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Taranaki Daily News, 2 May 1917, Page 5

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I -T--PROPOSED TRANSFER OF PRISONERS. j STRIKE OF DOCKERS. [ k Eeuter Service. Received iMay 1, S.o .p.m. London, April SO. In the House of Commons, '.Mr ,T. F. Hope stated, tliat Germany had not replied to the British proposal for the mutual transfer of combatants, who had I been prisoners for more than two years, I to a neutral country. | Two thousand dockers at Tilbury j struck, demanding an increase of 18d daily. | STATEMENTS IN PARLIAMENT ' ABANDONMENT OF MEATLESS j DAYS. , Eeuter Service. ' * Eeceived May I, 5.5 p.m. London, April 30. In the House of Commons, Mr 'Bathurst said that meatless days might have to be abandoned because they involved a strain on the consumption of bread. He added: that tho prohibition of liorseracing applied to Ireland, also that an order providing for the rationing of thoroughbreds would be issued shortly. Mr Bonar Laiw stated that an opportunity \ for discussing naval matters would lie afforded during the secret session next week. Lord Robert Cecil, replying to questions, said the Government had no information at .present about the German corpse factory reports ibeyond what had •appeared in the newspapers, but in view of other actions of the German military authorities there was nothing incredible in the statement. It was part of the of the Government to institute inquiries into what goes on in Germany. SECEET SESSION WELCOMED. London, April 30. The Daily Telegraph officially learns that bread tickets are being printed in readiness fot immediate introduction in the event of consumption not being reduced. A meeting of Liberals, including Mr. Churchill, passed a resolution welcoming the secret session and asking the Government to make statements regarding the supply of men for the armies, in relation to other needs, and the loss of mercantile tonnage and the. rpfeiljtant prospects of food supply. It is understood the whole question of submarining is receiving Mr. Lloyd George's personal attention. CLERKS' STRIKE ENDED. Received May 1, 10.30 p.m. London, May 1. The Woolwich clerks are returning to work under, a Ministerial promise that their claim shall be! arbitrated. 1