BRITISH & FOREIGN

Timaru Herald, Volume CVII, Issue 16611, 21 August 1918, Page 7

BRITISH & FOREIGN

THE LONDON STREET STRIKE. Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn. LONDON, August 19. London is practically without oiuniluises, and tho western suburbs are tranilrss. lit is estimated that there arc fourteen thousand strikers. The position is seriously inconveniencing irimiljon workers, wl.o ar- compelled to walk. The Connty Council trams are running. I ABORTIVE CONFERENCE. STRIKE SPREADING. I Received 11.30 p.m., August 20th. Sir R. Askwitli conferred with the. bus and representative employers, without result. Developments are expected on WednesJay when tho transport" workers' federation confers with the vehicle workers. The dispute is spreading. The tram :vnd bus employees in many south coast resorts have struck; also at Bristol and Bath.

GENERAL ELECTION TALKED P*\ Ir. is accepted in many quarters in close touch with Mr Lloyd George that) a general electiou will bo held on a Satt-rdcy towards tho end of November. * ANOTHER SUGGESTION. NEW YORK, August 19. Tho "Herald's" London correspondent .interviewed Mr T. P. O'Connor, who predicts a Parliamentary ■ election, in, December, with a swelling majority for Mr Lloyd George. SERIOUS COAL SHORTAGE. LONDON, August 19. The prospective coal shortage in the coming winter is causing increasing anxiety. Coal controllers have suggested several expedients, induSing the «r. ployirem of- women on the surface, thus releasing more men for the pits. The War Office is releasing 10,000 miners from the home army. An Italian Coal Mission is visiting london. The members declare that Itoiy's situation is desperate.

DEVELOPMENT OF CABINET. "WELCOMED BY PRESS. The newspapers' are not .surprised at the announcement of the development of the Imperial War Cabinet. They -welcome the proposal as enabling coordination for dealing with the needs and policy of the Empire without lessening the attachment of the constituent parts-to their autonomy. FRENCH MISSION TO AUSTRALIA. SAN FRANCISCO.. August 19. The French Government, believing the object of the Meiin mission to Australia is too important to be dropped, has decided to appoint a. civilian as the head of the mission, which will remain here till October, pending his arrival from France. i M. Mctin's body will be sent to France for burial. The United States is dispatching a warship to convoy it across the Atlantic. THE NEW MEMBER. NEW YORK, August 19. M. Henri Bcruso<>, tie distinguisned 1-liilosopher, lias besn appointed to sue-. reed M. Metin as a, member of the French-Australian -mission. !