Australia

Taranaki Daily News, 10 July 1915, Page 5

Australia

WOUNDED MEN RETURN. Received July 9, 0.15 p.m. Fremantle, July 9. Tile hospital (ship Kyarra has arrived with 11 oiliccrs and .12!) privateß on board. TRADING WITH THE ENEMY. Received July 9, 9.15 p.m. Sydney, July 9. Mathias, a German-American citizen, wan fined £.310 for attempting to trade with the enemy. GENERAL AVAR ITEMS. Melbourne, July 9.

The Defence Committee which is being formed to assist ihe Ministers consists of eight Federal members, four Senators, and two representatives of each State. In the House, Mr. Fisher announced that he intended to introduce a Bill providing for the taking of a census of all males for registration of their fitness for military duties, lie said they also sought to regard the people's position as regards the war. It was only right that they should be in possession of the full facts iu order that a proper system of organisation might be carried out. If they were to mobilise they must go the length of the mobilisation of their

In the Senate, Mr. Tearce, referring to the proposed census, said that it would provide for the registration of all possessions. The time had arrived when they should be prepared for any emorgoniv and organised financially, industrially, and militarily. OUTLOOK TOR TA^TOKALISTS. Sydney, July 8. Mr. Oakdeii, presiding at the annual meeting of the U'astorulisits' Union of New South Wales, stated that 35.'718 carcases of mutton and -lit) quarters of beef had been given to various funds. The season had been exceptionally adverse, and a large proportion of the Commonwealth lmd been in the grip of a drought, more severe than in 1!)I2. The outlook had improved, though the immediate benefit was not great. They might expect a decrease during the year Of' over 3'/i million sheep and 200,(MM) iattic, and lambing had been very seriously affected. 11l reference to many staple products, such as wheat, flour and butter, it was to be regretted that the crude experimental action of fixing prices below tine, market rates on a world parity had virtually converted si-arcitv into famine.

AUSTRALIAN" P<)UTK 'Melbourne. .llliv S Air. Coo!;, referring (.0 the tiff 1 -iic.i it tin' I-ilu-tal Conference, sstul the further and sooner tliev got away from pity politics tlie better. Son)ethinlT «re;>t:*was on hand and thay would hav.> to decide a very important issue, whether they would have an Australian c.i a Herman system of tlovernnient. It was. the most'supreme of all tlic <|«osi.ions •with which they were confronted and was the gravest issue Australians had ever faced Keceivcd July 8, 0.20 p.m. Sydney, July 8 - The Liberal conference resolved that in order to restore, sane methods of fluawe and ensure prudent administration tlui executive bo empowered to co-oper-ate. with other organisations with a view to consolidating the anti-Socialist forces. A committee was formed to consider a. more acceptable plan of selecting candidates.