NEWS FROM BRITAIN

Timaru Herald, Volume CII, Issue 15633, 16 April 1915, Page 8

NEWS FROM BRITAIN

GRAVE MORAL PROBLEM. ' DEMANDING DECISION. j LOXDOX. April 14. I "The Times" medical ooiTespondcntI nrges a. national policy to help i girl-mothvrs of the illegitimate childI ren of soldiers. Large numbers, -or un- ! married women in Britain state that i they expect to b. 3 mothers. "Arc tl:ey," asks the correspondent, ''to be ) left in tli--e slough of their shame:- A j grave moral problem d-miands decision.'•' FT X A XCIA L SI" A BILITY. LOXDOX, Apj-il 14. The sum of .C-U.316,00:> has he«>n subscribed for the treasury hCls at an average of £3 ]-ls Id. (Fifteen millions were asked for.) WOMEN" AS WORKERS. Jt is announced that 33,000 women had registered for special war service at the end of March, including tfOOO for the armnmcTit works. The Government have agreed to pay Pel as the piec? rates on. Government- contracts but there is no rule relating to time rates. INDIAN TERRITORIALS. EFFICIENT FORCE TO HELP. Tho Territorials training in India, have attained a. state of high efficiency in a remarkably short period. Their h»;-a.ltu is very good and the recruiting of the native regiments is excellent. The recent successes in Europe have stimulated military enthusiasm and large mtmbers of well-to-do men are joining the army as reserve- officers. j FOOD SUPPLIES. i It is -officially announced that the 1 Government will not buy more whep.t. believing it can rely en the, corn trade to supply the comury'K requirements for the romainder of the cereal year. Tho "Gazette"' notifies that the Government has requisitioned tlie ■whole of th-e insulated space in British steamships trading from Australia and New Zealand to the United Kingdom.