BRITISH NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 December 1919, Page 8

BRITISH NEWS.

STOCKINGS CAUSE DISEASE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, Dec. 1. French medical writers ascribe an outbreak of influenza in its severest form to the wearing of silk stockings. One doctor declares that he has discovered several well-defined cases of female trench feet, which he believed to be due to splashing along the Boulevards almost barefooted ||ki the bitterest weather. LADY ASTOR, M.P. London, Dee. 1. The House of Commons was crowded to welcome Lady Astor, and there were many notabilities in the galleries. Lady Astor wore a simple black frock and was thoroughly self-possessed. She walked up the House between MessrsBalfour and Lloyd George amid loud cheering, signed the roll and took her seat on the Opposition side under the gangway among the young Unionists. — Aua.-N.Z. Cable Assn. STATE LIQUOR CONTROL.

London, Dec. 1. The broad result of the Liquor Control Board's experiment of purchasing and transforming Carlisle hotels into comfortable taverns and directly controlling the sale of liquor has practically wiped out drunkenness without penalising the moderate drinker. Mr. liloyd George favors the experiment, which he considers to be a conspicuous success, and only regrets that it was not extended to other municipalities in more populated areas. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. GERMAN OFFICERS' MISSION. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyrlsht. I London, Dec. 2. The German' officers at Dover explained that they were proceeding to South America to tow interned steamships homo. The naval authorities were satisfied and released the tugs. DOUBLE INCOME-TAX. London, Dec. 2. The conference over the double in-come-tax lias concluded and its findings will be submitted to the Royal Commissiqn on income-tax. It is expected that the decision will shortly be made public. There is little doubt that the Homo authorities are likely to concede much relief on the double-tax.