AT HOME.

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 2732, 31 May 1915, Page 2

AT HOME.

THAT ZEPPELIN RAID. ! London, May 29. Tho inquest at Southend showed that an anti-aircraft shell killed" a lady. THE PUSH-AND-GO MAN. London, May 29. Dr. Addison, of the Board of Education, becomes Mr Lloyd George's push-and-go man as Under-Secretary ef the Ministry of Munitions. FOR NATIONAL SERVICE. This week's unsatisfactory news increased the demand for national service. Lord Sydenham, Mr Frederic Harrison, several headmasters of public Behools, and others advocato national service from various standpoints. It m estimated that there arc eight million men of military ago in the United Kingdom. ASHMEAD BARTLETT'S ESCAPE. Mr Ashmoad Bartlett was aboard the Majestic when she was torpedoed. He was saved, but lost everything. He proceeds to Malta. A NEW ZEALAND DOCTOR/ Dr. Gillies, the New Zealand golfer, has been appointed chief surgeon of the Belgian field hospital. THE PRINCESS IRENE'S DEATHROLL. It is estimated that the liner Princess Irene's death-roll was 270. The supposed cause is similar to that of H.M.S. Bulwark. A V.C. HERO KILLED. Captain F. Grenfell, the first officer to win the Victoria Cross in this war, has been killed in France. DRIFTING TO A CRISIS. Tho Manchester Guardian says Mr Lloyd George conferred with a" large gathering of the engineering firms, who explained that the differences with the workmen arose from wages bonuses. They cannot accelerate the production to the 'capacity of their machinery, unless the local regulations are suspended or altered. The employers declare that the minority of the men will not realise that we are involved in a great struggle. The big majority are swayed by these men rather than by the trade unio/i leaders. The trouble is chiefly in the north. Some employers fear that the position is drifting to a big.industrial crisis. The same in some shops distrust tho masters, fearing that war stress will enable the disturbance of wages and hours. allege that the employers have increased their profits, and they mean to get their share. It is alleged that the output of French machines is higher than, that of the British.