POST-WAR LABOR PROBLEMS.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 January 1917, Page 5

POST-WAR LABOR PROBLEMS.

LABOR COMMITTEE'S SUGGESTIONS Received Jan. 14, 11.30 p.m. London, Jan. 14. The joint -ommittue to deaj with post-war labor problems, appointed by .the Parliamentary Committer: of the Trades Union Congress and other labor organisations, anticipates the discharge of between six and eight miiiion Government employees, i-opresontin'. nearly lialf the' wage-earners of the United Kingdom, oetween two and three millions of whom will be dischar.;rd within three months of peace being declared. Concerning demobilisation, the committee calculates that the rate of disbandment- will not exceed 5000 daily, and urges the Govornmcjnt to make the same provision for discharged munition workers as tor discharged .okiiers The trades unions should be entrusted with finding! new situations, and the committee suggests a drastic reform of employment exchanges. ■*

THE OVERSEAS POSSESSIONS. Eceeive'd Jan. 13, 7 p.m London, Jan. 13, The Imperial, Institute, at Sit Thos. Mackenzie's instance, has Arranged to create committees to promote interest in the respective overseas possessions. Messrs McLean, Coates, R. IF. Nolan, and Trigg have been nominated to repre sent New Zealand. ' POTATi; PRICES. FIXED. Received Jan. 13, 8 -\in. i/ondon, Jan. 13. The announcement that potato prices are to bo fixed caused a sensation amongst the Lancashire farmers holding stocks. It was au anxious position, and they -vcr pouring in stocks when the price:, dropped Ma, oloaing at £K _;er ton. The potato famine is ended. DATE OB' IMPERIAL CONFERENCE. Received Jan. 14, 5.0 j. London, Tan. 13. The Imperial Conference refinitcly meets at the end of February or early in March. JIR. MASSEY HONORED. London, Jan. 12. Edinburgh University conferred an LD.D degree on Mr Massey. Replying, he said hf thought the country had more reason for optimise about the W3i than when he was in Edinburgh two ricr.ths ago. German had gi'en the shrmgest indications of her anx'ety for peace, but however anxious the Prussian eagle was to pose as a dove lie tuistet! ,tho full terms of the Allies' late Note vi Mild be firmly insisted on when the Peace Conference opened.

He was assured thnt Hip forthcoming Dominions' Conference was only the forerunner of what would lead to the reorganisation of the Empire and a true Imperial Parliament. MORE GOOD WANTED London. Ja':. 12. Xew orders issued by Lord TVyonport require the extraction of mi extri 5 per cent, of flour from wheat or the addition cf 5 pc. cent, fro mharley, maize, rice or oats. The order cninoweis the miller to add n further 5 poi- eent. voluntarily, niid orbids the feeding of animals on wheat ouitfthle for seed or flour. 'l'he manufacture of chocolate is made more costly and the price 3d per ounce retail and' other sweets 2d pe? ounce Retailers ire Irrbiddu to sell m the public to purchase them after Mr.rch 1. The order also restricts the quantity of s'ugar used in confectionery. CERMAN-SPEAKIXG NURSES. London, .Tnv. 12. In reference to the Hindenbuvg incident it is stated that the Bri,ti=n War i.'iV'-.Q inftn'f. liiir},'! vht can speii* .icrii:sin for German ofrtcerfl in hospitals. [Field-Marshal Hindenburg, hep ring a German nurse speaking English to a British prisoner in hospital, ordercv her removal, declaring that no one speaking English should bo allowed to nurse English piisoncrs.]