COMBING OUT ELIGIBLES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2902, 14 October 1916, Page 9

COMBING OUT ELIGIBLES

v.-v - PROCESS -SPEEDED UP. . Australian.New Zealand Oable Association. London, October 12. The Army Council is speeding up the combing out of eligibles. The newspapers give prominence to an official declaration calling tip men medically passed 'for garrison duty at home aiid abroad, as being urgently required to replace trained men available for, field service. ARMS IN DUBLIN ALL TO BE SEIZED. ("The Times.") London, October 12. General Sir John Maxwell (Command-er-in-Chief in Ireland) has issued, an order in Dublin to seize all. arms and ammunition, including those used for sport. \ BRITISH BY-ELECTION GENERAL HUNTER-AYESTON ELECTED. ; (Keuter's Tclestram.) London, October 12, The North Ayrshire i,by-election resuited: General Hunter-Weston (Coalitionist), 7159: Rev. Humphrey Chalmers (Independent), 1300. [Major-General A.'G.'Hunter-Weston' was in command of the Bth Corps in Gsllipoli:; On ' July 17 last year ho 'had to leave the peninsula, for a, rest, j and ■' was 'subsequently invalided ' home.' In his disjiatch on tho'operations there, General Sir.lan Hamilton referred to I General. Hunter-Weston's "invincible self-confidence, untiring energy, and trained ability."]

DEALING WITH CONTRACTORS BRIBING PUBLIC SERVANTS. Aujtrnll.'VNciv Zealand Cable Association. ' (Rec. October 13,-5.15 p.m.) London, October 12. In the .House of Commons, Mr. Asquith introduced a Bill for effectively dealing with contractors attempting to bribe public servants. EXPORT RESTRICTIONS TO HOLLAND AND SCANDINAVIA. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. (Rec. October =13, 8.5 p.m.) London, October 12. Official. —'.'No further licenses will be Issued in the United Kingdom and overseas possessions for the exportation of Hsli oil, canned fish, starches, and talc to Norway; tale, hemp, graphite, plumbago, and hlaoklead to Holland; talc to Sweden and Denmark."