Australia.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 298, 26 May 1915, Page 5

Australia.

WORK OF THE AUSTRALIANS. CALL FOR MEDICAL AID. Perth, May 25. Tlie Minister of Lands states that there is no danger of a flour famine. A thousand tons have been received from Victoria, and the arrival of Argentine wheat will guarantee supplies until the next harvest. London, Miy 24. The Post says tliat it is understood that General Bridges knew before his death that lie had been made a Knight Commander of the Bath. Melbourne, May 25. Sir Ronald Munro-Ferguson, the Gov-ernor-General, speaking at a veterans' luncheon, said that even Italy, the Germans' ally, had had to join against tlie would-be tyrant and persecutor of mankind. The Australasians, with adaptability, initiative, intelligence and combined with submission to discipline, made some of the finest troops that bad ever marched under the Tiriti-di Hag. They bad shown at the Gallipoli Peninsula that tlie dash of British arms was only equalled by the endurance of the rank and file of the Australasian forces. Senator Pearce stated that the services of more medical men for the treatment of the wounded wore urgently needed, and that nurses wee also required. Adelaide, May "25. Mr. Barr-Smitb has given up his residence, with a private theatre, as a. hospital for the wounded. Owing to the military call on doclors and nurses, the general hospital is understaffed.

PRAISE FOR THE FATHERLAND. LEADS A GERMAN TO GAOL. Received May 25, <)..|o p.m. Hvdne-. y..,. 25. At Allmry a German ns.in.-il Srhmoork • was sentenced to sis liionihs without ■ the option for spreading' reports likely to cause alarm amongst eivilimis. In evidence he declared tie- Ke" -, ;■ b id iihiiv lira ins than all the 7ir i t : -T:. who were cowards and not game to tight on their i own, but had to get the help of all the other nations. The war was unfinished, and when it was over Germany would be the winner. The police gave evidence that accused was previously cautioned for inflammatory utterances]