AUSTRALIAN NEWS
1 DWINDLING NUMBER OF RECRUITS. WIDE DEMAND FOR NATIONAL SERVICE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Sydney, August 21. _ The daily number of recruits is dwindling. Tho country associations report a •state of apatliy, which even personal appeals are unable to aft'cct. A desire for national service is widely expressed. MORE DEATHS FROM. MENINGITIS. Melbourne, August 21. There have been six more deaths from meningitis. Six fresh cases are reported. ..Forty-nine are under treatment. A WAR MEMENTO. Melbourne, August 21. Mr. Jensen (Federal Minister of Marino) states that one of the pontoons used in the • Turkish attempt to cross Canal has been sent to Australia as a trophy. It is intended to exhibit it in the main centos. ITEMS. IN BRIEF. FOOD PRICES IN AUSTRALIA.Adelaide, August 21. « The price of milk has been fixed at tyd. a pint from Monday next. Brisbane, August 21. The price of bread iu the southern districts and metropolitan area is sd:, and elsewhere 5Jd. QUEENSLAND PATRIOTIC FUND'. Brisbane. August 21. The patriotic fluids aggregate £330,000.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2547, 23 August 1915, Page 7
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170AUSTRALIAN NEWS Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2547, 23 August 1915, Page 7
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