MISCELLANEOUS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2364, 21 January 1915, Page 6

MISCELLANEOUS

SYDNEY'S WAR CHEST FUND FOR V TROOPS. lonclo.l, January 18. Sir Timothy Coghlan, Agent-General for New South Wales, has sent further comforts provided by. the Sydney citizens' War Chest Fund to the troops at the front. TAKING TO THE. RIFLE RANGE. (Rec. January 19, 7.35 p.m.) Sydney, January 19. Representatives of all branches of sport are forming a riflj club with an initial membership of two hundred. LEGAL RESTRICTIONS ON ALIEN ENEMIES. ■ : ' • London, January 19. The Chief Justice in the Court of Appeal has decided that an alien 6nemy maj bo sued, but himself cannot sue, though he has the power of appeal. RECRUITS REJECTED FOR DRUNKENNESS. Sydney, January 20. The Rev, Mr. Hammond, a leading Prohibitionist, declares that since the Expeditionary camps opened 600 recruits have been rejected for drunkenness. NEW FORM OF PASSPORT. London, January 19. Sir Edward Grey announces that applications will be received for the new form of passports necessary to supersede those issued prior to August 6. FATAL BIPLANE MISHAP.' London, January 19. 'Second-Lieutenant Garner was incinerated in a biplane mishap at Farnborough. BIG TEMPERANCE CAMPAIGN IN LONDON. (Rec. January 20, 5.40 p.m.) London, January 19. The Temperance Societies are beginning a campaign to induce one million Londoners to sign the pledge for the period of the war.—("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) At the Surveyors' Conference at Dunedin, Mr. T. Humphries was re-elected president, and Messrs. F. T. Ledger, James M'Korrnw and .T. 15. Fulton were re-elected onmwM'itarr. is'xteen surveyors _Wera Added a* mamhare,