Australia

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 33, 7 October 1915, Page 5

Australia

A REAL HERO. V.C. MAN’S DEATH. United Pkess association. (Received 8.20 a.in.) Sydney, October 7. Lance-Corporal Foster told a story of Sapper Carlyon. “He said one ot our officers was sniped by a Turk, and Carlyon went out and brought him in on his back. He was recommended for the Victorian but two days later was killed, in bis' own dug-out. being struck by the fragment of a Kbmi He was a real hero.. Everyone in my section looked up to him even more than to,their officers. r mould climb pai apyts j and/ jjiafid ' pve| the lyojffided or do anything else..}- ( H,e was iflwe daredevil. It just shows you the luck in the ganie. Carlyon fifty others were all in dug-outs in as safe iji position as possible in the arena of danger, yet y('’6r\f phniice in the world amongst the bullets, shell lire, and shrapnel, h£inovel, received a scratch.” AUSTRALIAN’S DEATH AS RESULT OF GERMAN ILL- . TREATMENT. . ■ " ‘I (Received'Bl3o a.m.) ■ ' [ ’■ Svdnev, October' 7.

j Advices from London reports the dehtli j)f Joseph Vial, son of a promin,ent' Xj'wcastle resident-, as- tlie resu'fc of Ceijman ill-treatment. At the outbreak of war Mr Vial was stndyipg music tin (jWmlinv, 'arid was 1 a frosted ancl 'imprisoned in a cell with a consumptive. Mp contracted the disease after months of cruel treatment, was; liberated and proceeded to England, where he had to go t '.to hospital, hut never recovered OFF To INDIA. (Received B.JO a.m.) Melbourne, October 7. The arsenal committee proceeds to India to-day. , lit •PRIZE COURT AND THE BIL* ' ,j " . C j/ 1 | (Received 10.35 a.m.) London*, October 0. Sir Samuel Evans, president of the Prize Court, delivering'judgment oh the steamer Bilbster case, Said the sole questions for decision related to the shipowners and gun company’s claims for freight, and Jo Merto’n’s lor the return of £SOOO paid Ho die 'shipowners. In respect to freight, the President held that Mertnil’s claim could not he received against the shipowners, who had discharged their, obligation by giving up the lien on the goods for whomsoever the £SOOO was paid. It was intended to preserve the goods for the owners, whom Mertons knew to he enemies, and lo gain the advantage for themselves or for their co-ad venturers, the MelalIgesellschaft. they thus did not hesitate to engage in commercial intercourse with the country’s enemies. Th e claim was without foundation. It required much assurance to launch the claim, and to persevere showed a reckless want of appreciation of the possible consequences. The judgment of the Court was that the cargo was condemned as a prize, that-out ot the proceeds. £2olG, the balance of the sum awarded, la* paid to the shipowners. and that .Mertons’ claims against the shipowners and the Crown he disallowed.