AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2544, 19 August 1915, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

RECRUITING FOR THE FRONT THE COUNTRY SHIRKER. Br Telegraph.—Press Association—Copyright , Sydney, August 18. , A number of country recruiting associations have notified Mr. Qoltnau that apathy and lack of enthusiasm in regard to recruiting is prevalent in the country districts. One.says: 'The sooner the authorities coldly face the inevitable And compel the shirker to do his part,' the sooner the war. will end." ■ _In reply to a question regarding the closing of the Stadium in view of the recent anti-recruiting demonstration, Mrl Holman (Premier) said that the sudden dosing of a sports ground would throw large numbers out of work.' Thero were other measures for °reatly increasing the numbers available for military service. : Those engaged in' non-produc-tive work were under consideration. THE SIX O'CLOCK HOTEL ACITATION. y 1 . EXTRAORDINARY SCENES IN PARLIAMENT. ■' : O Sydney, August 18. In'the Assembly, the appearance of the earlji closing of hotels petition produced an extraordinary counter-demon-stration:- " Numerous petitions, totalling 150,085 signatures in faVour of no interference were 1 presented l by private members. • > Mr. Brown submitted a' motion in favour of early closing. He said; he knaw'thafc there was no mandate from the people to curtail hours, but the world! had undergone a. great change since the last elections. Ho pointed out that-the hours had: been restricted in 1 other States. . On Mr. Stuart Robinson's motion', the /Uebate was adjourned to Soptember T f VEILED DISEASES. SOME STARTLING' EVIDENCE. Sydney, August 18. Dr. Bray, in. charge, of the venereal fclinic at Princo Alfred Hospital, gave some'startling evidence before the Secret(Diseases Commission* • From January to tlie end of June, he said, 1320 cases were treated./ Patients were constantly sent away because' it was impossible to accommodate.them. It has now ibeen arranged' for 500 to be treated weekly. Many respectable married women had been infected innocently, and a. great numbep-of ohildren treated. I ,' Twenty to twenty-five under ten years of age were . treated weekly until recently.! : - ITEMS IN BRIEF. GOVERNMENT HOUSE, SYDNEY. ■ ' . . Sydney,. August 18. * Cabinet has decided to iiutal His Excellency the State Governor. (Sir Gerald Strickland) in Government House. [Government House, Sydney, was formerly reserved as the Sydney; seat of the 1 Governor-General of Australia, but was closed, ill the face-of angry protests in the public Press, by the Labour Government, which decided to convert the building, and grounds to public use.] AUSTRALIA'S' NEW; FIGHTING SHIPS. 4 Sydney, August 18. | It is announced that the cruiser Brisbane will be launched on September 4, and the destroyer Swan,- on September 29:; . "AUSTRALIA DAY" FUND, 1 Sydney, August 18. ■ "Australia Day" funds total £567,808. ' 'ANTI-GERMAN CRUSADE. (Rec. August 18, 10 p.m.)' ' ~ ~ Sydney, August 18. The Bakers' : Union is' taking a ballot "fan. the question whether, members will work for ' German employers or with . German., employees'. . . \