AUSTRALIAN NEWS
PRISONERS OE WAR IN TURKEY
MELBOURNE, November 24
The Hon. W. M. Hughes is in receipt of a cable from the Foreign Office stating that the aggregate number of British and Australasian prisoners of war in Turkey does not exceed 4&0. It is understood that the Foreign Office is constantly in touch with the Turkish Red Crescent on the subject of prisoners.
RECRUITING IN AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE, November 24
The general committee of the Universal Service League adopted the executive’s report advising the suspension of activities pending the Government campaign based on the war census and Lord Derby’s scheme on the ground that it would interfere with the conduct of .the campaign and stir up opposition to conscription.
EARLY CLOSING IN SYDNEY.
BRINGING THE BARS INTO LINE,
SYDNEY, -.November 23
A movement has been started by a section of the trades unionists in favour of closing the liquor bars at the same time as the other retail shops. They ape supporting the referendum on the question of &5x o’clock closing.
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 348, 25 November 1915, Page 2
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171AUSTRALIAN NEWS Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 348, 25 November 1915, Page 2
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