AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 319, 14 October 1915, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

XEW ZEALANDER KILLED IN ACTION.

I (Reed 9.5 a.m.) SYEjNEY, This Day. Private J. A. McDonald, killed in ac iron, was a New Zea'.ander.

AUSTRALIA DAY

FUND REACHES £745,000.

SYDNEY, This Day. In New Scmth Wales the Australia Day Fund is £745,000.

NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION.

GOVERNMENT VICTORY. MELBOURNE, This Day. Tn the Assembly the division on Mcleod's no-confidence motion resulted in a Government victory of 39—20. Labourites voted with the Government. LICENSING ACT AMENDED. PERTH. This Day. The Legislative Council amended the Licensing Act, providing for hotel hours being from nine in the morning till nine at night, and added an antishouting clause, tfae penalty being £5 for treating on licensed premises.

ISLAND CUTTER MISSING

SAFETY OF CREW UNCERTAIN.

SYDNEY, This Day

An Island cutter with W. Corrie, a veil-known Albert Islands trader, his wife, two children and several natives aboard has been missing since May

It is feared they drifted to sea and

perished

CAPTAIN BEAN'S REPORT

■ON DARDANELLES OPERATIONS.

SYDNEY, This Day

Captain Bean cables that latest, newspapers show that the Turks claim that they repuLsed th»> landing of our colonial troops at Karachale on August Cth. This refers to the landing of 380 men of Ifrie French Foreign Legion on the same night as the Suvla landing, in order to give the Turks an idea of a serious landing, and to attract troops in that direction. The force met with slight, opposition and rushed five kilometres inland. When the Turks began to pour down a formidable body of troops they re-embarked successfully. ihe loss being about sixty.

HINT FOR NEW ZEiAJLAND

SYDNEY, This Day

Referring to a firm of German plant, •ers who are alleged to be doing business in Tonga and Samoa, Mr Hughes said be ha<l not received official intimation of tbe existence of tbe firm. In any case be was unable to deal with a firm operating betweeu Tonga and »New Zealand until they tried to do business in Australia. It was entirely a, matter for the New Zealand Government.