AUSTRALIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 October 1915, Page 5

AUSTRALIA.

" A WEEK'S KBEBXJVm 'A;j| i Sydney, Got. «. r ,/t For the week ending October 20, '^ men in the Commonwealth were aoeepfri; Id ed for service abroad. ( A 'Vj MR, FISHER'S REPLY TO THE ZsQi M " [ Sydney, Oot. 26. \% Mr. Fisher replied to the Kings "I am, . '-* confident your Majesty's mating* will ,'.ij evoke a patriotic response in the Com'". monwealth and tend to augment grtftly. '";<} the ranks of the 100,000 Australian* ,' \fwho have already provided an »eiurn '$ ance of the hearty co-operation and Ah ''« termination of Australia to carry tat ' war to a successful issuo. > HONORING MISS CAVELI; \ ■■,

RECRUITING STIMULATED. *" Sydney, Oct. fid v" A monster recruiting meeting openaif . with bared heads in honor of the mu* '?\ tyred nurse, Miss CaveU, the band p}ay« ', ,' ing the Dead March. ■ ■ '• / Sergeant Coates, winner of the D.C.JL, -w characterised those refusing to enlbjt v , -\ because a few Germans were not in* £ terned, as damnable slaolcen. ""'•% The Lyceum Cluh has opened *":f» Cavell memorial fund. ' ifc The Presbyterian clergyman at Llad-' • # Held has applied for a ohaplainojr fan '•'< cause everyone of fighting age in ni|;,'s congregation had enlisted. ' .' £ GENERAL WALKERWOUNDfcb; ',l! Sydney, Oct. *, '., ■$ Cnptam Bcaji cables that Genarttt. J Walker, who succeeded General Bridges' '■* in the command of the Ist AuitralUn ; >' Division, was wounded in the «rm and " u '' *. hip while, inspecting the trenelie*. Ho ■'■{ was pointing out improvement* in a '/' loophole when an enemv machine-gunner '"* put tlgrco bullets through the openinp '>■ and two struck General "Walter. \ condition is not stated. - , !