AUSTRALIANS FOR THE TROPICS.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2327, 8 December 1914, Page 5

AUSTRALIANS FOR THE TROPICS.

- • Sydney, >De«!mber_s. ' - The papers ■> publish of ; the embarkation of further troops for _ the tropics. . • SYDNEY WAR FUNDS; x Sydney, December 5. The war fund's t0ta1.£950,000. ' "A FACTOR IN GERMAN ESPIONAGE. . London, December 5. English, French, and Russian police have discovered one of the factors in German espionage—seta'of press seals? and printing plates for a. wholesale system of forged passports- -by; agents. ' • ''• ! T.HE'ENEMY WITHIN TEE GATES.Melbourne, 6'"".' ' .The;"."Wbrfe," ' dismissed two German employees - for seditious utterances. p Germans'two' P6les,_' and--three Austrians were naturalised in the • • Commonwealth during November. A naturalised German-was-; arrested and a quantity -of., ammunition was found in, his residence. ' THE ANGLO-NEW ZEALAND -CON- , . TINGENT. • (Reo, December 7, 6.20 p.m.)'-' ' London,'Deceinter 7. The New Zealand contingent (raised in England);' Un' Saliabiiry" Plain; " is! now mechanically perfect in its ordinary drill, and is revelling-in-special courses. It is.under orders, to, bo, ready, t* move at'any time,-and is,.believed ' - to be going to Egypt.'- A:famous firm of milliners - sought the- loan of- a- contingenter's hat with- a. view,, to making, it the basiß of a spring fashion. FRANCE'S. 1916 RECRUITS. (Rec. December 7, . 5.20'p.ta.)l London, -December.,'6l'..-' The French Government! has .'ordered, ' an immediate census of cruits, who will begin training in 1915: ,' SWISS NEUTRALITY. " (Reo. December 7, 5.20 p.m.)A London,'. December; ,7; TKS fact of Swiss goods reaohing Canada through Switzerland raises the' question whether Switzerland is observing strict neutrality. ENEMY SUBJECTS BARRED FROM '{ ' . WHARF WORK. . (Reo. December 7, 8.50 p.m.)' Sydney, December. 7.In consequence of the Sydney Wharf Labourers' Union's decision (previously reported) all enemy subj eats disappeared from the wharves to-da'y. ' --- [The decision referred to barred enemy subjects from employment on the waterfront.] HEAVY'GERMAN INSURANCE CLAIMS. (Rec. December" 7; ': 9 p.m.)Amsterdam, December 7. During tlio last three weeks, the German insurance companies have paid fifteen million marks (roughly, apoufc . £750,000) to the widows of men /who have been killed, upon policies on which only one instalment had been paid. THE WOOL EXPORT PROHIBITION. (Rec. December 7, 9 p.m.) London, December 7. _ Tho Board of Trade announces that , it will be unablo to remove, the pro-' hibitioa on the export of wool and woollen goods for at least two months,' but that 'it will be permissible 'to export ' cashmere in any form, and shoddy containing more than 'one-third of cotton, black cloth, and patterned or fancy cloth, except underclothing. , ,