MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 January 1919, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

GRAVES OF BRITISH SOLDIERS

TO BE HONORED WORTHILY.

OVERSEAS GOVERNMENTS SHARE EXPENSE.

Received Jan. 9, 8.40 p.m. London, Jan. 8. At a meeting of the Imperial War j Graves Commission, at which Mr. W. H. Long presided, all the British and overseas representatives being present, the chairman stated that all the overseas Governments unreservedly agreed to ibear their share of whatever expense ; was involved iu worthily honoring the i memory of the dead. The commission, therefore, was free to discharge its task in an ungrudging and unniggardly spirit. The commission adopted a recommendation that the most suitable method of honoring those whose graves were not found, or those graves not identified, would be to place a tablet, appropriately inscribed, in a cemetery near the spot where the men were believed to have been killed. It is estimated that at least a thousand cemeteries are involved in the scheme.

The commission decided to ask the Indian Government to formulate proposals for the establishment of an agency in India for the care of British war graves there.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc, and Renter.

DEMOBILISATION SYSTEM. THE PRIORITY METHOD. ARMY SERVICE CORPS COMPLAINTS London, Jan. 7. The Star states that the contract system of demobilising soldiers on leave and possessing their employers' written undertaking to proceed to work will be dropped and the original scheme will be adhered to, whereby priority is given according to the. national importance of the men's civil occupations.—Aus. N.2. Cable Assoc. London, Jan. 8. Four thousand members of the Aru*y Service Corps marched from Park Royal to Whitehall concerning demobilisation. General Sir William Robertson received a deputation and said the general at Park Royal would investigate the complaints*—Aus. Cable Assoc. Received Jan. 9, 8.45 p.m. London, Jan. 8.

The Army Couneil announces that no soldier or officer is permitted to proceed to England on leave from France, except on the distinct understanding that he returns to his unit at the expiration of bis leave, and that he won't be demobilised during the period of his leave. Experience has shown the necessity of this order to ensure the maintenance of the ai-my of occupation. All officers and men novr on leave fr<>m France will be demobilised if tliey are pivotal men who are assured of cwil employment and fcelong to the industrial groups opened for demobilisation, and if they can be spared from the army. The same privilege will be accorded to all ranks on leava from other expeditionary forces, if similarly qualified.— ■Aus, N.£ Cable Assoc, and Renter.

WAR HONORS. FEW COLONIALS D.'ELUDED. Received Jan. 9, 2.50 p.m. London. Jan. 8. Hundreds of names of men and women on whom the Order of the British Empire has been bestowed for services rendered in connection with the war have been published in thirty-two pages of the Gazette. The recipients' activities embrace the varied forma of war occupation. Only a few names of well-known overseas persons are included. Tha present lists of Knight CommandeTship Include Rider Haggard, a member of the Dominions' Royal Commission. The Commanders include the Salvationists Mary Booth and W. G. Haines; music. Haller George Robey. The officers' order includes William Hfbberdine, traffic manager of the Eastern Telegraph Company.

UTILISING WAR RAILWAYS. FOR COUNTRY DISTRICTS IN BRITAIN. Received Jan. 9, 7.30 p.m. London, Jan. 8. The Government proposes to utilise a large quantity of light railway material now in Franco for connecting the conntry districts in Britain with the main railway Cues, thus increasing the supply of farm products.—Aub. N.Z. Cable Assoc. DISPOSAL OFMmnflON FACTORIES

London, Jan. 7. The Government 13 offering for saJe throe large munition factories at Watford, Trafford Park (Manchester), and Dudley (Worcestershire). It is understood that other factories will shortly be offered. Many large firms are keenly aniaons to buy such established factories as the cost of labor and scarcity of material make the building of others very uncertain for some years.—Aus. N.Z. Oaible Assoc. STOCKS OF MBTAL ON TTANT) (London, Jan. 7. The Ministry of Munitions hold the following stocks in Great Britain: Copper, 36,000 tons; spelter, 30,290 tons; aluminium, 11,957 tons; lead, 62,852 tons; nickel, 2098 tons; antimony, 350S tons,—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. and Beuter.