MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 November 1918, Page 8

MOTHER COUNTRY.

WORK,OF THE-DOMIWONS&j; ,A MOTIONr-OP.. congratulation, f SOME HAPPENINGS REVEALED. London, Nov. 19. At a meeting of the Empire Parliamentary Association Mr. Long's motion 1 was carried, congratulating the Dominion Parliaments that by the sustained self-sacrificing heroism of : the navies-. of tine British and the Allies a gigantic military autocracy had been for ever overthrown, .and : the triumph of Parliamentary Gowrnment been achieved.

Mr. Hareourt, in seconding the motion,*) referred to the fact that we hadinot lost a single-colony, although, we were, within 24 hours of losing the Falkland Islands. There wa& grave-danger in South. Africa early in the war,,.as the rebels with half the tjnion Governments war: materials. We turned to Lord Kitchener for fhelp to replenish the supplies, but he replied that he could not deplete this country of a single rifle. Mr. Hareourt replied that in a friendly country he found what was wanted, and ships were loaded and sent to Africa in '•sixteen-days. That was the most critical period South Africa-bad'ever undergone. The association contemplates inviting delegations of overseas Parliamentarians to come to England next year, and probably they will see the historic battlefields of France.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc BRITISH CASUALTIES. W ALL THEATRES, OVEK THREE MILLIONS. London, Nov. 19. | In the House of Commons Mr. Mae- ' pherson announced that the total British and Dominion casualties in all theatres *vere: :'.'," " Officers. Men. Killed r...rv-.-..., 37,878 020,820 Wounded ■„■„.... 92,644 1,939,478 Missing'"' ~,...„... 12,994 347,051 Total Casualties ...143,416 2,907,358 143,418 Grand total >.^..-..•..•...; 3,050,774 BATTLE WITH THE MEAT TRUST. London, Nov. 19. In the House of Commons, the Food Controller stated that he was aware that international combines were operating in foodstuffs., but the inter-Allied Food Council could be trusted to cope wit'li the danger.