Australia

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 312, 11 June 1915, Page 5

Australia

NO COALITION MINISTRY. Received June 10, p.m. {Mdlboumio, .Tune 10. In view of Britain's action a suggestion which was mooted to form a natio.ial Covermncni in Australia linds no favor with tiie Federal Ministry or rank and tile of the party. Ministers decline to lie (irawn. Asked in the Iloues whether it was the intention to form a coalition Ministry, and whether there was a likelihood of a party truce during the currency of the war, Mr. Fisher replied that the Govcmnent would bring in no party legislation, but only legislation for the welfare of the people of Australia. )\Vith the object of preventing tile manufacurc of synthetic spirits and ensuring spirits made only by proper distillation, the importation into the Commonwealth of the ingredients of whisky, rum, brandy, cognac oil, and cognac, has been prohibited. •EMPLOYING ENEMY SUBJECTS. Received June 10, 0.-lo p.m. Sydney, June M». The Finance Committee of the Citi> Council discussed a resolution in favor of dispensing with the services of enemy subjects employed, hut adopted an amendment that no employee of tlic council of enemy nationality be driven firm the. counci'l'.s service until it was proved lie had bee guilty of disloyalty to the British Empire. ANTARCTIC lIIORO KILLED. Received June 10, 1'2.15 a.m. Sydney, .lime 10. Captain Rage, commanding the third field company of engineers, lias been killed at the Dardanelles, lie acennipan'rd the Maw.am expedition as astronomer, and was one of the six volunteers forming the relief party v.'lio Kit the Antaictic for a Mfoiid winter when Mawsou and his two ill fated ei mpanions failed to return to winter quarters at the appointed time. Captain l'\ec lead the southern [.lodging party which accomplished a perilous jminiey oi six hundred miles, hauling sledges over rough blizzard-swept ice. CONSCRIPTION ADVOCATED. iMelbonnie, .lune 10. In the Senate Mr. Bakhap advocated the introduction of consciiption at the earliest opportunity. Mr. I.vueh, in siipporing the proposal, ■■'said there was nothing to fear from ils introduction. v _\i.r. JV:iive, i:i ivj.lv iml;'. U>;ii no Dominion had ilmc a< nnn-'i os Aihh:u\. He di.i nnl ihiuk the time. v'ijti l I'dv eon-crij't l;n. ilo iliai Au-lnilia Vol !y ialx'n up lilt' of Hie n'.mini'itlion fur .-mail arms iuv\ '"i-i jmiN. A cottihiK les» was ini{uivi)i;4 tin* -i rr. SviWv, -lllil.' 1 :> - Senator Milieu. ,• c-.\rii-i-t--r of !>■ ienee. in a .4at.-m.-nl to thej.iv-e ealvoeates national war -M-n•• m Australia, 'lie points out (lml many meluding- tlic railway workshops. are -caoable of iiivniic out munition-. Imt ; -n e-r,.r- ha'.- !-e:, me.h- te "He-e 'them. Australia ha-, ih.ni' -omething ■•'to meet (he Empire'- nerd ofmen ai"l ! nul l supplement this by doing' i-oim'-1 .'-thing to meet f'.o cpiaU;' 1 call for munition?.