MEDALS FOR WORKERS.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 January 1918, Page 5

MEDALS FOR WORKERS.

FOR COT-RAGE AND DEVOTION TO DUTY. MANY WOMEN INCLUDED. Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc, and Reuter. Reecived Jan. 9, 1.55 aim. London, Jan. 8. Three hundred and fifty medals of the British Empire Order have been awarded, mostly to munition workers, many of them being women, for courage in moments of the gravest danger from fires and explosions; also to a number of telephone girls for devotion to duty during air raids. DOMINION LUST POSTPONED. Reuter Service. Seceived Jan. 8, 5J5 p.m. London, Jan. 7. In order to meet the convenience of the Dominions and Colonies, in view of the present slowness of communication, it has been arranged to defer until a later date (probably March 1) the notification of lists of appointment to the Order of the British Empire in respect of services in or for the Dominions and Colonies. l : LORD READING. Received Jan. 8, 9.30 p.m. London, Jan. 7. Official: Lo rd Reading has been appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and plenipotentiary on a special mission to Washington. WJLL CONTROL ALL MISSIONS. Received Jan. 9, 12.5 a.m. London, Jan. 7. An official announcement explains that Sir Gordon Spring-Rice, British Ambassador to America, is on leave. Lord Reading has been appointed High Commissioner in the character of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary on a special mUsion. Lord Reading, as High Commissioner, will have full authority and control over all British missions sent to the United States in connection with the active prosecution of the war Lord Northcliffe will remain in London as chairman of the London "headquarter, of the British War Mission to the United Stftfco«_