AUSTRALIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 September 1915, Page 5

AUSTRALIA.

AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES. SEVENTY-NINTH LIST. Received Sept. 18, 1.10 a.m. Sydney, Sept. 17. Killed in Action.—Four officers and 98 men, including (Privates F. P. Weir, 0. B, Aliom, and H, Burton. Died of Wounds: One officer and 33 men. Wounded : 15 officers and 207 men, including Driver 0. M. Atkinson, Privates R. Miles, W. M. O'Connor (second occasion), E. D. Sweeney, (in"hospital at Malta). Ill: 19 officers and 118 men, including Private J. McQuillan (in hospital at Alexandria.), and Corporal C. Hudson (dangerously). Missing: One officer and eight men. THE QUESTION OF COMPULSION. Received Sept. 17, 8.30 p.m. Sydney, Sept. 17. Mr. Holman, replying to adverse criticisms on the universal service scheme, points out that during the first year of the war Britain got 16 per cent, of her total male population under the colore; while Australia got less than four per cent., Our courageous people came forward four times slower tlmn the comparatively unwarlike population of the Old Country. There is not because there is any less readiness on our part to face the danger, hut because the whole British people are united in a gigantic recruiting campaign, and there arc no carpers. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES AND THE WAR. Received Sept. 17, 10.25 p.m. Melbourne, Sept, 17. In order to meet the provisions of the Friendly Societies Amendment Act, providing for reinsuring members of societies who had gone to the front, the State Government has undertaken to provide a subsidy not exceeding £20,000, which is estimated at about one-fourth of the total required, while the societies pay about £64,000. The official rejtort estimates that seven thousand members of Victorian societies have already enlisted, and the number is likely to reach ten thousand. AUSTRALIA DAY FUND. Received Sept. 17, 10.50 p.m. Sydney, Sept. 17. The Australia Day Fund has topped £700,000. SOUITI AUSTRALIAN CROPS. Received Sept. 17, 10.50 p.m. Adelaide, Sept. 17. The official estimate of the area under wheat is 3,192,380 acres, an increase of 353,361 acres, and of oats 313,910 acres, an increase of 40,429 acres compared with the previous year. THE WHEAT CROP. Received Sept. 17, 10.25 p.m. Melbourne, Sept. 17. In the House, Mr. Hughes confirmed the statement that the Australian wheat crop had been offered to the British Government, who had declined to purchase it. GOOD FOR ALL. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is good for any member of the family. It cures coughs of all kinds. It is composed of things which soothe and heal without harming the most delicate tissues of the throat. It acts as easily and safely on the young as on the old. Mothers need not hesitate to give it to even the youngest child, for it is perfectly safe. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is an ideal remedy for coughs, colds, croup, whooping cough and bronchitis. Sold by all tiwmisti and itonktunn.