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Taranaki Daily News, 14 June 1917, Page 5

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LABOR UNREST. \ COMMISSION OF INQUIRY, Received June 13, 8.45 p.m. London, June 12. Mr. Lloyd George, addressing the com- | ' Slißsioners who have been newly appoint- ! sd for the puitpose of studying labor un- | rest), announced that the Government had already started most searching investigations -on the question of profiteer- j lug in connection' with the high prices I ii food, for which profiteering may partly" be responsible. He hoped in a short j time to make proposals which will sub- i stantially reduce the cost of some, of the j necessaries of life. The industrial marine had 'been working at exceptionally nigh pressure, resulting in a good deal of overstrain, fatigue, and irritation. The commissioners must investigate the causes of disquiet, as the efficiency of the industrial machine would be impaired unless the causes of unrest were removed. He hoped the commissioners would report in July, and would thoroughly inquire into food grievances and inform the Government whether the hitter's proposals are sufficient, or whether ©ore drastic proposals are necessary. PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION OPPOSED. NATIONALISTS VISIT AMERICA. Received June 13, 11.20 p.m. London, June 13. m the House of Commons, Mr. H. M. Vessel's Amendment, instructing the Re-i distribution Commissioners 'to assume that the House was unfavorable to pro- .. portional representation was carried bv 148 to MI. Messrs T. P. O'Connor and S. Hazelton (Nationalists) will tour the United State*, on a mission on behalf of the frith Parliamentary party. SINN SEINERS' MEETING. Received June 14, 1 a.m. London, June 13. The Daily Chronicle states that Sinn Fein rebels mutinied at Lewes gaol, smashing the windows and furniture. The authorities are now distributing the prisoners' in small groups in the prisons throughout the country. gOOIAtKT DELEGATES RETURN TO LONDON. United Service. {Received June 13, 8.4S p.m. London, June 12. •M*<s>onald and Jowett have returned to London, having temporarily abandoned their effoft to leave England. Mr. Wilson states that the Seamen's Union intends watching all ports till further oot-ice.' tEOTECTING SOLDIERS FROM DISEASE. London, June 12. IS the Souse of Commons, Sir H. Greenwood asked whether, as the result of the appeal taade by representatives of the Dominions at the Imperial Conference, any steps had been taken to protect overseas troops from venereal diieM*. Mr. Bonar Law replied that the ques- 1 tion was surrounded with great difficultly. The Home Office and War' Office were consulting whether further 1 administrative action was possible. ; LIEUT. CAMERON'S CASE. London, June 12. There has Ibeen a romantic sequel to the story of Lieut. Cameron, wJio iwas sentenced'to three years' imprisonment 4n the necklace case in Edinburgh in Mil, and released on tieket-of-leave be- . lore the war. He has been employed on important gtttff work for Which a large knowledge of European languages is* WSetattal. The King has now granted him a free pardon as a reward for bis war services. The fteneh Government decorated Cameron in 1914. thousand officers, including Lords Cromer and Roberts, petitioned the King for a pardon for Cameron, believing he had kept silence to shield his wife, who made a confession declaring her husband's innocence. •Lord Kitchener therefore allowed him to join the army. (CMHeFos'« wife had a necklace which was insured, and, alleging that it had been stolen from her neck in the street, claimed money from the insurance company-)