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X /- ' (Rec. December v ß,;s'.io p';mi) ."■ '; yV . London; December 7.'..•,"1 ;■. .A correspondent,.writing from Cbpen- :-\: nag-en,' says that a request lias''been-"is-,V'feued : in\'BerM"that^peopl6'''snoiild , .col- .'., » e °t..' fpr the' : benefit'. of the 1 industries .iaffected by the war! old coins,, : gold and- silver- articles, tin,' lead,, copper, ..<and, brass." . ■-. f- v •./-,■ }£:::.:)■■■■ pbice;?of suGAEr: ;• ; ' : a , - '(Rec. December.B, 8.35 p.m.) ' ■■■;■.•.-; ,>.:■■■• -Sydney,, December 6. '."• ■■(■ . The Pood Prices Commissionihas re- '' fused the manufacturers', vfequest to ".'in-' :.■ crease the price t of sugar to:£2s . per '■-Jpn.; _-: ■'/■■: ■■/-',■:-.• V- ,; IMJSTRALIAN CREDIT; IN XONDON. 7 (Rec. December 8, 8.35 p.m.) ',; ■ Sydnßy',;'becember'B.: ■'.■ v Mr. W. A. Hdmau, (Premier of New. l?outh .-Wales) is, urging Mr. Andrew [Fisher (tho Federal Prime Minister) to 'communicate' with : .th'e : Bank/of'Englandto create an, Australian credit in Lon- \ Won; by. gold deposits -herey upon similar '".line's to.-the arrangements''-made'.'by. ; Canada. .■: I '--' : .i'r':.i-'^" : '.-'';:;:-,'J:";:.Vi."-:V-;'': _;/:';,'. '•..'■■: "(Rec.■■Deoemtfer/.B^-'lCi;3Sip;m'.) ! " '■■■'■ London, December 8. .; ... The Bank of England '-] has .published ■', the'terms". underwhich'it is prepared to: purchase gold bullion deposited in Au's-; ; tralia. .. 'V*.':/ 1 ',,..,-;'.'■:.'. ./,:' ;. :' (IRISHMEN AT THE FRONT:;'' London] December 7.. ,•;.•;■ Mr. Redmond,' : speaking at Tuam, Baid that there were 89,000 Irishmen in the Army when.the war broke out; .64,000 have since : enlisted, apart from .the Irishmen in the Canadian, Austra- . iian. and New Zealand contingents. Ireland had made a treaty of peace *nth England, the breaking of which •.would mean eternal disgrace. Yet there were i men insane . and wicke'd ienough to advocate the tearing up of a isolemn undertaking between the demo- ■': tracies. k TRAINING OF KITCHENER'S ' ...';; ; -armies.' " London, December 7. Mr. Rudyard Kipling is publishing 'a ■ series of sketches, in the ."Daily Telegraph'' upon; the training of Kiteheh-' er's armies. '■■ He expresses the opinion, that the men .'are passionately in earnest to learn soldiering. 'They are extremely well fed, and. are overcoming every handicap by/goodwill, butnour, self-sacrifice, and.'common-sense. .' 'AUSTRALIAN 'APPOINTMENT IN ' :•■ LONDON v ' ■■ y '":■■' ?: London, December 7v. Sir George Reid, High Commissioner for; Australia,; has congratulated Mr. Frank Savage on his promotion" to an honorary lieutenant-colonelcy, while he .is attached to_ the office of the High Commissioner in London. His knowledge of warlike stores and local conditions is considered of great value. TRADE UNION ENLISTMENTS FOR ■ ' THE FRONT. . (Rec. December 9, 1 a.m.) i • - "London, December 8. Two hundred and twenty-five thousand trade have enlisted, of whom 109,000 are miners and 45,009 railwaymen.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2328, 9 December 1914, Page 8
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