AUSTRALIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 September 1915, Page 5

AUSTRALIA.

CASUALTY LIST. Received Sept. 28, 12.5 aan. Sydney, Sept. 27. Eighty-third list:—Killed in action.— Two officers and twenty-one men. Died of Died of illness.— Three. Wounded.—Seventy men, including Private W. Henry. 1)1—244, including Second-Lieutenant H. H. Button, Sergeant J. E. Clay, Privates A. J. Hines, R. H. Willis, who are in hospital at London. Missing.—3s. HOSTILITY TO ENEMY SUBJECTS.

Sydney, Sept. 27. A meeting of the metropolitan branches of the Political Labor League resolved to ask the Federal and State Governments that al! enemy subjects he immediately removed from the Federal, State, and municipal services, their property confiscated and utilised for the upkeep of their dependents; also that enemy subjects be. disfranchised forthwith.

The Anti-Alien League is petitioning the Government to intern all enemy subjects, naturalised or unnatural'uid, and proliibit them holding Crown positions or trading under titles concealing their identity. PATRIOTIC DAY COLLECTIONS. Brisbane, Sept. 27. The Patriotic Day Fund totalled £160,000. SYDNEY FEELS REVIVED. Received Sept. 27, 9.35 p.m. Sydney, Sept. 27. The news of the Allied victory has revived the general feeling of optimism. THE RECRUITING CAMPAIGN. Received Sept. 27, 9.55 p.m. Sydney, Sept. 27. There is a great outcry against the Government admission that politicians and others engaged in the late recruiting campaign received out of pocket expenses. Several members have written to the press stating that they refused to accept payment. GREEK RESERVISTS SUMMONED. Received Sept. 27, 9.53 p.m. Sydney, Sept. 27. Greek reservists in the Commonwealth have been called to the colon