AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2666, 11 January 1916, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

NO TAMPERING WITH RECRUITING STERN HINT TO DISLOYALISTS. | By Telegraph—Press Association—OopyTigM j Melbourne, January 10. The Prime Minister (Mr. W. W. 1 Hughes) has warned disloyalists that j anything done to prejudice recruiting : wiil be visited with condign punish- J ment. He referred to resolutions pass- i ed by various bodies advising, the people j uot to fill in t'ho recruiting cards as al ; most ill-advised proceeding. He believ- j ed that those voting for such' measures ■ had been misled by spccious misrepre« ! sentations about the Government's.; scheme as being equivalent to conscript -j tioii, which was an utterly misleading j view. The schome differed from, con* i scriptiou as night differed from day. , i ITEMS IN BRIEF. j

A GOOD ROUTE MARCH. j (Rec. January 10, 11.5 p.m.) Sydney, January 10. > A route march from Narrabri to New. j castle, starting with eight men, finished j 180 strong. ■ j AMMUNITIONS SCHEME DROPPED, TROUBLE WITH RAILWAY. ' MECHANICS. Sydnoy, January 10. j It is stated that the big scheme for j the manufacture of munitions in rail- j way workshops has been dropped, ow< I ing to the men. refusing to accept less \ than time and a half as the payment > uecessary for overtime. • j THE SECOND WAR LOAN., APPEAL FOR INVESTMENTS., | Melbourne, January 10. The Federal Treasurer is appealing ta j everyone receiving over £300 a year to j subscribe to the Second Commonwealth ! War Loan. ' OBITUARY. DEATH OF SIR SAMUEL WAY. , Adelaide, January 10. Obituary.—Sir Samuel Way. " : [Tho Right Hon.- Sir Samuel Jamba : Way was born at Portsmouth, Eng- ' land, in 183 G. He was callcd to the ; South' Australian Bar in 1861, and made : Q.O.' in 1871. He was elected to the House of Assembly in 1875, and was j made Chief Justice in 1870. The only j Judges in the Britisji Empire senior in ] judicial service to Sir Samuel Way are j Chief Baron Palles, of Ireland, and; Lord do Villicrs, of South Africa. He] had been Lieutenant-Governor of South i Australia since 1890, and had • adtnin« ; istered the Government of South Aus-.j tralia eleven times between 1877 and j 1914. He had also frequently acted as"! Deputy-Governor for short periods. He j was created a baronet in 1899.] ;

JEALOUSY AND MURDER. ; ;! (Reo. January 10, 11.5 p.m.) Sydney, January 10. i A tragedy .has occurred near Port ; Macquarie. A half-caste named Ritchie fatally cut the throat of a girl named ; Dane, and dangerously gashed his own ; throat'. After having lived with Ritchie the girl took up with another man. ! SWELTERING HEAT. j (Rec. January 10, 11.5 p.m.) ' Sydney, January 10. i Sweltering heat lias prevailed general-; i ly for several days. Haiti is badly i wanted. ' j THE METAL WORKERS' STRIKE AT : BROKEN HILL. ' (Rec. January 10, 11.5 p.m.) j Sydney, January 10. ;•{ The strike at_ the Broken Hill Pro '] prietary Steel Works, which for many j weeks has held up shell-making, has-; been settled. Tlie ihqu claim that it ia ! ,a compromfee* ... j