Australia

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 83, 6 August 1915, Page 8

Australia

RUMOR IS A PIPE! UmTKJJ I'ItKSS ASSOCIATION. (Received !).'2~> a.m.) Melbourne, August (i. Mr Pearce, in referring to rumor of the sale of Red Cross goods ii Kgypt. said Hint it was impossible t< obtain tangible evidence in support ol tlie statement. Not a single iustanci of complaint bad been submitted which would justify investigation, lis the informants invariably stated that tin complaints were founded on hearsay.

CA"? ADMINISTRATION. (Received d.o a.m.) Sydney, August G. The Herald, commenting on camp administration, says: "We iag l.ir behind other States, and Ne.v Zealand, our sister Dominion, could teach us many' valuable l-.sson, in this connection." THE METAL INDUSTRIES. (Received IU.o a.m.) Melbourne, August (i. Mr Hughes., in referring to the illegal industries, said the only way to deal with the situation is to destroy all German influence wherever it existed. This was the Government's policy, which it has pursued unflinchingly-

TRADING WITH THE ENEMY. (Received 10.5 a.m.) Melbourne, August (i. Referring to the cable regarding the Australasian section of the London Chamber of Commerce relative to trading with enemy countries after the war, Mr Hughes said they are not averse to patriotism it it means no loss. Patriotism which lags behind profits is a cancer which must be cut out at all hazards.