MISTAKEN KINDNESS TO SOLDIERS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2392, 23 February 1915, Page 5

MISTAKEN KINDNESS TO SOLDIERS

THE "SHOTTING'' STSTEJL : . (Rec. February 22, 11.25 p.m.) ! , Sydney, February . 22. • , • Over-liberal treatment of members o£ i the returned New. Guinea. J? rco o drawn from Mr. D. 11. Hall (New South . Wales "Attorney-General) a strong condemnation of the ' 'shouting system.* ■ ; Besides appealing to soldiers friends ( and admirers to desist from treating them in mistaken kindness, ,he is taking steps to rigidly enforce with the highest penalties the Act ag.^ st plying intosicated persons with liquor, and otherwise to protect the -soldiers ( from the temptations of dnnkuig. - The military, authorities are ; ating with Mr. Hall, who describes ft drunken soldier as 'an abomination. * labour troubles in war time disputes tribunal set Tfc, Jaec. February 23, 0.30 a.m.) , London, February 22. The Government has appointed Sif George'Askwith (Industrial Commissioner! Sr Francis Hopwoodj and Sir George' Gibb a tribunal to investigate disputes between employers and worker® o firms engaged in Government work during th"° war. The. pnnciplo aid - domi is that there must be no stop- . nage of work pending an mvestigatron. . fen thousand engineers on the Gyda liavo struck for an increase of twopence per liour. •- ■ 1 THE KAISER'S HEALTH ; throat trouble worse. (Rec. February .23, ,1.20 a.m.) , London, February It is reported from Cologne that W throat is causing tho Kniser great suffering He refuses to have an operatien, fearing that, it will bs attendance at a critical ]»»cturo at the front.- His irritability is more marKea,