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Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16788, 4 May 1926, Page 5

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RESTRICTIONS' ON SERViCES. PUBLIC URGED TO ECONOMISE. MAXIMUM fDi-iD PRICES. (Received May 4, 12.15 p.m.) LONDON, .May ;:. The Postmaster-General notifies Ihal. no foreign or colonial parcels will lie accepted, while inland parkages will be restricted lo Hie minimum of eiglil ounces, and no parcels will I'C delivered wilhin the Lonuon postal area. The public are urged lo economise in Ihe use of telephones, telegraphs, and postal services. A Board of Trade order establishes a milk pool. The London Provision Exchange has agreed that last Friday's market prices shall he made the maximum prices until further notice.

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IN THE COMMONS. A TENSE ATMOSPHERE. ADDRESS TO THE KING ADOPTED. (Received May 4, 12.10 p.m.) LONDON, May 3. To-day's silling of the House of Commons opened with Hie customary questions, though the tenseness in the atmosphere was apparent. There was cheering, counter-cheering and laughter when the leaders entered. Colonel Ashley announced lliat Ihe Ministry of Transport lias arranged for a service of motor cars lo convey members or Hie House of Commons lo and from Parliament. Mr Stanley Baldwin, at the end of questions, presented a message from Hie King, declaring a stale of emergency, and moved thai a-humble undress be presented to His Majesty thanking him for Ihc message. Tlie Labourites insisted upon a division, and the address was carried by 308 votes lo 108. RUSH OF VOLUNTEERS. DISSEMINATION OF NEWS. GOVERNMENT TO ISSUE PAPER. (Received May 4, 12.10 p.m.) LONDON, May 4. A queue 1000 strong was lining the Foreign Office quadrangle, wailing to sign on as volunteers to help the Government. Special constables have been ordered to report. The London station of the Broadcasting Company is functioning for the issue of official communications which Hie Government may decide to broadcast. The Government has announced that it is considering the important question of supplying the public with news in newspaper form. Meantime there will be a broadening of news live limes at fixed hours to-morrow. COUNTRY DISTRICTS QUIET. EVERYTHING PEACEABLE. FOOD STOCKS NORMAL. (Received May 4, 12.45 p.m.) LONDON, May 3. It is reported that news from the country is eminently satisfactory. There is no excitement, and everything is normal. Offers of services are pouring in throughout the country. Food stocks arc normal on the whole, and in many cases above the average. The stock Exchange is disorganised, There is practically no business doing, and prices are pi'eeautionarily marked down, but there is no pressure to sell. MR CHURCHILL MOBBED. POLICE HAVE TO INTERVENE. (Received May 4, 12.10 p.m.) LONDON, May 3. Mr Winston Churchill, Chancellor of the Exchequer, was walking from Downing Street lo Whitehall when a

crowd which Hie police were keeping back on the opposite side of Whitehall, rushed across and hemmed -Mr Churchill in. A number nf police, had to be brought from Downing Street to clear a way for him. Eventually Mr Churchill was compelled lo lake refuge in the Home Office. EFFECT ON WALL STREET. DECLINE IN STOCKS. BRITISH, FRENCH, BELGIAN. (Reuter.j Received May 5, 9.45 a.m. NEW YORK, May 3. Wall Street's reaction lo the British labour crisis is reflected in a sharp decline in the prices of stocks. There has been a drop of over half a cent. in sterling exchange, and the establishment of new low levels for French and Belgian currency. A FUTILE HOPE, FURTHER EFFORT FAILS. (Received May 4, 12.40 p.m.) LONDON, May 3. The Trade Union Congress issued a statement thai it was satisfied a basis of settlement could be reached if negotiations were resumed. The Cabinet received Ihe trade union negotiators later in the evening, but the negotiations failed.