AUSTRALIAN NEWS
: —« ' ' THE KIDMAN CASE ECHO OF THE GERMAN PRISONERS' TROUBLE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Sydney, October 19." Giving evidence on his' own behalf in the Kidman case, Major O'Donnell said that at one time a general rising of tho Germans in the Concentration Camp at Liverpool was feared, and extraordinary precautions were taken. Double guards were moimted at important points, and tho road was patrolled by armed officers in motor-cars. Ho was ordered one night to take five hundred rifles and ammunition in motor lorries to Liverpool. Camp in case' of a rising. At the time tho many small tenderers offering to supply the Concentration Camp resembled an organised attempt to gam admission by means of tradesmen's carts.
STATE CONTROL OF FOOD PRICES. CONDEMNED BY MASTER BAKERS. (Rec. Octaber 20, 0.35 a.m.) Sydnoy, October 19. . The Master Bakeis' Federal Convention has resolved that the Government control of food prices is not beneficial and should bo discontinued. v NOTICE TO STRIKE. MAITLAND MINERS' TROUBLE. Sydney, October 19. The Maitland miners, at a meeting, decided to givo fourteen days' notice to striko. The men contend that if tho price of coal is raised to 12s. per ton they should be granted an increase of Gd. in the hexying rate instead of 3d. For years the hewing rate has been reck-' oned on a 10s.' basis, though coal has been actually selling at lis: per ton. Tho men claim that they have been long njiderpaid, and that a rise of 12s. is equivalent to a 2s. rise. HICH COMMISSIONERSHIP. TO BE CONSIDERED TO-DAY. ■ Melbou'rno, October 19. . A Cabinet meeting on Wednesday will consider the appointment of Sir George Reid's successor as High Commissioner for. Australia. RECRUITING. COUNTRY WORTH FIGHTING FOR, Perth, October 19. Mr. Scaddan, Premier of West Australia, speaking at- a recruiting meeting, said that Australians had moro to light for than any other part of the Empire. Australia was practically tho only "white man's country" in tbs tvo'M
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2597, 20 October 1915, Page 5
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327AUSTRALIAN NEWS Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2597, 20 October 1915, Page 5
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