j. .ilr. Massey and Sir Joseph Ward visited a portion of the Grand Fleet, including the New Zealand. Sir Joseph Ward, speaking at Glasgow, insisted that the Dominions had a right to a voice in the peace terms and future treaties. The Dominions were entitled in future to equal responsibility fcr the Empire navy, and it was their undeniable duty to provide a considerable portion of the cost. The party visited shipbuilding yards.

AVOIDABLE ABSENTEEISM. DISCUSSED BY MINERS London, Nov. 24. The Miners' Conference failed to fincl an effective policy for dealing with avoidable absenteeism, and admitted that the policy of moral suasion was unsuccessful. Absenteeism was still 2(1 per cent, in some districts. The executive committee proposed to give the pit committees power to fine habitual absentees, but there was a hopeless division of opinion, delegates urging it was not the business of trade unions to penalise members for neglecting their work. The Conference adjourned for a month.

TAKEN FROM MAILBAGS. FIFTY AIILLIOK IN CHEQUES, ETC... FOR ENEMY. Received Nov. 24, 8 p.m. London, Nov 21, The examination of mailbags to a/ _ from Scandinavia and Hollanu has resulted in the stoppage of cheques and paper money going to the enemy worth £50,000,000 sterling.

DILUTION OF LABOR. EXTENDED TO COMMERCE, ' ■Received Nov. 24, 5.5 p.ns. London, Nov. 23. Representatives of the engineering and shipbuilding trade unions, after -,ti address by the Government Labor Adviser, agreed to recto/mend the members to accept an extension of the principle of the dilution of labor to private commercial work, subject to safeguards and the restitution of trade union conditions after the war. SEW ZEALAND WOOL CLIP.. London, Nov. 24. The city editor of the Times says the British Government has purchased the New Zealand wool clip at a 65 per cent, increase on the 1913-14 prices, providing tonnage and sharing profits in the open sales after military requirements are filled.' BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S WHEAT PURCHASE. London, Nov. 24. It is understood the British Government is purchasing 1,500,000 quarters of wheat from tlis United States,