Australia.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 6, 7 May 1915, Page 6

Australia.

PROFESSIONAL MEN. RECRUIT. United Prbhs Association. (Received 9.15 a.m.) V Sydney, May 7. * A feature of the heavy recruiting since the lighting in the Dardanelles is the large number of professional men offering. ; . LOOTING IN NEW GUINEA. Melbourne, May 7. The sentence of three members of the New Guinea expeditionary force, who received three years in connection with alleged looting was remitted on similar sentences on two others- were reduced to nine months, white in. the sixt'h fcase the sentence was - reduced from' four years to one.

BELGIAN DAY IN N.S.W. (Received 10.25. a.m.) Sydney, May 7.In connection with the Belgian Bay on Mj/y 14th; which is being organised throughout the State., Mr Hugh Ward, the well-known theatrical, offered £SOO if nineteen others would act similarly. Already eleven oilers have been reported. . ■ DIED IN ACTION. (Received 10.50 a.m.) Melbourne, May 7. The relatives of private A. J. Wills, whose name i.s included in the' list of killed, reside in New Zealand;