MOTHER COUNTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 June 1919, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

A GENERAL'S GRIEVANCE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, June 18. General Sir Charles Barter, speaking at a- dinner to the 47th Division,; complained that he was dismissed from the command of the division at an hour's notice when the division had captured High Wood during the battle of the Sonune in 1916. Another division had failed to capture this wood, and his dismissal was based oh th'e statement that he "wantonly wasted men." This was a cruel and unjust accusation. Although his requests for investigation had been refused he was determined publicly to vindicate his military career.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. FOOD CONTROL TORNOVER. i London, June 14. The balance-sheet of the Food Ministry for the year ended March. 31,1918, shows that the total turnover, excluding wheat and sugar, was £46,278,571, the expenses of administration £1,415,664, and the net profit £133.363. The Food Controller's first trading transaction was the purchase of 5000 tons of Australian butter in May, 1917, for £924,878. By the middle of IMB the Government was buying and selling 85 per cent, of the country's food, and prices were fixed for 94 per cent, of the foodstuffs.

The prices paid by the consumers included the cost of administration, but prices had been considerably lower thai; in any other country.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. REDUCTION IN UNEMPLOYED. London, June IS. Persons drawing the weekly unem- j ployment donation decreased by 322,117 between the end of April and the end of May. Of the number quoted 78 per cent, were women. * | TROUBLE WITH CANADIANS. London, June 18. j Canadian soldiers, in rescuing their ! comrades, wrecked the Epsom police station, and a police-sergeant was killed. Received June 19, 5.5 p.m. London, June 18. The Canadian riot at Witley was a protest against the delay in sailing. Australians and New Zealanders in other camps are also protesting.—Aua N.Z. Cable Assoc. HOSTILITY TO CONSCRIPTION. "'T ": London, June 18. The conference of the National Union of Railwaymen,instructed the executive to take any aotion necessary jointly with j the triple alliance to secure the overthrow of conscription. ' BIG SALE OF LINEN. Received June 19, 11.15 p.m. London, June 19. The Government has sold to Leonard Martin forty million cards of linen originally intended for making aeroplane wings. The material is suitable for clothing and household purposes. The price realised was four million sterling.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.