AUSTRALIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 September 1915, Page 5

AUSTRALIA.

MEAT STOCKS. -,' " CHEESE SHORTAGE CBRTAjmi \J Received §ept. 16, 10.26 pjn. Melbourne, Sept. 1* ~ In connection with a national stOB& taking, a table has been prepared show-' tog that on July 31 Australia field ia ; cold-storage 38,953,000 pounds' of matton, I,B93,ooo'pounds of lamb, and' 8,290,000 pounds of preserved meat. Regarding butter, it is estimated that from 30 to 40 per cent, of dairy cattle were lost during the' drought period. will be an ample supply of butter foi; the home market, but little for export,. A considerable shortage of cheese la otri' tato. : ' ALIEN CIVIL SERVANTS. »' AGITATION AGAINST THEIR ftl* PLOYMENT. Received Sept. IC, 11,10 p.m. Sydney, Sept. W, * . There is a strongly growing movement against the retention of Germans in Hb», public service. Speakers and correspondents to newspapers are pressing the Government to act, and the Local fl«vernnwnt Conference resolved to urn the Premier to retire from the public set* vice all persona of German descent. ■ MINERS" CORPS FOR TURKEY. . Received Sept. 10, 10.25 jtjn. Melbourne, Sent. ML, The acceptance of a miners' corps by the Imperial Government is the mmw of General Birdwood's appreciation the successful work of Australian miner* attached to the expeditionary forcef. . The corps will include geologists, mining! engineers, and other specialists, ",-. ■. ,:ii *' PRICE OF FOOD. 0\ h Received Sept. 16, 10.28 juri. Sydney, Sept lfc '( The Government Statistician show* that the price of meat in Sydney during • August was 51 per cent, and other food* (groceries) 25 per cent., above July btst ■■ year, while the .prices hut month were * 9 to 9.6 per cent, above the pmioua ' month, _ it % *; MANUFACTURE OF .^fombfai Reoeived Sept, 16, 10.26 p,m, Sydney, Segtlft ~ .'The Royal Society bat offend Us torv vices to the Government in connection I with the manufacture of munitions arid ! -other scientific matters arising out of ';the war. * CONSCRIPTION QUESTION. Received Sept. 16, 10.25 pjn., Sydney, Sept. i6\ The vice-president of the Lsgfayurr* 'Council, replying to criticisms of- the Government, said the Government'' lieved in conscription, that is to say, conscription for the purpose of organise ing the whole forces. The wealth of the! nation's strength was the soul it the, nation, and Mr. Holman was '. ing in such organisation )n defiance of thai wishes of many influentialvmsn of $&•, own party. IN AXTOJK. Received Sept. 16, 10.25 p.m. Sydney, Sept. 16. The Rev. R. E Pittendrigh, a Method'ist minister, has been killed at the Dart danelles. Failing to obtain an appoints . ment as ohapfein, he enlisted as a prtvftf and fought right through.

LATEST CASUALTY LIST. Received Sept. 16, 7 p.ra: Sydney Sept. 16. Killed in action.—Four officers ano. seven men. Died of -wounds.—Twentyfour men. Died of illness.—Six men; Wounded.—Eight officers and 165 men, including Privates J. H. Lister and H R. Chapman, in hospital at Malta. 111.— Thirty-six, including Private P. Dochery (previously reported wounded), Sergeant R. Brown, Privates J. Brown, W. J» Wheatley, V. Turner (in hoaplttl at Gehezireh), Lance-Corporal R. 0. daalmers and Sapper E. H. Hooper (in koipttAl at Malta), and Private J. A, Mwnju '•' (previously reported founded). Missing. ' —One officer and two men. Prisoners of war at Constantinople.—Twenty.. Mm returned to duty—Private S. L. .Williams. Embarked for England,—JWVat'ea, D. L. Matheson and C. Maul*