Australia.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVIII, Issue 288, 14 May 1915, Page 8

Australia.

WORKERS WANTED AT HOME. GARRISON ARTILLERY UNIT. Melbourne, Mav 13. The Commercial Travellers' Associations of Australia have donated £3500 to the War Ambulance Fund. The Imperial Government accepted the oiler of a unit of Garrison Artibery for service abroad. Sydney, May 13. Commenting on the proposal to send munition mechanics to England, Mr. Milieu stated that the output from the small arms factories wa3 disappointingly Selow the estimates. Men were only working one shift with overtime. Instead of sending men to England they could be more advantageously employed hero in the formation of a second shift lor speeding up of the output.

LOOTING CHARGE FAILS. Received May 14, 1 a.m. Sydney, May 13. At the court-martini on (he looting charges Lieut. Davidson was charged with stealing four German medals belonging to a person unknown. Davidson said he took the medals from a miscellaneous collection of stud' after one of the skirmishes at New Guinea as mementoes. He showed them to his commanding officer and other officers and was quite willing to hand them over to their rightful owner as soon as his identity was established. . After lengthy evidence was taken, Lieut. Davidson was found not guilty and discharged. TRADING WITH THE ENEMY. Received May 13, 8.45 p.m. Sydney/, May 13. Ernest Becker, a gem dealer, pleaded guilty to two charges, of attempting to trade with enemy firms. lie was fined .€SO on one charge and £IOO on the other.