AUSTRALIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 August 1915, Page 6

AUSTRALIA.

AUSTRALIA DAY. j NEARLY I'SOO.O'K) RAISED. .Melbourne .August 4. ! The Australia Dav totals are: V:c-' toi ia £ ISO,OOO, Westralia £27,u;.' 1 .!. Ta>-' mania £5500, Northern Territory ,*.' 800, South Australia £10:),000, New S'o'.it'.j Wales £ 107,220. TRADE IN ZLW. London, Augti-i The Australasian ( hamber oi t f.inmerce has been appointed a committee to report on spelter. ■WESTRAUAN NAVAL BASE. Mell'uiinie, Augu-t 1. : The Defence Department lias itcijiiijvd POOO acres of land, costing iIIM.ODO, fi»r a naval base at Cockburn Sound, Westralia. i NURSES' EQUIPMENT. j Sydney, August ■!. As a consequence of recent allcga-1 .tions, and a- the result of unfavorable comparisons liy the Nurses' Association of the Australian with the New Zealand arrangements, the authorities have increased the outfit allowance for nurses on Active service to £2l

J Government's clear duty to impound all metals, purchase, them at a reasonable prices, and sweep aside contracts binding us to the enemy. INDIAN PRISONERS IN GERMANY., London, August 3. The American Embassy at Berlin re-, ports that the Indians' camp at Zossenl is clean and comfortable. There are various races, and the men occupy; separate barracks. The officers prefer to remain with the men, and devote the bulk of the sixty marks each receive monthly to the men's benefit. Every provision is made for religious services. EXPORT OF COAL. London, Aug. 3. I The exportation of coal, which has j hitherto been permitted from British possessions to the allied countries, is j now prohibited, except to British pos- , 'sessions.