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miscellaneous items. iOmTEJJ I'HEBB ASSOCIATION.] (Received J).25 a.m.) Sydney, J une 7. The Political Labour League Juis circularised members of Parliament, and also candidates lor political honors, with the idea of refusing the nomination of anyone declaring himself in favour of Conscription.
Two thousand four hundred players of the Kugby Football have enlisted, and 120 deaths have been reported. The total of the New South Wales patriotic funds are C2,004.()U0, the average cost of administration being 9s 5d per £IOO.
The Defence Department have issued a new regulation which permits the wives of soldiers drawing a separation allowance to earn extra money regularly at any occupation or business. Previously, they were debarred, but the extra cost of living decided the authorities in making the allowance unconditional. The training of citizen forces, which was suspended at the outbreak of the war, will be resumed on July 1, but in future will be carried out at camps established throughout the Common* wealth.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 54, 7 June 1916, Page 2
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161Australia Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 54, 7 June 1916, Page 2
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