AUSTRALIA

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 153, 4 December 1914, Page 5

AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALASIAN CONTINGENTS • LANDED IN EGYFJ\ AFTER TRAINING THEY GO TO THE FRONT. • Received 3, 8 p.m, Melbourne, December 3. In the Sena,te, Mr Pearce announced that the Australian and New Zealand contingents had safely arrived, and disembarked in Egypt to assist the defence of that country, and undergo a complete course of training. They will go direct to the European front and fight with the other British troops when their training is completed.. The Commonwealth agreed to this step on the serong recommendation and advim of Lord Kitchener, who pointed out that tent lifij in midwinter in England, after a long tropical and sub-tropical voyage would impose very severe trials and unnecessary hardships on the men. Wheat is selling at Cs 3d to 0s 5d per ■ bushel, 'thus setting aside the fixed prices. This has brought large supplies of stored grain on to the market. AUSTRALIA SENDS 42,000 MEN. • I SEA DEFENCE OF FIRST IMPORTANCE. CO-OPERATION WITH NEW ZEALAND SUGGESTED. Received 4, 12,10 a.m. i Melbourne, December 3. ' In the course of his Budget speech! iMr. Fisher, the Premier, refer? ring to the war, said that approximately 42,000 troops would be despatched by Juno next. Experience had shown that the creation of an efficient sea defence in the South Pacific was essential to the safety and general welfare of the Imperial Dominions. The.Government hoped tho day was not distant when New Zealand, whilst maintaining its identity unimpaired, would be more closely associated with the Commnowealth in the creation and maintenance of elFectivc defence in a common sphere pf action. J Received 4, I a.m. " > Melbourne, December 3. Mr. Fisher anticipated the .cost of the Expeditionary Force up to next JtWe. when he expected that 42,000 would liaye been despatched, would total £9,800,000. Already 22,373 men had been sent to the front, and 10,500 were in training. SEIZURE OF ARMS. ' ENEMY SUBJECTS TABOOED BY ' WORKERS. Sydney, December 3. The (Assembly debated the policy of appointing neutral-born Germans as officials to State positions. They discussed the appointment of Dr. August Schiedel, employers' representative on the Wages Board. Evidence showed that Dr. ■ Pchiediel was bom in Germany, naturalised in New Zealand in ISSH), and in the Commonwealth in 1913. He managed tly> New Zealand Gold Extraction Company, and was also connected with Mining Trusts Limited, and the New Zealand Mines, Limited. Po, recently acted a3 German Consul. Colonel Onslow, referring to Or SchiedoPs appointment, said the German secret service was admirably organised. It was ■known that information was getting*out by means of wireless, and recently a .German professor, who had receired ambassadorial rights, was found in the > - 'possession of valuable military secrets, and about to leave Australia.' Others were arrested with strategical sketches of Sydney, and the coast line.in their pockets. The motion was negatived. Melbourne, 'December 3. The military seized at the residence of a naturalised German at Windsor, * seven rifles, including a Mauser, a thousand rounds of ammunition, mostly dumdums, also two pistols. > Sydney, December 3. The Wharf Laborers 'Union at a mass meeting, decided not to work with enemy subjects, whether naturalised or unnaturalised. The first consignment of a thousand sheepskin waistcoats has been dispatched to soldiers at the front. A steady supply will be maintained henceforward. Perth, December 3. An Italian fisherman, sailing in the ' forbidden zone at Rottncst 'lsjand disregarded the sentry's challenge and was fatally shot. THE WILY GERMAN,. Received 3, 6.45 p.m. Sydney, December 3. During the debate on Scheidel's appointment, it was alleged that he was acting as Krupps' intermediary between the metal-buyers in Australia and Germany, acting as German Consul, and reporting on the deposits of scheelite and molybdenite. Scheidel is now en route to Germany. PRICES OF FOODSTUFFS ADVANCING. Received 3, 8.46 p.m. Adelaide, December 3, The Grain and Fodder Board has agreed to release all the seized wheat upon millers and wheat merchants undertaking not to export it without the express sanction of the Board. Melbourne, December '3, The Mill Owners' Association has advanced the prices of flour to £l3 10s, bran to £8 15s, pollard to £9. LENIENCY TO GERMANS EXPLAINED. Received 3, 6.45 p.m. Sydney, December s. The Defence Bill and the Prohibition of Exports Bill passed their third reading- . Mr. Fisher, replying to criticisms as to the leniency and generosity accorded to German prisoners from jßabaul, sayswe must regard tho terms of capitulation, which arc causing comment. It appears that the occupying forces agreed to generous terms to avoid los 3 of life and. damage to property from unknown mines, also owing to the fact that the island was handed over as a going concern, with £40,000 in the Treasury. CANNOT GET HIS BREATH. "My little son Sydney occasionally gets hi b#il with croup that he cannot get his brorith," writes 'Mr N. P. Lewis, Mile End, Adelaide, S.A.' "I follow, the directions on the bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and ho is quickly relieved. I never go to bod without a • bottle of QiamHrlain's Cough Remedy Ton hand .' for T neveif know when Sydney will Tbft; stacked with croup."