AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2657, 31 December 1915, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

STRICTER CAMP REGIME DRUMMED OUT OF CAMP." By Telegraph—Press .Association—Copyright Gydney, December 30. A stricter regime has been_ initiated at Liverpool camp. Four soldiers, for various offences, were paraded before tha battalion, their discharges were publicly read, and they were drummed out of camp. . SPURT IN RECRUITING. / - _ , IN NEW SOUTH WALES. Sydney," December 30. . Following the holidays, there is & good spurfc in recruiting in' Sydney. . . -V SUICIDE OF A NURSE. EX-NEW ZEIALANDER. I Sydney, December 30. j A young woman, Pauline Eloise St, I George, a New Zealanddr, and a nurse j by profession, committed suicide by. • shooting herself. ■ j SOME FURTHER PAHTICULARS. (Rec. December 30, 11.25 p.m.) ,j Sydney, December 30. . - It is stated that Miss St. George, sis months ago, came from New Zealand,, and was staying at tho Engadine Cham« hers. A 'ady friend in an adjoining room was roused by, tho sound of a shot, and found the nurse sitting at hei bedside with a revolver in her band. ' j She died while en Toute to the hos- i pital. . ! The cause for committing the act a has not been disclosed. j WHEAT CROP. ! SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HARVEST. Adelaide, December 30. The latest reliable estimate of Wheat crop is thirty million bushels. PRICE OF BUTTER. REDUCED THREE-HALFPENCE. (Rec. December 30, 11.25 p.m.) Sydney, December 30. % From Monday tlie price of butter will be reduced per pound. As a result of the late rains, there iB aa increasing production. A RUSSIAN SUBJECT., x : OBLIGED TO ENLIST. ; (Rec. December 81, 1.10 a.m.) - • Sydney, December 30. A Russian subject has been called on v to join his unit or enlist ill the Expeditionary Force here. - . <.