MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2330, 11 December 1914, Page 7

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

MORE MEN TO END THE WAR. (Rec. December 10, 11.35 p.m.) London, December 10. Lord Selborne, in a letter to the newspapers, urges tlie Government to institute an immediate inquiry as to what men can bs palled to the colours, to obviate delay, if compulsory- service proves to be necessary to end the war, as was the caso in the United States ■in 1.8C3. LOYALTY OF NIUE ISLANDERS. London, December 9. "The Times" in a leader draws Berlin's attention to the declaration _of loyalty by the Island of Niue, which tell? them something of the nature of the Empire which they are so confidently hoping to supersede. "This," says ''.The Times," "is only one offer out of many from the simple people who may know nothing about German culture, but do know something about British rule."—"Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.

VON BERNHARDI'S MISTAKE. : Ottawa, December 9. Mr. Borden, Prime Minister, speaking at the Canadian Club at Montreal, controverted Von Bernhardi's statement that the self-governing Dominions might bo "ignored, and said that before the war closcd Germany _ would be confronted by 250,000 soldiers from the self-governing colonies. AUSTRALIAN AMBULANCES FOR . THE FRONT. London, December 9. It has been arranged that tho eighteen Australian ambulances are to bo used near the front; six to work,on tho line from Nieuport to Calais, six between' Arras) and Roulers, ancl six from Amiens. "PASSING IT ON" IN SYDNEY Sydney, December 10. One outcome of the war is that there has been a considerable increase in dio number of vacant houses in S.vdnoy and suburbs. Though the value of property keeps up, business is slow. There is much outcry against tlio new tariff. Business men freely admit that tlioy ftfe pnßßtois "tl» iflovcase vu to cho con' sAiunsr,