CONSCRIPTION REFERENDUM IN THE COMMONWEALTH.

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2915, 30 October 1916, Page 5

CONSCRIPTION REFERENDUM IN THE COMMONWEALTH.

■-■ \ "NO" LEADING ON PRESENT FIGURES FINAL RETURNS AVAILABLE TO-DAY By Teler r< ipli-.Press Asfociation-OopyriElit . (Rec. October 29, 5.5 p.m.) ,' , . Sydney, October 29. Incomplete referendum returns for the Commonwealth. were published early this morning, as follow: — . YCS' '. ' 636,569 No 722,306 Majority at Present for "No" 85,737 The final figures will not be available until to-morrow. ■* The voting proceeded steadily. There was a complete absence of excitement n New South Wles. All other States report that Referendum Day • passed successfully. The regulations prohibiting the publication of the results last night kept the. city _ quiet. ( A record poll is anticipated. The present figures indicate that majorities' against conscription will obtain in New South Wales, Queensland, and South Australia, while Victoria, West Australia, and Tasmania favour it. At present the voting is inconclusive. Later returns will decide the issue. / (Rec. October 30, .1.30 a.m.). .' 1 ' N Melbourne, October 29. The referendum position is practically unchanged. The latest figures, not including Queensland, show:— NO J...'. 797,988 ' Yes , 715,307

SENSATIONAL ASSASSINATION RUMOUR

SUPPOSED ATTEMPT ON FEDERAL PREMIER (Rec. October 30, 1.30 a.m.) Melbourne, October 29. The "Age" publishes a sensational account of a, supposed attempt to assassinate Mr. TV. M. Hughes (the Federal Prime Minister), who had recently received over a hundred threatening' letters. 'It appears that a constablo saw a man attempting to enter Mr. Hughes's bedroom at midnight. The constable, fired and missed the man, who escaped in the darkness.

BRITAIN'S NEED OF MEN : <"The Times."* (Rec. October 28, 2.35 p.m.) .. , London, October 27. » Mr. Arthur_ Henderson presided at a. conference of engineering and shipbuilding industries for tho purpose of securing tho utmost possible dilution of labour in view of the Array's needs. < Members of the House of Commons are urging Mr. Asquith to introduce a third Military Service Act, extending the age to forty-five. The Government's decision will largely depend upon the recommendations of the Man-power Boards. ( MB.. LLOYD GEORGE'S OPTIMISM. (Reuter's Telecram.V ' ■ '' (Rec. October 28, 2.35 p.m.) London, October 27. Mr. Lloyd George (Secretory of State for War), in a speech at Newport, 6aid that the greatest service Wales could render now was ' to supply more coal to Britain and her Allies. Ho did not doubt that sufficient men for •Britain's needs would be found in tho Empire. ' 'l ■ >■ ■...'' '