MOTHER COUNTRY.
MESSAGE TO WOMEN WORKERS.
THE PREMIER'S TRIBUTE. London, Aug. 22. The Press Bureau -tates that Mr. Uoyd George gent a mesage to a mass matting of Allied women war wornrs jn Paris, paying a tribute to women's wort in hospitals, factories, on the land and behind the lines.
He added: "In the past I hare heard it said that women were unfit to vote became they would be weak under the •tress of a great war. My experience is tha: women understand practically what is at stake in this'war. To them it is a crusade"for righteousness and gentleness. They mjll not make peace until the Allies have rendered it impossible for another carnival of violence to befall mankind.
'"My message is: 'Well done; carry on; you arc helping to create a new earth for yourselves and your children.'"— An*. X.Z. Cable Assoc.
THK TRAM STRIKERS TO RESUME. Received August 24, 1.50 ajn. London, August 23. The tram and (bus strikers are resuming to-morrow-—Seutetr. INCREASING COAL OUTPUT. London, Aug. 22. ..Tie Daily Telegraph says that the War Cabinet will probably appoint a small committee representative of the miners and coal-owners, including Messrs Brace and Walsh, M.P.'s, to consider proposals for increasing the output. Mr. Walsh, in an interview, advocates ; joint propaganda on the coalfields, miners and owners speaking from the same platform, to impress the urgency of increasing the output "and the miners' pertonal responsibility. The propaganda should continue until the grave crisis is past. Absenteeism is the chief cause of th* fall in the output. Twenty thousand coal workers in the Rotherham district struck last night pending the settlement of the dispute in connection with the surfacemen's wages award. It is expected that the strike will el-tend to ths majority of the Yorkshire pits to-day.—Aus. WZi Cable Assoc.
CONSERVATION of goal.
London, Aug. 22. "the Ministry of Reconstruction and the Coal Conservation Committee appointed in 1916 recommend the establish' ment of a Ministry of Mines with statu. Tory powers, to take steps for the conservation of coal. It should undertake a comprehensive drainage scheme— Aug. ***. Cable Assoc.
COMBINE OF DYE FIRMS
London, Aug 22.
Despite the opposition of the chairman aid five directors, British Dyes, Limited, has decided to amalgamate with Levinsteins.
The Board of Trade advocated the amalgamation with the view of securing increased efficiency by the combination of th# two peat" dye producers of the country—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.
HONORS FOR SERVICE IN ACTION.
London, Aug. 22.
The War Office has decided that the Distinguished Smvice Order, Military Cms, and Distinguished Service Medal Khali be awarded for service* in action only.-Aus. K-Z- Cable Asaoc »nd Bo*iter.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19180824.2.21.2
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Taranaki Daily News, 24 August 1918, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
440MOTHER COUNTRY. Taranaki Daily News, 24 August 1918, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.