AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 270, 14 August 1915, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

EXAMPLE TO SHIRKERS. MEBOURKE August 13. Wren, the well-knoAvn i sportsman and the proprietor of the "Brisbane Bzily Mai!," has enlisted. A SOCIAL NUISANCE. SYDNEY, August 13. Charles Jackson, a social orator, has l>een sentenced to three months for .-making statements likely to prejudice "fceruiting. u. NOT TOO GERMAN. SYDNEY, August 13. Sarehclders* lists in the Broken Hill Proprietary and the Mount Morgan mines show very few Germans. This (JispGses cf the claim by Herr Baer, the head of the Merton Coy., that th e niajortiy of the shares in the two companies were held by Germans. A DOUBLE TRAGEDY. SYDNEY. August 33. A double tragedy occurred in a flat in Margaret St., in the city. Sophia YakovaJeff, living apart from her husband, who is a "Russian dancer at the Tivoli, and who asked her to return, ' Tefused, whereupon the -husband shot her fatally with a revolver and ther: committed suicide. VARIOUS INTERESTING ITEMS (Reed 5.50 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. At a Town Hall meeting it was decided that a sportsman battalion for active service be formed. At a recruiting meeting Professor David said the time was not far distant when they must be ready for National Service, not conscription, but something similar to Switzerland. The Liberal League decided to assist in recruiting in every possible way. An All Australian Manufacturers' "Week is fixed for September, from the 6th to the 11th. Exceptional efforts to capture German trad e are being taken. A Government fish shop opens on Tuesday. Violet Day yesterday, in aid of the Soldiers' Club, realised over £IOOO. MELBOURNE, This Day. j An Interstate Conference decided to abolish all border restrictions and facilitate the transporting of wheat. A discussion took place on the chartering of vessels for carrying exported wheat. ADELAIDE, This Day. Excitement is caused by a report that searches for oil in the. Kingston district have proved successful. MAKING MACHINE GUNS. AUSTRALIA DOING HER BEST. MELBOURNE, August 13. In the reply to Mr. Best's question wh'lWp * he had made arrangements for the manufacture of machine-guns, Mri Fisher "stated that fie had ordered machinery and offered a special premium months ago, but fie gilded: "God only knows when we Sail get it." ,'. , ;''.' . ~' - ; ...