AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 250, 13 July 1915, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

IN~i EREST'I N G iTE MS. (Reed 10 15 e.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Til? Belgian Consul has stated that, jiu-.nulhig contributions from Queens!aau, he has received £.256,061 to date, lis also states that h e has £225 r 6S7 in Ivmd, and is paying out at the rate The New South Wales Cricket Association is issuing an appeal to erick- • tors to enlist immediately. Mr Black lias stated that a dozen t>'C:man Justices o : " the Peace have . been sii'uck oft th. 3 roll for disloyaltyj I naturalised icyal Germans are not in* • terferc-J with, PERTH, This Day. . Two aboriginals have been arrested i for 'he murder cf a whits man named I Sorens>m, near Broome, at the end of May The body of Sorenson was discovered v/ith his amis and ribs bro, ken. The police are searching for other suspected natives. SYDNEY, This Day. • Austin'James Dinny, New Zealand borrt, has .suicided by cutting )\\s throat. BRISBANE, This Day. Private advices from Australians interned at Duhleben state that many Australians and New Zealar.de.rs arc there. An Australasian Association has been formed with Mr King, of Napier, as President, and the committee includes Tom Sullivan, the sculler. ADELAIDE, This Day. South Australia is adopting the price of threepence a pound for sugar. MELBOURNE, This Day. Arrived: Makarmi from London, carrying 14,000 tons of cargo, the largest ever despatched to Australasia The Victorian Football Association. is curtailing the season by five weeks to assist in the recruiting. Reciprocal arrorigerncnts have been reached for making compensation for thp, death of workmen available in either Victoria or New Zealand. Eleven hundred and twenty-one recruited in Victoria, as a result of the first 'week's campaign.