Australia

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 13, 14 September 1915, Page 5

Australia

THE SPORTSMEN'S BATTALION.

United Press Association. (Received 9.0 a.m.) Sydney, September 14. There are many complaints in connection with the Sportsmen's Battalion of men being drafted to various camps instead of being kept together. Already five hundred are in camp. f i _JLKU.iI W ;3>HM' AUSTRALIA'S SHARE. SPLENDIDLY MbNTrfLr^QUOTA 1 toF 10,500. »Ha«MU/i I ,»,•- n*.*.»niv i

Melbourne, September 14. fence states ;that the authorities are M.)ld all who offer. He says the military authorities have no power to release meii from training for agricultural work, but there will lie no abjection to fanners- enlisting: ami deferring their training for a few weeks. The authorities state that double the usual number of reinforcements are being despatched, 10,500 leaving monthly- until November, ..when the.. fjuota'will bejreduced to six thousand monthly. Noj new being formed. j 'Sl^|ff*;fjj;> '"'Tw*" UNIVERSAL SERVtW (Received 8,5, a.hO ' „? i «3 .. ~ -.-Sydney, Sep4mbeiv]4. k I Tl4»> of tU Chamber «H, Commerce and the Ffaployars* Jfediirfl-1. tip)?. .decided to support .the Universal Service! League. ,« RED CROSS COMMISSION. (Received 8.5 a.m.") Sydney, Seocember 14. The Red Cross Commission in Fjiypt has cabled for six businessmen capable of handling goods, and four suitable for an) Inquiry Department. 27,345 VICTORIANS IN TRAINING. (Received 8.5 a.m.) Melbourne. September M. There are now 27,315 men in training in .Victoria, the greatest number during the' war. CRICKET FUNDS FOR PATRIOTIC PURPOSES. ■7\ . (Received 8.5 a.m.) Melbourne, September 14. Cricket Association hasdecidecfto play matches against Ne 4 sluth Wales, the proceeds to the Patriotic Funds. QUEENSLAND'S AUGUST LIST. (Received 8.5 a.m.) Brisbane. September 14. The August enlistment totalled 3013.