Australia.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 7, 9 January 1915, Page 8

Australia.

HORSEFLESH FOR FOOD. United Press Association. (Received9.2o a.m.) Sydney, January 9. The managing director of the firm pf Pittson and Badgery has written to the Comptroller of' Customs, asking if horseflesh can be exported. He points out that there is a great demand for meat.for the war needs and Europe’s starving thousands, that horseflesh is highly appreciated as food on the Continent, and that the horse being a clean animal any objection to utilising the food could onl\ l)e sentimental. A client of the firm had stated he had a lot of nondescript horses' of little value for woik, but very fat, which would be a treat to the starving thousands on the other side. general. Fremantle. January 8.

As a result of the Lumpers’ Union refusal to work with naturalised Germans, a number of men with families are in a pitiable plight. One has been 46 years in Australia, and helped to form the original Melbourne Wharfworkers’ Union. Another has two sons in the cadet forces, and a third with the troops in Egypt. Most of the men are unable to get work, and the Government refuses to intern them at the prisoners’ camp because they have been naturalised. Melbourne, January 8. Representatives of the Defence Department are inspecting the horses in the Flemington racing stables to search for suitable cavalry mounts. GENERAL. (Received 9.45 a.m.) N Sydney, January 9. The enrolment of recruits for the current week was double any week previous- to the holiday. The total of the various New South Wales war funds is £500,037. The military authorities have accepted' ithe. Rifle Association’s • offer to conduct the musketry instruction of the Expedition ary Forces. V.R.G. SPLENDID DONATION. (Received 9.45' a.m.) Melbourne, January 9. The -Victorian Racing Club has voted a; further sum to the war fund, bringing their total up to £5117.