MOTHER COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17078, 29 January 1916, Page 9

MOTHER COUNTRY.

: PARLIAMENT PROROGUED. t • , i . THE KING'S MESSAGE. \ “ A FINAL DECISIVE VICTORY.-’ * ilv Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright ! (Received January 28, 9.30 p.ra;). [ LONDON. January 27.' : l The King in proroguing Parliament for eighteen days said: — ; My Army and Navy are engaged i in concert with our brave, and stead- ' fast Allies in defending our common , liberties and public law m Europe. I against unprovoked encroachment by. the enemy. I am sustained by the ; determination of the people at Home and overseas to carry the flag to a i final, decisive victory in this struggle, which was forced upon us by, those who hold in light esteem liberties and covenants which we regard as sacred Wo shall not lay down our arms ; until we have vindicated the cause, which carries with it the. future-of; civilisation. Si I rely with confidence ott til®’ loyal united efforts of all my subjects, who have never failed me, and. I pray that Almighty Gcd may give , us blessing.” us blessing. (Received January 2s, 9-50 p.m.)yjj LONDON, January 27. : Parliament has been prorogued’"to February 15. - -*7' ■} MUNITIONS. AGAINST SUNDAY WORK. | AIR. LLOYD GEORGE’S ADVICE. ‘ (Received January 28, 11.15 p.m.) ' ' LONDON, January 27f : >' Air Llovd George has issued a circa* lav to munitions manufacturers urging that Sunday labour should be abolished! in controlled establishments, and pointing out that it would be better to work overtime on week days than to do Sun--day work. The decision is the outcome' of an investigation upon production and,; continuous labour, which showed that Sunday labour tended to diminish rather than increase the output. •Vy PROCRESS OF WAR. " U " . yAt 't!>. NO STATEAIENT YET. ' LONDON, January 27. Air Lloyd George stated’ that ,Mr Asquith was unable to make a stated ment regarding the progress of the war before the prorogation of Parliament. CANADA'S HELP. J OCEAN TRANSPORTATION. f DOMINION SUPPLIES AIUNITIONS. “ Time* " and Sydney " Sun ” Services. LONDON, January 27. The “Times” correspondent at Ottawa says that the Hon J. D. Hazen, Alinister of the Navy, explained! in the House of CfomraoiTs the steps taken since the outbreak of the war to secure the ocean transportation of Canadian products. Forty commandeered vessel? sme regularly carrying .munitions t«

Great Britain, and arrangements had been made for 1916 for the transport of 1,,500,000 tons of freight. Recently three German prize vessels had been released for the Atlantic trade. Shipments from Canadian winter ports had been 200 per cent in excess of any previous year. Canadian grain had been carried satisfactorily, and there had been little complaint under the circumstances. An extraordinary freight service had been maintained between Canada and Britain. THE CHURCH MILITANT, FATHER VAUGHAN’S ADVICE. KEEP ON KILLING GERMANS. LONDON, January 27. Speaking at the Mansion House, 'Father Vaughan said that if Prussianised Germany would play the game according to the miles of international fiTV <=he might 'command the respect of Englishmen, but she failed to play, tine game, and the business of the British ■was to keep on killing Germans. Referring to the enemy s atrocities, he said that sometimes they were told that the newspapers indulged in exaggeration, but his answer was that it the- Germans had not done the things with which they were charged, they had failed to carry out the directions or their war lords to leave women andi children “nothing hut their eyes to weep with.”