AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 310, 5 October 1915, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

VARIOUS INTERESTING ITEMS.

(Rec. 5.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day

At the luncheon given the overseas : shipping representatives to the Federal Ministers, a minature anchor was presented to the Hon. A. Fisher, the hope being expressed that he would long remain anchored in Australia. He replied that he would remain so long as he was of any service to Australia. ' This "answer is taken as an indication that he does not intend to accept the High Conmiissionership. Recruiting throughout the Commonwealth continues to maintain a steady and useful level —from 3,500 to 4,OCr? weekly. (Eec. 9.5 a.m.) /,• SYDNEY, This Day. Yesterday's attendance at the races was 50,000. The Herald, commenting ■ on the Metropolitan; says that Reputation, who had been hampe-n. " trie ruck, came with a wonderfully s Tim. Had he appeared on the scene a little sooner the result might have been ■altered. The Telegraph says that Reputation made a bold bid. He had to thread his way through on the inside and then finished brilliantly over the last furlong. L. Hewitt, the New Zealander, rode Gyandra, the winner of the Shorts. (Rec. 9.5 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. Fifty more doctors are required for Egypt. Senator Pearce, commenting on the patriotism of unions, announced that the Amalgamated Society of Engineers wanted overtime rates for working on The second shift in the smaTs arms factory during the war.