THE CONSCRIPTION ISSUE
LABOUR'S ATTITUDE. i Brisbane, September 12. ■ j The Parliamentary Labour Party in . Brisbane has decided to oppose the pro. j posal for the introduction of conscrip. | tion. SOLDIERS IN MUFTI. ; 1 Melbourne, September 12. j An instruction has been issued per. mitting soldiers on leave to wear civi- j lian clothes in order to allow them to participate in political meetings and tho . referendum campaign. i THE SOLDIERS' VOTE AT THE ' ELECTIONS. (R-ec. September 12, 9.40 p.m.) i Sydney, September 12; The New South Wales Cabinet has. i decided to adopt the proxy system to ---j enable soldiors on active service to • ' j vote at general elections. j ITEMS .IN BRIEF. j A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY. .j Melbourne, September 12. -j Mrs. Eraser, the wife of a well-known : landowner at Rulahinek, 'attacked hei • | two sons, aged six and throe, with an j axe, fatally .injuring the elder boy and ' ■ seriously injuring the younger. j THE STOCKTON FERRY TRAGEDY. ■ | Sydney, September 12. ■ j At the inquest on tho victims of the ; Stockton ferry motor fatality, a verdict of accidental death was returned. j [A motor-car which was boarding a .< ferry steamer at Stockton (Newcastle) ■ got out of control and pushed «vsulky j overboard. Tho occupants of "the sulky j (Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dyer and their • j infant child) wero drowned. Horace ! Cohen, driver of the car, was charged , j with manslaughter.]
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2875, 13 September 1916, Page 5
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233THE CONSCRIPTION ISSUE Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2875, 13 September 1916, Page 5
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