Australia

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 52, 30 October 1915, Page 4

Australia

DEFENCE MINISTER DEPRECATES PESSIMISM. Unitf.u Press Association. (Received 9..50 a.m.) Sydney. November 1. Senator Pearce, in a speech at Brighton, said: "There is no need for pessimism because of the enemy's temporary success here and there, i have no time to talk about abandoning Gallipoli or losing life, but to send more men. munitions, and money, with every confidence in the brains of those directing the military strategy." RECRUITING. Sydney. October ,10. The week's recruiting campaign has resulted in 820 enlistments. -Melbourne, October Tlie recruiting campaign will open.in Queensland in the middle of November; in South Australia in the middle of December; and in Victoria"in January. TRADE WITH JAPAN. Sydney, October 30. The Commercial Commissioner for the East states that the greatest attention is being paid to Australia and New Zealand in Japan. Mr Tscuchyia, who recently toured New Zealand, has aroused intense interest by his lectures and articles for the object of making the Japanese conversant with political and commercial conditions in the Colonies.