CABLESEGAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 17 August 1915, Page 3

CABLESEGAMS

[KLEOIIUt tiiliKGttAl'fl—COi'raiOH'f.J ii'HH. fUJiSS ASSOCIATION, j AUSTIIAJILAsX iNEWS. Melbourno, August 10. liic C-abiuot has agreed to the War Committee't. recoinnienSations regarding returned soldiers. "An excutivo is being formed, consisting of the War . Committee and also Jjtato Councils. The (State Councils consist of two l'ederal members, members of tlie State Parliament, municipal, commercial and iiidustrial men. The executive is to find returned soldiers employment and to assist disabled men. Mr i'erte, 6\ the Muuitiou Committee, states that owiug to inability ol the machine shops to guarantee the output, it hat 'been decided to pool all machinery labour, under control ol the committee, which will act as contractor on behalf of the whole. lu the interests of labour the organisations may be asked to temporarily suspend certain conditions if sufficent machines are available to produce six thousand cases of ammunition monthly. The whole-sale price of butter lias i been reduced by three pence—to Is lOd The reduction is due to the fact that JS T e.w Zealand is permitting export. Brisbane, August 16. Last4reok the recruiting made a record for this State. There were 744 uneu accepted. Keooived This Day 10. 10. a.m. A further five deaths have occurred horn meningitis. The total death roll iimv is thirty-five. ! A naturalised Gorman iva* fined £o j lor saying that Australians ought to ' be shot; there wore enough Germans J in Australia to boat them all; he was [j ••» German, and always would be.