AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 310, 28 September 1915, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

VARIOUS INTERESTING ITEMS. (Rec. 0.15 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. The military authorities are experimenting with a periscopie attachment. | for rifles, invented by a Swede, with a \ view to equipping the forces. The Council passed an ordinance nationalising the liquor supply of the Northern Territory from Ist October. (Eec. 5.25 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. ' The Telegraph says it is understood that it has been determined by those in authority that the number of racing days in New South Wales shall not be reduced during the currency of the war. One, who is largely interested in pony clubs, declares that an offer was made by the Associated Racing Clubs to the Government to contribute £2OO for each of the 72 days' racing held annually to the Patriotic Fund, provided racing days are not curtailed. In accepting the offer the Premier is said to have suggested that the money bo donated to the Allies' Day Fund alone. MELBOURNE, This Day. At the annual meeting of the Victoria Amateur Turf Club, the Chairman stated that every meeting had shown a profit. The club had distributed £2500 between various patriotic funds. The net profit of the year will also be distributed, making an aggregate of £3,267. • The Premiers' Conference discussed the States' requirements for public works, amounting to fifteen millions. (Mr. FisTier was unable to give an assurance that he would be able to raise the money in London, although he was willing to assist in every possible way. The Royal Commission inquiring into charges against the Dental Board, reports that there is no evidence of differential treatment of students, or registration of unregistered practitioners.