IN AUSTRALIA.
NEED FOR MEN.
MR HUGHES'S APPEAL
BRITAIN'S SPLENDID EXAMPLE
(Received September 18, 9.45 a.m.) MELBOURNE, September 18. Mr Hughes, in ;.t long manifesto, ap-
I peals to the people to make a supreme effort to supply the necessary reinforce ments. "Britain, New Zealand, and Canada.," he. urges, "are calling up more men, and Australia, must make the same sacriDce. The British forces, excluding the Dominions' men and the Indian troops, are well over 5,000,000, and at the same ratio Australia should have an army of 500,000, instead of under 300,000; besides which, Britain has nearly 4,000,000 engaged in the making of munitions. "Britain has thus put 9,000,000 men into the fight, and is still* calling.up men. How can wo say we are asked to do more than our share? We must get more men. Unfortunately, it i 9 only too apparent that the voluntary system won't insure them."
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3557, 18 September 1916, Page 5
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150IN AUSTRALIA. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3557, 18 September 1916, Page 5
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