BRITAIN.

Timaru Herald, Volume CVI, Issue 16310, 11 August 1917, Page 7

BRITAIN.

THE ALLIED CONFERENCE. 31. PAINLEVE INTERVIEWED. (Australian and N.2. Cable Assn.) Received 5.5 p.m., August 10th. LONDON, August M. Paiuleve, interviewed after the Allied Conference, said that the British Americans and French combined would exert a continuous pressure on the enemy, with staggering blows at such intervals as the High Command thought fit. The Russian trouble would pass, and we must bo calm and patient MR NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN RESIGNING. The -'Birmingham Daily Post"' states that Mr Neville Chamberlain is resigning owing to the transfer of recruiting to the National Service Department in a manner contrary to his suggestions. WORKERS' .AND SOLDIERS 1 COUNCIL. A 3MEETING PROHIBITED. Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn. and Router. Received 5.40 p.m., August 10th. The Press Bureau states that a Workers' and Soldiers' Council meeting •it Glasgow convened for Saturday has been prohibited under the Defence of the Realm Act at the instance of Glasgow Magistrates. DISSATISFACTION IN DEPARTMENTS. (Reuter's Telegrams.) and Renter. Received 1.30 a.m., August 11th . LONDON. August 10. Mr NeviUo Chamberlain's resignation is ci>nf:nned. The •Daily Chronicle" adds ihat the rp.i.'K' agricultural section of tlie National Service Department has resigned on the ground that Hie Army Council rlepri'. Ed it of cffectivn nmvr-r l>y trauMen inn '.lie control oi military la-j hour to llic Board oi A^n-juU-uo.