AUSTRALIA

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 165, 18 December 1914, Page 5

AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIA'S ASSISTANCE IN THM WAR. Melbourne, December 17. In the Senate, during a debate on Australia's ])art in the war, Mr .'.Milieu stated that 30,000 men had already enlisted. The estimates provide for 42,000 men in tills financial year. Aur.-alia should go at full speed right through and assist recruiting by advertising. In the House Mr Cook maintained that Australia was i,oi doing .enough compared with Canada. Mr Fisher said Australia had done, ashore and afloat, more than any other Dominion. Sydney, December 17. Chinese residents of Cairns telegraphed to the Chinese Consul, expressing entire loyalty to the British Government and urged that bis utmost iniluenee should be used in the Chinese Parliament against any relationship with Germany. DAY OF INTERCESSION. Received 17, 10.15 p.m. Sydney, December 17. Judgment was reserved in the Zambesi case and the Commonwealth Prize Court. The Anglican Church has fixed Janu.a>ry_3rd as a, day of prayer and intercession in the war. STATE BUYS WHEAT CROPS. Received 18. 12.25 a.m. Sydney, December 17. A proclamation will be issued tomorrow whereby the Government becomes the purchaser of the wheat crops at 5s a bushel, Sydney, December 17. Reinforcements for the expeditionary forces in New Guinea and the Pacific Islands are being recruited. Numbers of men arc offering.