MISCELLANEOUS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2316, 25 November 1914, Page 6

MISCELLANEOUS

i : V "PUT OUR SHOULDERS TO THE WHEEL." (Reo. November 24; 9.10 p.m.) f* .• '• • Sydney,; November 24. -j . 'The ' State Governor. (Sir Gerald Strickland), addressing the Local Govfi,'; - ■ eminent : Conference,' refrained ' from" ' \i mentioning local subjects. :He asked the' ; | conference to remember..that tie "Em-, •: ■ ' J 'Pire; was at: war, and give the King's. , j (Ministers ;every support. ■No one had . 1 v thoi least doubt, as to the eventual re- / suit of - the war, -but' there was great : . v , doubt as to its duration. "We cannot j:allifight," said His ExceHency. "but by j putting our shoulders to the wheel, the ' .. Avail' may be brought to ; a, more rapid tconclusion." ' ' SUBTLE SOP TO AMERICAN ! PUBLIC OPINION. '■ ' .• • (Rec. November 24, 5.20' p.m.) ■ . v - London, November 23. v :' A now phase of the attempts to iri- /■ fluence public opinion is disclosed in < the report' that German apologists in ■ tlio United States •are .how declaring i, • that: the coifaplete. success either of Ger- ■ many or Britain would be'a serious . threat to American interests. • POLICE lUIDS ON GERMAN CLUBS I.: : (Rcc/ November.-25; 1.20 a.m.) _ • Sydney, November 24. : ( . .The . police report on ,tho raids oh ; , i .German clubs states ..that nothing, in- . criidinating. was found. 1 . THE PRISONERS' CAMP AFFRAY. : . London, November 23. Th» Douglas riot, was ■an organised (endeavour to escape confinement. ' RECRUITING IN MANCHESTER, i London, November 23. : Tn'o more battalions have been form- ; ed' in Manchester during the week, and j, recruiting for a seventh has begun. EXPORT OF DANISH HORSES. . .» Copenhagen, November 23. r The "export of horses has been, prohibited.