Australia

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 57, 4 October 1916, Page 5

Australia

HEAVY CLAIMS FOR EXEMPTION. THE REFERENDUM CAMPAIGN. AN APPEAL TO THE WOMEN. Press Association —Copyright. , Sydney, October 3. Tile outstanding feature of yesterday’s response to the proclamation was the heavy percentage of claims for exemption which are estimated at from 50 to 00 per cent. Mr Hughes has issued a manifesto to the women ol Australia, appealing to them to vote ‘Acs’ in tne referendum, and stating that the destinv of the country is in their hands. A State referendum campaign has been successfully launched. SECRET ENEMIES OF BRITAIN. (Received 10.15 a.m.) Brisbane, October 2. Mr Hughes, referring to the stopwork meetings to he hold to-day, said tho real reason was to foment a gen--1 era! strike to prevent the taking ol j the referendum. He appealed to Unionists who want Germany defeated not to play the treacherous game of these extremists, who are secret enemies of Britain. i A proclamation orders all bote s and wine bars in Brisbane to ho chisel to-day.