AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2648, 20 December 1915, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

TRADES, HALL COUNCIL DEFENCE DEPARTMENT URGED TO TAKE ACTION By TelcCTaph—Presa ("Times" and Sydney "Su'n" Services.) Perth, December 18. The Metropolitan Council of the, Labour Federation has carried a motion calling upon the council to urge .the Defence Department to take action against th# instigators of the resolution passed by the Melbourne Trades Hall Council regarding recruiting. . [The Melbourne! Trades Hall Council, oil Monday, carried a resolution in' reference to the new amies, recommending the members belonging to affiliated unions to ignore the cards which the War Council is sending out. At a subsequent meeting of the council, Mr. W. Hughes, Fedaral Prime Minister, severely castigated the council for its resolution, and advised it to rescind it as soon as possible.] A SOLDIER'S SUICIDE TRAGEDY IN A SYDNEY SUBURB Sydney, December 18. . A tragedy is reported at Redfern. A girl named Alicia Wilkinson was walking in the.ssfe>et when a soldier named Henry Lawson seized her, saying: "Why. did you throw me over? Aren't you going to say good-bye?" Tho girl said': "1 have already, done so." Lawson then drew a revolver and pointed it' at the' girl, who stmck it aside as He fired. The girl fell from fright, and Lawson again fired at the girl, tho bullet grazing her cheek. He then Tan away and was pursued by the onlookers. Presently ho stopped, and turning the revolver to his temple, committed 1 suicide. IMPORTED WHEAT. LOSB TO THE GOVERNMENT. Hobart, December 18In the Assembly, the Treasurer (the Hon. J. A. Lyons) stated that the Government's loss on the imported wheat was £34,946, chiefly owing to the desire to keep the price of bread down. Besides the £850,000 from the CommonWealth Bank, Tasmania is borrowing a sum from l the Commonwealth wluoh will be sufficient to meet her immediate demands.