CABLEGRAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 September 1915, Page 3

CABLEGRAMS

[ELEOTIUO TfiLKGUAI'H—COPYKIQHT.I [i'EU rilfiSU ASSOCIATION, j (Received This Day, a.50 a.m.) AUSTRALIAN NEWS. During a discussion at tlfe Taanworth District Council of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association a motion: that ii\ view of the reports that more recruits were offering than could ue equipped, Senator Pearce ,ue asked to allow the farmer recruits to return home for the harvest. ; Mt Pankhurst suggested that a number of small farmers in New Zealand, where the harvest was later than tho Australian, might come over awl help. Tlw motion was carried. Melbourne,, This Day. In the House the Public Service Bill, giving preference to returned soldiers, passed all stages. There have been, live deaths out of six l'resh cases of cerobro-spinal meningitis. The total is ninety-six deaths to date. Brisbane, This Day. Several cases ol cerebro-spinal meningitis at the military camps are reported. a proclamation has been issued reducing by £2 2s Od the price of flour, other than that made by wheat imported by the Government.