Australia

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 36, 12 October 1915, Page 6

Australia

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. United Pukss Association. (Received 8.20 a.m.) Sydney. October 12. At..a Reefing in the Town Hall someone in the body of the Hall asked why men on high .salaries remained at home while the workipgmen •were asked to go to Gallipoli. Midst expectant silence, a returned wound- '.• eii trooper struggled forward and replied: "I will tell yon why. They "don't go because their war is here. If yon had not men like Mr Holnu.n. , yon should not have the organisation to semi the men who ought ito go. Yon want men ot Holma'n's " stamp ItWe. We are willing to go back and • fight for them. - " . - The Comereial Commissioner, in his last reports, says marked attention is being paid ">?' .japan to the manufactim* of munitions for the Allies, and he predicts that in view of the large' demands the prices 01 lean, topper, zinc,'and other metals iviil reach record figures. Senator Pearee (Minister of l)e : fence) announces that tenders for the manufacture of 18-pourider shells Itave been accepted from New South Wales Government, the Queensland railways, nine Victorian firms,' Newport workshops, the South Australian Government. War Munitions Company (Wcsiralia),, and two other firms, the earliest date of delivery being NpVemher 1. Melbourne, October 12; A new force is being raised for service in German New Guinea, consisting of the three hundred men be'twoen the age of 30 and 50. an—■■■■lf—'^wanaiMwa—«■