AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2832, 25 July 1916, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

THE CALL FOR MEN ... 11,800 REQUIRED EVERT MONTH. By Telesrram—Press, Associationr-Copyr igEE Melbourne, July -21. Tho Minister ' for ' Defence (Senator Pearce) states that Australia is now under an obligation to dispatch 11,800 reinforcements monthly. UNPOPULAR AGITATORS. ANTI-CONSCRIPTION SPEAKERS FORCED TO DESIST. Sydney, July 24. Sixty thousand people attended an anti-conscription meeting in the Domain.. When it was attempted to .carry a motion expressing uncompromising hostility to conscription, the crowd broke the police cordon and forced the speakers to Further mootings have been prohibited. - ' \ THE WORK OF THE FLEET. PLOT TO BLOW UP THE SYDNEY. i < Melbourne, July 24.. An official' sketch of the Australian Fleet's work during tho second year of war states that the warships were mainly engaged in patrolling and blockading work. In the United States German sympathisers threatened to blow up the fsyd-' ney at the anniversary of the destruction of the Emden. The threat was not carried out, though something happened which m&y have meant an attempt had the course of events admitted it. AUSTRALIA'S FIRST HOME-MADE ARTILLERY. Sydney, July 24. A battery of Australian-made trench howitzers has . been successfully tested. These runs are the first artillery made in Australia. THE FEDERAL WHEAT POOL. A FINANCIAL STATEMENT. Melbourne,- July 24. Tho official figures of the wheat' pool show the net' indebtedness to tho Imperial Government, and tho banks to July 17 to bo .£9,044,000. The quantity of wheat shipped was 9,742,000 bags. Local sales were 6,303,000, and cash receipts i 11,994,000. Material reductions in tho price of grain will probably be announced by tho wheat Board during tho current week. It is understood- that circumstances hayfe arison which must shortly bring about a general reduction in the pries of wheat, while an almost immediate fall in -the price of wheat for local use is practically certain. The price may , be fixed in. the neighbourhood of four shillings. TO ENCOURAGE METAL PROSPECTORS. Sydney, July, 24. Tho Government intends to allocate ,£20,000 to encourage metal prospecting. SEX PHYSIOLOGY. July 24. The Home Secretary stated that tlioro \ is no objection to tex physiology -boiug taught in secondary schools. SEVEN GERMANS ESCAPE BY TUNNELLING. v (Rec. July 24, 10.30 pan.) Sydney, July 24. Seven Germans who wero interned at Holdsworth tunnelled through forty feet and escaped. Six have been recaptured. SYDNEY POLICE SPEAR WELL OF SIX O'CLOCK CLOSING. (Rec. July 24, 10.80 p.m.) Sydncyj July 24. Tho police report a marked .decrease in drunkenness charges since tho onforcc"ment of six o'olock closing.