BRITAIN.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 September 1915, Page 5

BRITAIN.

THE COAL INDUSTRY. CONFERENCE OF MINERS. Loudon, September 2. The National Conference of the coalmining industry met at the Home Office. Masters and men agreed that the necessity has not yet arisen to suspend the Eight. Hours Act, as the suspension would not materially increase the production. Efforts should l>c made to restrict absenteeism and to abolish inequalities of labor in the various districts. ALL MINERS RESUME WORK. Received Sept. .3, 10.30 p.m. London, Sept. 3. All the South Wales miners have resumed work. EXPORT OF SUGAR. PROHIBITED BY DENMARK. Received Sept. 3, 10.38 p.m. London, Sept. 3. Copenhagen advises that tha Danish Government has prohibited the export of sugar. GLASGOW HOTELS. limes ami iSyduuy ilim {Services. London, September t. Hofcelkeepers in Glasgow are converting their houses into something resembling social tea and lunch rooms where, during the prohibited hours, non-alco-holic drink is served, besides food. In ■view of this efforts were made to remove the ban upon the employment of barmaids. Tho magistrates, however, refused to withdraw the inhibition. POOR BELIEF FKJURES. London, September 2. At:the end of July fewer people were in receipt of relief in England and Wales than ever recorded. NEW ZEALAND [WOUNDED. London, September 2, Over one thousand New Zealand wounded are in military hospitals in ■various parts of Britain. The Hon. T. Mackenzie visited Bethnal Green Hospital, and interviewed sixty who were atll progressing favorably. Over one hundred are in the New Zealand Hospital at Walton.