AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2542, 17 August 1915, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

RECORD RECRUITING WEEK, : 6230 FOR NEW SOUTH .WALES, By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright - Sydney, August 16.. ihere was a. record recruiting week for New South. "Wales, 6230; enlisting. _ . Adelaide, August 10. The total enlistments in South Australia to date aro 12,234. MENINCITIS IN CAMP. NINE MORE DEATHS REPORTED. - . Melbourne, August 16. .Nine more deaths from meningitis are reported. POLITICS IN TASMANIA. QUESTION OF PARTY CO-OPERA- ■ . • TION. .... Hobart, August 16. . The Premier (Mr. Earle) has written to the Leader of tho Opposition, stating that ;if he sees any way in winch the Opposition can assist he will \openly ask for its assistance. In the :meantime he j asks for suggestions as .to improved methods- for facing the difficulties. ITEMS IN BRIEF. . . , DISLOYAL UTTERANCES. : Sydney, August 15: ~ Charles Schmidt, a naturalised Ger- : man, has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment for disloyal utterances. MUNITIONS COMMITTEE IN QUEENSLAND. ; Brisbane, August 16. A Munitions Executive Committee has .been appointed, consisting of Mr. T. J. Ryan (Premier), Mr. Adams, and Mr. H. F. Hardacre': (Minister for Instruction). . HALF A- MILLION LOSS. ON FEDERAL POSTAL DEPARTMENT. ' (Reo. August 16, 8.60 p.m.) Melbourne, August 16. The loss in the working of the Federal Postal and Telegraph Department last year, was £500,000. The Postmas-ter-General proposes to make up the deficit by reducing the word limit on telegraph messages from sixteen to twelve, and-increasing tie • cost- of 1 messages inside, the'. States to other; than town and suburban destinations from 9d. to Is., also increasing the telephone call rates. ■ PEACE ADVOCATES ROUGHLY ... HANDLED. (Rec. August 16, 10.40 p.m.) Adelaide, August 16. • Two -peace advocates in the Botanio Park were roughly handled by a big crowd. ■ A posse of police had' difficulty in; rescuing them. "THE ONLY WAY." •,, GERMAN POISONS HIMSELF. (Rec. August 16, 10140 p.m.) Sydney, August 16. Ludwig Hermann Briick, a partner in a well-known i medical instrument agency,. was found unconscious • and died , in ! the hospital of.morphia poisoning. He left a letter, for his partner, expressing grief that he.had unintentionally been the cause of proceedings , wliicli Were pending aigainst him on a. charge of trading with ,the. enemy, adding"You are? quite innocent; ill. the matter,vand-the only, way I can seo is to get out—end my life." 110 then detailed his preparations for poisoning himself. •