Australia

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 51, 30 June 1915, Page 5

Australia

YOUMC “WA3TER” FINED £lO.

Unitko '’hksh Association. (Received 9.40 a.m.) Melbourne, June 30

A voting man named Davidson was lined £lO for using disloyal words. He said: “All Australians who have gone to the front are rotters.” He offered to bet £5 that the Germans would he here in six months. The Magistrate, in telling Davidson that he ought to he lighting, declared that he wasnot fit to wipe the shoes of those who had gone to the front.

AUSTRALIA DAY FUND. (Received 11.5 a.m.) Sydney, June 30. The Walter Hall trust has donated £4500 to the Australia Day Fund. LABOR FOR MUNITIONS. (Received 11-5 a.m.) Sydney, June 30. Arrangements for the manufacture of munitions are progressing. Besides skilled workers, many in other occupations are oflering for spare and overtime assistance, including women.

DENIAL OF ATROCITIES. (Received 11.5 a.m.) Sydney, June 30. Captain Bean, official Commonwealth correspondent, says that as far as anyone on the spot can learn, there is not the least element of truth in any of the atrocities stories. COMPULSORY SERVICE. (Received 11.5 a.m.) Sydney, June 30. Mr Carmichael, in a speech stressing the critical war position as revealed by the cables, again strongly' urged his scheme of compulsory registration and compulsory drill for all eligibles. There was need of having the nation in arms, with a definite object, viz., of being prepared to defend Australia against all comers.

IN FAVOR OF A COALITION. (Received 11.5 a.m.) Melbourne, June 30. The Lord Mayor presided at a big meeting, which was representative of all parties and classes, in favor of the cessation of political 'party strife during the war. LOYALTY OF THE BAR. (Received 11.5 a.m.) Sydney, June 30. Four judges of the Supreme Court have sent seven sons to the front. Lieutenant Street, son of Mr Justice Street, was killed, and the son of Mr Justice Simpson was wounded.