AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 280, 31 August 1915, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

VARIOUS INTERESTING ITEMS. (Reed 8.20 a.m) MELBOURNE, This Day Mr Pcarue lias made a statement -concerning the work of the federal Munitions Committee which h© says' j s efficient, also the Antigas apparatus invented by scientists of the Melbourne University, where 10,000 are being manufactured. Specifications; and samples have been sent to England. The Queeuslnad Committee is investigating the production of khaki dye Xor lecal wools. The Committee is also investigating: the cf [the manufaclure of picric acid and trotyl toluene. (Reed 10.15 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Lalor, for seditious utterances, was lined £IOO. W H. B. Booth, who has been wounded, wa s formerly in Southland, and in Auckland. MELBOURNE, This Day. In the House, in reply to Mr Cook's question, whether in view of the serious natur e cf the European outlook, rand mounting casualties disabling the people to concentrate on the war, he ■would. not postpone the Referendum. Mr Fisher stated that th e Government believed the referendum: not weaken but would strengthen Australia, Therefore, it would not be postponed. PERTH. v This Day. At auction, th 3 maize, bran and pollard imported by the Government from Argentine was sold. ' One hundred tons of bran realised £3 2/6 per ton; one hundred tons of pollard, £3 12/6; 200 tons of maize, £4 5/ per ton. Experts estimated the cost at £lO per ton. One th'ifrd of the whole shipment \ras sold.

THE PRICE OF PORK. SYDNEY," August 80. The maximum sealing price;, of pork lias been fixed at 7d. AUSTRALIA DAY. SYDNEY, August 30. The Australia Day Fund has reached -£650,000. A DISTINamSHED AUSTRALIAN. SYDNEY, August 30. The steamer Hororata brought, 136 grounded New South Wales troops and 30 Queenslauders. The former include Private Robson, the first Australian to win the Distinguished Conduct Medal. In the face of Turkish fire he brought in a box of ammunition and water bottles, while 34 men fell between the "trenehes. Subsequently, he shot singlehanded 13 Turks in adjacent trenches. The wounded men had a stirring public welcome. AUSTRALIA ABOUT TO BEGIN. MELBOURNE, August 30. Senator Pearce has announced that he is now in. a position to call tenders for the manufacture of shell) bodies, and is considering the establishment of a Government arsenal for the manufacture of IS-pounder ammunition. Arrangements will be made to retain in Australia skilled workmen to make munitions.