MISCELLANEOUS.

Greymouth Evening Star, 3 July 1915, Page 5

MISCELLANEOUS.

SUPPLY OF SPELTER.

STATEMENT BY MR. BONAR LAW.

LONDON, July 2,

Replving to Mr. Bellairs, Mr. A. Bonar Law said that, the Government were unaware thai; large quantities ~i' German owned spelter were lying in Australia, but zinc ore and concentrates had been largely exported io Germany. The Commonwealth drew the Government's. -attention to the existence of ores'and concentrates, and German contracts on .December JLlth. The whole spelter .problem* wa,s now engaging the Government's attention.

MUNITIONS BSLL

AMENDMENTS ADOPTED

LONDON, June 2.

The Munitions Bill was cpmmittcd. An amendment was adopted exempt'ing trades possessing effective means to secure a settlement of disputes without stoppage of work. Hon. D. Lloyd-George pointed out that in the event of the miners and others repudiating the leaders' agreements the industry could he brought under the Act by proclamation. He also stated that the Government was endeavouring to prevent the State being robbed by collusive arrangements between employers and workmen to increase the price of necessaries. In faci. they wanted to get a measure of honest socialism. The War Loan Trustees Bill was read a. thh'd time. The Prudential war loan application has been increased to £5.000,000. THE WILLOCHRA. DUE ON 16th JULY. (By Telegraph—Special to tht Star.] WELLINGTON. This Day. The Willochra, with some 275 sick and wounded New Zealunders on board, was due to arrive at Fremantle yesterday, Hobart about the 10th inst., anil at Wellington on tlie 16th inst. All sick and wounded aboard are reported to be progressing favourably. THE WAR LOAN. POSITION OF THE DOMINIONS. WELLINGTON, Thi a Day. His Excllency the Governor has received the following cable from Mr Bonar Law: "With reference to my telegram of June 26th, the Chancellor of the Exchequer stated in the House of Coinmonß yesterday that, while anxious to give residents in the dominions every opportunity of subscribing to the war loan, he trusted they would not lose sight of the fact that they can do perhaps greater service to the Empire by lending to their own Governments, and so reducing the calls by those Governments on the resources of the United Kingdom." THE COLONIES. WHAT THEY COULD DO. LONDON. July 2. Sir Ed. Barton, speaking at the Colonial Institute, said that although it might he a great strain an Australia's resources, slip could send 150.000 men. She could and would do bo if asked. He also believed that Canada could send double that number. RECRUiT!N|i. HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL. LONDON. July 2. Dwyer, 19 years of ;nn\ who has been awarded'the Victoria Cross, is devoting a wecli's leave from the front to recruiting in London. He headed n march through the city with a band, including a speech at Trafalgar Square. Recruiting is highly successful. HELIGOLAND. BRITISH MISTAKE. LONDON, July 2. The German newspapers publish extensive eulogies of the Kaiser on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the agreement exchanging Heligoland. Tha papers emphasise his foresight in obtaining the island, without which the present development of the German Fleet would have been impossible. If the Kaiser had not taken Heligoland the present war would bave keen impossible. "VENGEANCE." BRITAIN'S CRY. LONDON, July 2. Strong sensation fi have been caused in Hermany by the action of the Trades Union Conference at Derby. The delegates endorsed Mr Appleton's refusal to attend an international conference at Amsterdam because Germans were attending. Mr Appleton pointing out thatafter the German atrocities. Britain's cry was "Vengeance." Mr Ben Tillett declared that the German trades unionists were as much to blame as the German Government, be. cause they liad long boasted of their intention to crush France and England. ZEPPELIN EXPLODES. AT BRUSSELS. AMSTERDAM, July 2. The Echo Beige states that a Zeppelin, when leaving a shed at Brussels, on Wednesday, exploded. THE WOUNDED FUND. A HONDSOME DONATION. Received this day at 10 a.m. SYDNEY, Tliis Day. ._ Sir Samuel McCaughey has given £IOOO per month for ten months to the Australian Wounded Fund.