AUSTRALIA'S SUMMONS TO ARMS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2894, 5 October 1916, Page 6

AUSTRALIA'S SUMMONS TO ARMS

> wany claims: for exemption STRIKE FOMENTERS AT WORK (ByTeleeraph-Prcss Association-CowricM ," i -- ■ ■ • Sydney, October •(. . ■' 'The outstanding feature of yester- ■■:"■ day's responso to,the Proclamation was the heavy percentage of claims for exemption, which are estimated at 60 to CO per cent. Mr. W. M. Hushes, (the Federal Prc- ' mier) Las issued a manifesto to the women of Australia appealing to them .to. vote "Yes" in the referendum, and stating that the destiny of the country is in their hands. Mr.. Hughes, referring to the stop- ■ work meetings, "to ho held to-day, said the real reason / was to foment a general strike and 1 prevent tho taking of the referendum.''. Ho.' appealed to unionists/who want Germany defeated not to play the treacherous of •these extremists, who are secret ,: enemies of Britain. : . A Proclamation orders all hotels and wino bars in Brisbane to ho closed to- . day. '.;■.■■■ ' •-The State referendum campaign was .V ; successfully launched at Brisbane.' .■;.'■; STOP-WORE; MEETING 'A' FIASCO. (Rec. October 4, 11.20 p.m.) ,!,;•' .:■.' /.' Sydney, : October 4. .'•;..; The anti-conscriptionists. refused to ■'-.face the leather, and tho proposed stop-workraomonsteation in tho Domain • fizzled out. Later, a meeting was held ■ at the Town Hall, when five thousand x - workers -unanimously demanded the withdrawal of the enlistment proclama.■•'■twni.., ■ - ' ... :; x v •''■ Melbourno, October 4. Forty thousand trade, unionists as- / . ;serabled' iat Yarra Bank'and resolved ■ ■' against conscription. ALL-NKJHT DEBATE IN THE SENATE. •; A./.'..-(Rec. October 6, 0.20 a.m.) . p Melbourne, October 4. ' ;.- The attempt to hold up tlie Senate ".'.- antil the Government had further, explained its military policy collapsed'. Senator Mullan's amendment was fur- , ther adjourned until - Senator Pearce (Federal Defence Minister) declared that the Government would take-full responsibility for the procla- \ motion and its accompanying , regula- : tions.: -He justified the thumb print ■ • requirement being applied owing to the' .numbers who wont to the! front on certificates which had been issued to ethers who had.returned unfit..