AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 209, 15 May 1915, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

ANTI-GERMAN FEELING. INCREASING IN AUSTRALIA. (Press Association.—Copyright.) (Reed. 10.10 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Burwood colliery i s closed, as the miners refused to work with a num.her of Germans. At t)he -Bulli mine six days wer,e given for Germans to produce their naturalisation papers. jln many othejr directions strong feeling is shown against Germans throughout the Commonwealth- since the sinking of the Lusitania. YOUTH'S RECRUITING METHODS. SECURES FOURTEEN VOLUN- ' TEERS. SYDNEY, Thi s Day. During Belgian Day excitern;nt a youth. marched through King Street shouting: -"Gom'e and. enlist, fall in behind!" In a. short time fourteen you Mis fell in, marched to the barracks and enlisted, :5 ; SYDNEY BELGIAN DAY. _0- REALISED £86,000. -rit- SYDNEY, This Day. Up to midnight of Belgian Day, receipts totalled £86,000. City and suburban street collection provided £21,000, but the list is still far from complete. Up to six o'clock incomplete returns showed that £20,000 had been collected outside th e Metropolitan area/ AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC WORKS. 1 c : ; . CONTRACTS LET.

INVOLVING TEN MILLIONS. / - -'''= SYDNEY, Thi s Day. The Government jhas granted a contract to the firm of Norton—Griffiths for the construction of a large number of public works, involving the expenditure 'of ten millions, the interest ing 5 per cent. A number of firms of civil L on£in'eers hav 3 " already arrived. MR HUGH WARD'S FUND. . REALISES £21,000. ! • SYDNEY, This Day. Belgian matinee at Her Majesty's' Theatre drew a house worth £3,531 and sales of flags and other itemfc, and nianyj Btyesenjs seqffc ;to Mr Hugh Ward brought th e total received at the Theatre during the day to £21,000 for the Belgian orphans. FOR fIELGIAN ORPHANS. ' ' ■''-" '] SYDNEY, This Day. A movement is afoot fcfr the State school children on Empire Day %o raise £IO,OOO for the Belgian orphans.

TURKISH TRICKERY. SYDNEY, This Day. Captain Bean mentions instances of Turkish trickery. Just as two battalions started to charge the order came to cease firing. Some men ceased, but the officers questioned th e ordeV. Inquiries brought a reply, issued from headquarters.that it wa 3 because the French and Indians were getting behind Turks and. it was '-feared they would hit them. Officers this was impossible and prder«fK f, fenewal of the attack. In the v Turks had used the paijjffßio Are into the; undefended men. The- saote tjrick was- played la another Mgt of the line, h s|