AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2913, 27 October 1916, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

« CONSCRIPTION AND THE REFERENDUM RESULTS OP THE POLL NOT TO ' BE POSTED IN SYDNEY. ByHelegraph-Press Afsoaiation-Ociprrijrht > Sydney, October 26. j In view of the heated conditions of publio opinion the results of tho refer-) enduin polling will not be posted in; Sydney. ' . " POLITICAL WAR FUSION ' NEW SOUTH WALES NATIONAL 1 GOVERNMENT DENIED. Sydney, October 26. Mr. W. A. Holman (Premier) and Mr. Wade (Leader of tho Liberals), in an interview" denied the statement that a Coalitiin Ministry was to be formed. They said that serious difficulties would have to be surmounted before any scheme could be evolved. ITEMS IN BRIEF GAOL-BREAKERS CAPTURED. Sydney, October 26. Two of the four men who escaped from Tamworth Gaol have been captured in an exhausted condition at Quirindi. [Pour prisoners attacked a warder at . Tamworth Gaol, and escaped. One subsequently surrendered. The' warder is in hospital in a critical condition.] BANK NOTE FORGERS. Sydney, October 26. Three of the men who were charged with forging Commonwealth five-pound notes have been found guilty. [Five men were charged in connection with this forgery, caso. Two pleaded guilty .j) . SIX O'CLOCK CLOSING IN VTO TORIA. Melbourne, October 26. Tho . 6 o'clock closing of hotels operated from yesterday. The Parliamentary bar will remain open.

BRITISH RED CROSS IN AUSTRALIA. Sydney, October 26. The annual report of the Australian branch of the British Red Cross that for the past year the expenditure amounted to £580,000, including £339,000 for goods, for the front. AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES . NEW ZEALANDERS ■ REPORTED. By Teleerauli-Press Association-CapyrigM Sydney, Ootober 26. Casualty List No. 238 contains tha. names ol the following New Zealanders i—111: Ptcs. F. 0. Reams and W. T. Creevey, 2nd. Lient. D. Freeman. Returned to duty: Pte. G, Pennell..Convalescent: Pt-o- J. Sinclair.