MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 July 1917, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

"BABY WEEK.'* HUGE LOSSES Or INFANT LIFE. URGENT REFORMS NEEDED. Received July 4, 0.5 p.m. London, June 3. Lord Rhonncla. Controller of Food, said at a R»:by Week meeting that. two thousand baibies under twelve months, and three thousand under five months, were lost weekly owing to want of Tcnowoldge and of the necessaries of life. A thousand might he caved by cleaner and healthier homes, better food, and greater care of mothers, and would have prevented the rejection of a million men for the nrmv since the war. Dr. 11. A. L. Fisher. President of the Board of Education, deplored that a hundred thousand were still-born yearly, equal to the casualties of a great campaign. Housiwr reform -was urgently needed. Every cottage should have a hot water system and a gas stove. FOR THE SAKE OF THE WOUNDED. Received July 4, 5.5 Ip.nl. London. July 3. Tn the House of Commons. Mr. Bonar Law announced reductions in the amusements tax, and that the dut.v on the lower classeß of tobacco would be reduced to lid from Is Bd. as a special concession to 'wounded soldiers in England. STATE CONTROL OF LIQUOR TRADE Received July 4. 6.30 p.m. London, July 3. Committees have been appointed in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland to consider the financial aspects of State control and purchase of the liquor trade in the event of the Government carrying this out as an urgent measure during war time and the period of demobilisation. THE TERMS OF PEACE. Received July 4, 11.10 p.m. London, July 3. Tn the House of Commons, Lord Robert Cecil said the Russian Government had suggested a conference of the Allied Powers to reconsider the conditions and terms of peace. The British Government was communicating with her allies on the subject. CHARGE OF ESPIONAGE. Received July 4, 11 p.m. London, July 3. The Press Bureau states that Alfred Tlagn, a Norwegian, has been arrested in London on a charge of espionage on behalf of Germany. The ease is regarded as of grave importance, and will tie dealt with by court-martial. FOOD CONTROL APPOINTMENT. London, July 3. The Press Bureau states that Mr. Clynes. MjP. (a Laibor member) has been appointed 'Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Food Control. AEROPLANES SHARE IN PRIZE MONEY. London, July 3. The Prize Court awarded £l f BO to be divided between the two monitors and two aero-ploncs which destroyed the Konigsburg. It is the first occasion on which aeroplaiies have shared in a bounty.