MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 June 1917, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

GERMAN NAMES AND TITLES. REMOVED FROM BRITISH ROYALTY. Received June 20, 5.6 p.m. A. and N.Z. Cable Assoc, and Reuter. London, June 18. The Press Bureau states that the King, desiring that owing to war conditions those princes of his family who are his subjects, but bear German names and titles, should relinquish them and adopt British surnames, has therefore conferred the following peerages:—The Duke of Teek, Prince Louis of Battenburg, and Prince Alexander of Battenburg to Ibe Marqueßses, and Prince Alex, ander of Teek to be an Earl. United Service. Received June 20, 9.20 ,m. London, June 20. The King's decision also means the abolition of princes and princesses not of royal blood, the number whereof has increased of late years. The only prm« cesßes in future will be the sovereign's children and grandchildren in the male descent, the titles of "Highnesses" and "Serene Highnesses" disappearing. Received June 21, 12.25 a.m. London, June 20. The King has directed Princesses Victoria and Marie Louise of SchleswigHolstein henceforth to be styled Helena Victoria and Marie Louise, and also directs the royal princesses to relinquish the title of Duchess of Saxony. OTHER MATTERS. Received June 20, 3.6 p.m. i London, June 10. It is expected the Government will sanction eight further days' racing at Newmarket. The engineering and shipbuilding trades announce that they have secured safeguards justifying their support to Dr. Addison's Dilution Bill, but they retain the right to strike or undertake private work. The Railwaymen's Congress protested against the further calling-up of railwaymen, as the efficiency of the service and the public safety were already seriously menaced. The Congress congratulated the workers of Russia upon obtaining freedom. The premises of German banks in London were auctioned to-day. Barclay's Bank bought Bentsche's for £200,000. The House of Commons adopted the principle of women's suffrage by 385 to 55. Mr. Balfour declined to make a statement regarding his mission to America, on the ground that it was not customary. He stated that the United States did not adhere to the Declaration of London regarding a separate peace. Mr. LloyA George receives a Unionist, deputation urging the Government to exercise absolute food control and suppress profiteering, and take over the management of retail shops in the poorer districts.