AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 245, 6 July 1915, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

® — INTERESTING ITEMS, ■.NATIONAL RESERVE ADVOCATED. | v • (Reed 10 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. t In. a war address, Bishop Long advocated national service, and said he believed the present situation was far graver than leaders dare disclose. In an attempt to see the crisis through, reliance on the voluntary principle was unfair and inadequate. It treats the preservation of thg nation as if it were a matter of private inclination and throws upon the shoulders of a few the burden for which all were responsible. At the end of 1914 Trade Unions in the N.S. Wales numbered 240,123, as compared with 230,677 in the previous year. BRISBANE, this Day. . Th e Superintendent of Sugar Experiment Stations states that the drought severely affected sugar in certain districts and four-fifths of the crop perished. PERTH, This Day. The Control of Trades Commission has fixed the prices of bran at £lO and pdliard at £l2. •'N'6;W„ SECURING PLANT. (Reed 1.35 a.m.) /SYDNEY, July 4/ Tn addition to ordering a supply of -raw material the State Government is. -securing plant to manufacture shrapnel shells-at the rate of six hundred in ten hours. TibS.W. SHEEP LOSSES. SYDNEY, July 4. The annual meeting of the Sheenbrokers’ Association discussed sheep losses owing to the drought. It is believed the losses equal those of 1902. SERIOUSNESS OP THE POSITION. COMMENTED ON IN SYDNEY. ADVICE TO BE READY. FOR GERMANY’S GREAT BLOW. SYDNEY, This Day. Mr Hoyle, speaking at a recruiting meeting, explaining that he spoke as a Minister, said information was not available to the general public telling U.s that, our position was very sennas. He said: “Do not imagine we ar e out > tlis weed; we are not, and Brit&va $$ fi'ot. really ■so strong si hv« all JthLaghie. We must realfejb that Empire must put its shoulder to fie wheel, and nothing must be left anAone fer the grsat blow that preparing t l > strike,"