AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 290, 4 September 1915, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

j VARIOUS INTERESTING IjfelWS.. j (Reed 5.5 a.m) : j SYDNEY, This Day. J There are seventeen cases of sxaall- , pox in Newcastle. ; In connection with th e war census Mr Holman has decided to send to | unmarried males from 18 to 45, a per'sonal appeail to enlist in the NewSouth Wales police force. Fourteen thousand one hundred and fifty one have enlisted. (Eec. SAO a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Anti-recruiting pamphlets are beingcirculated in some country districts. One examined is entitled "Two Wars,'' and is unmistakably of German origin. It is designed to convince the reader that the Allies are fighting on the side J of the capitalists and fighting against j the shackles of unborn generations. ! That this pamphiet is widely circulated j and accomplishing its object .is evi- ! denced by the frequency in which its 1 doctrines are advocated in camps and shearing sheds. Two hundred and fifty" munition workers are availing themselves of Messrs. Vickers' offer. PERTH, This Day. The Munitions Committee have proposed to establish central works with 30 lathes in the city. It is estimated that a further GO lathes are operatingin private shops. It is stated that the plant is capable of turning out 50« shells in GO heurs. The supply of steel and copper bands is assured. FREMANTLE, This Day. The hospital ship, with 700 wounded, has arrived. (Rec. 9 a.m. SYDNEY, This Day. ■ . .A league is being formed with the object of advocating national service. The membership already includes several Federal members, State Ministers, and leading business and professional men. MELBOURNE, This Day... Advices from Cairo state that General Maxwell has revolutionised nightlife in Cairo. The sale of liquor is prohibited by proclamation after ten o'clock. He has also prohibited soldiers' dancing halls, which, in the past, have been open until 2 o'clock in the morning. The new ' regulations have made a marked change in the < cial lif e of Cairo, Alexandria, Heliopolis, and other centres,- within five miles of the Allied camp. Major-General Bridges !s the first soldier killed on the battlefield to be buried in Australian soil.

AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES. THE 72ND LIST. SYDNEY, Sept. 2. The 72nd aist includes: Killed in Action ' One officer and 143 men, including W. H. Leeche. Died of "Wounds Two officers and 75 men, including Lance-Corporal McGfll. Died of Illness Two officers and nine men Wounded Four officers and 190 men, including Corporal R. Wynyard and Bugler E. Lingley (the latter in hospital in London), Driver RJ. W. Dobbinson (ia hospital at Ghezireh. E%hty men are missing. J. K. Miller, previously reported previously reported wounded, has reill, is out of. danger. J. Sheehan, tured to duty. All those named are New Zealanders.