MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 March 1918, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

BRITAIN IN DEADLY EARNEST,^ M'XITIOX \V(*RKKR3 UVE'Uj .''. f H>DA VS. 5 *. .MicAsnu'.s ].-i»n st » nixo -M K.V FOR TIIJC I'ilONT. ' Received .March 2", p.m. 1 * . I.oniloji, ?ilai-oh 2K f , S i lie munition v.'nr\e. • nit ever '/j country are giving up iheir Kister lidlidays ]■; response. to Mr. CliurohillV ftp*. •; peal Tii. Clyde', worker*, lrtfle and mule, at. ma«» rceetln;,'* passed enthufii- /J astic resolutions in favor of p W anil tlic trade unions seerctaiie« ui.d of-" 1 '? yaniricrK espect the activity at the "nor)C> i shops to iic now greater than at' stage of the war. The worker.) ar« jjrp'- 'Vf jmred for a lon# period of overtime, L \ The Daily Telegraph Mates tliat tlie ! .V, Cou'rniwnt will probabh Miwnit a Power- Rill on tlu* reassembling of > iianieiit, und pass it (juivkly as an war miasure. The provisions arc !:.-{] being eunxkeiyd, but it. has been decided to raise the military a?®'#! to at lcust 1.1. and possibly aa l (0 enable tile older wen to release, tin vnnngu.' men for the battlefields. Cabinet lias discussed the question dt\ { conscription in Ireland, but readied decision. i 7, A Court circular states that the Prine» 'A of Wales has returned to the front • . '4 ENGINEERS' NATION'STRIKB "OFF." ' HELPING THE C'REAT CAUSR i'j INSTEAD. ' , Received March 2p.m. Jj Reuter Service. *1 London, .March .a. , The proposed national strike of cu. ,ii", gincers on April (i was abandoned, ftnilvK' the strike committee, besides calling .'off , 4 <i tne strike, has appealed'to till engineers'.'-t to do their utmost to replace the losses- j-J caused l.y the offensive. I'lie Minister of Munitions acknow-'jS ledges .the general response of the muni- 2 lionerti to his appeal to forego their hull* i-.v days. '1