AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2783, 30 May 1916, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

THE DEMAND FOR GENERAL . COMPULSION

NEW ZEALAND'S EXAMPLE] By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright

Sydney, May 29. ■ Asked as to the possibility of the Federal Government following New Zealand's ■ example by introducing some measure of compulsory service, the Hon. A. Gardiner . (Vice-President of the Council) said. the I lecent secret meeting of Parliament show- :-; ed that at present conscription was neither necessary nor wanted. Only those who did ; Hot . know were advocating conscription. CHEAP COLONIAL MEAT IN LONDON . RECENT REPORT CRITICISED. 1 . _ . .. . Melbourne, May 29. • Referring to the,cabled complaint that -lAustralian and New- Zealand mutton: is telling below that from Argentine, Mr. fTador (Minister of Customs) declared that ■the message . - was flvidently inspired by -competitive dealers. . No meat. had. left Australia for nearly twelve months, except on account of .the Imperial Government. If that meat was being forced into 6ale at a low price it was not our fault. ■Perhaps those who.inspired the cable message did not desire the Imperial Govetnjnent to take the importation out of their lhands. His opinion was that the Imperial Government was the best body to han'dle the imports at the present time. ' • ■flt- ; was" pi«vi6iisly telegraphed that the ' meat importers had complained that Australian and New Zealand mutton and . rjamb were being'.sold at an average of Bsd._ per lb. cheaper than Argentine, os- . censibly;in_ordef to keep prices down, and It was alleged tHat the Government thereby: was realising ibE2o,oo(i weekly less than might,•• this sum: apparently going- into Ithe; pockets of intermediaries, and not the consumers. As the retail iprices were the same as for Argentine, , 'forced sales .of colonial meait at lower , jprice than Argentine would tend to prejudice the reputation of the colonial meat to-the advantage of its strongest"competitor.] STATE MEDICAL SERVICE ADVOCATED. 'A DOCTOR'S REFRESHING CANDOUR. .' Sydney, May 29. the Balmain Labour League, .Dr. Stopford suggested the "establishment of . a State medical service. He said the . .private practitioner had a pecuniary in- . terest in disease, which' inexorably compelled him to welcome sickness and protract treatment. QUEENSLAND HORSEFLESH FOR BELGIUM. ' -ir m.-j /-r, Melbourne, May 29. Mr. Tudor (Federal Minister of Cus. Toms/ doubts if the Queensland proposal to sell horseflesh would be a good thing lor the Australian meat trade. , Queensland Government hay instructed the Agent-General (Sir T. B Eobinson) to ascertain the possibility 0 f securing a market, on the Continent, narHcularly in Belgium, for horseflesh."} ■ TO COMBAT AGGRESSIVE I ; . UNIONISM. , (Rec. May 29, 10.15 p.m.) . .. , . Sydney, May 29. ... A proposal is on foot to form a- big 'Employers' Association; to combat aggressive, unionism. . .THE WOOL EXPORT RESTRICTION. " (Rec. May 29, 10.15 p.m.) * , r , Sydney, May 29. Mr. Tudor Minister of Customs) has announced that the wool to be sold at this week's Brisbane sales will not be allowed to bo exported outside the Umpire. OBITUARY. (Rec. May 29, 10.15 p.m.) Sydney, May 29. Obituary.—Dr. P. G. Watton, a Crimea veteran, who also served throughout tho New Zealand War. ,