Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 42, 19 June 1915, Page 6

Great Britain

TRADING WITH THE ENEMY. 1 Unit®d Pbebb Association. (Received 1.10 p.m.) London, June 19. In the iron ore case a majority of the jury found the prisoners guilty, with a recommendation to leniency owing to the unprecedented circumstances and the violent derangement of business owing to the war. They were sentenced to six months’- imprisonment and were fined £2OOO apiece. The correct name is Hetherington, not Irvingdale. ■ ( —■ . ■ EMPLOYMENT OF SCIENCE. ‘ London, June 17. Mr Lloyd George, in the House of Commons, stated that he was consulting Lord Kitchener with a vie v of obtaining a'body of scientists to advise the Government on the fullest employment of all resources of chemical and mechanical science inventions.

THE WAR AND FINANCE. Times and Sydney Sun Service. London, June 17. Replying, in the House of Commons to a suggestion that the working classes should be given an opportunity to share in the war loans, Mr McKenna said he did not' endorse the doctrine that money was no object in the war. If that got abroad they might expect contractors to raise prices and, .Government workmen N to ask for higher pay than in private work. It must be remembered that the resources were not inexhaustible. RECENT FIRES IN LONDON. United Press Association. * London, 1 June 17. Replying to questions in the House of Commons, Sir John Simon said investigations into the recent tires in factories and warehouses and at the docks did not disclo.se .evidence of incendiarism. DOUBTFUL PATRIOTISM. v London, June 17. In the iron ore case Wilson gave evidence that he believed it was impossible to divert the cargo from German hands after it had reached Roaterdam, and therefore it was better to save some money. He did not think the firm was acting unpatriotically in trying to squeeze silver bullets out of German iron.