BRITAIN

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VI, Issue 268, 28 October 1916, Page 5

BRITAIN

LONDON NEWS ITEMS. ' [AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z, CABLE A3SN. ! London, Oct. 27. Mr. Runciman, Secretary to the Board of Trade, speaking to a depu, attion of the Scottish Trade Union Congress, said that owing to the increase of food prices the Government was considering the possi- . bility of enforcing a minimum wage 1 generally throughout the industrial world and the opening of municipal shops for certain articles in some districts. Two hundred and sixty-seven military medals have been awarded t<> Australians, including one New i Zealander. Lord Derby informed an interviewer that they were firmly resolv-, ed to keep at home only the essen- ’ rial minimum. They had no thought : o“ sparing men in order to establish j unnecessary reserves. j The sale of the “Anzac Book” realised £3OOO for the Red Cross. A new edition is being published Official.—An explosion in a muni -I tion factory in Kent resulted in two oeaths and ten being seriously injured. ‘ j In the House of Commons Mr. F. I S. Montagu, defending the Liquor Board’s administration, said the half-year’s’ spirit drinking had been reduced from 15,000,000 gallons to 8,000,000 gallons, and beer consump- : tion had been reduced by 2,000,000 gallons.