Australia

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 79, 2 August 1915, Page 6

Australia

THE RECRUITING CAMPAIGN. [United Press -Association.] (Received 10.20 a.m.) Sydney, August 2. In spite of stirring appeals made at the opening of the recruiting com-

paign, the numbers offered at tlie week-«id are disappointing, hi the course of a recruiting speech, Mr Hol-j man said that those who hesitate today to don file uniform of the King may He compelled to wear the uniform i of the Kaiser. ~.. , - Sir Joseph Carruthers said the position is again more serious than ever contemplated. He pictured the tralians in Constantinople' helping to pull down the hand of the oppressor , and unfurling the Standard of the. Gross. !

T,lie meeting resolved that the time has arrived when every fit man of military-. age unencumbered hy family ties or not directly engaged in the production of warlike supplies should enlist. . Recruiting sermons were preached in the churches.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

(Received 10.50 a.m.) Sydney, August 2. Australia Day in all the States made a total of £704,000.

An intense earthquake, lasting three hours; was recorded at Rivetview as being orf?0 miles distant. possibly ini Assam. I

The . Amateur Athletic Association has abandoned all the Australasian championships. , I Mr Holman, in reluctantly referring to the reception at the Stadium,.-was not particularly inclined to. condone, the affair, which he considers deplrable enough- without being further magnified. Papers deplore the stigma attaching the incident, , and point out that it proceeded from..pugilistic de-| generates. . . They recommend legislative restraint ou money-making facepunching displays. 'The July revenue decreased £50,000 on ’July,-1914.

Melbourne. August 2

•Regrettable disturbances preceded the departure of a troopship. Owing to the refusal of leave several soldiers left the ship, arid endeavoured to break through the pier guard. Tljlree were injured. The following day the demand for leave was more insistent. ■Jfv Pearce addressed-t-he men, stating that if they did not return to duty by the appointed time they would not be allowed to proceed with-the ship. Every man. mustered when the ship departed. The Imperial authorities have requested the Commonwealth to supply a new second division complete with munitions. The Defence Committee has.,depided to provide the men at the Dardanelles with ten thousand improved locally made respirators, invented by Professor iMassonj - .< ,