AUSTRALIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 November 1915, Page 5

AUSTRALIA.

A POSITION DECLINED. WOULD SOONER ENLIST. Received Nv. 23, 10.40 p.m. Sydney, Nov. 23. . Mr. Carmichael, in a letter to Mr. Holman, declining the offer of tlie appointment as Commissioner of Irrigation, aays: '1 have decided that ill this (hour of the nation's most crucial need, if fresh responsibilities are to be undertaken they should be in the firing line. I have, therefore, decided to enlist and offer my services for the front." Mr. Carmichael, as one who launched the rifle club movement, considers that the clubs are inadequately exploited for soldiers, and has set himself the tusk of raising a Riflemen's Battalion of one thousand within the next month. EARLY CLOSING OF HOTELS. Sydney, Nov. 23. A movement has been started by a section of trades unionists in favor of closing liquor bars at the same time as other retail shops, and they are supporting a referendum on the question of six o'clock closing. ANOTHER CASUALTY LIST. Sydney, Nov. 23. The 114 th casualty list include": —111: Sergeant H. fl. McKay, in hospital in Lance-Corporal R. W. Dick, in hospital at Fnlham; Lance-Corporal L. G. 'H. Ward and Private J. A. Armstrong, both disembarked at Malta; Private G. W. Parmentcr, in hospital in Bristol; Private .T. Cole, embarked for England. UNIVERSAL SERVICE. Melbourne, Nov. 23. The general committee of the Universal Service League adopted the executive's report advising the suspension of activities pending the Government campaign based on the war census and Lord Derby's scheme, on the ground that they would interfere with the conduct of the campaign and stir up opposition to conscription. PRISONERS IN TURKEY Melbourne, Nov. 23. Mr. Hughes has received a cablegram from the Foreign Office stating that the aggregate number of British and Australasian prisoners war in Turkey does not exceed 400. It is understood that the Foreign Office is constantly in touch with the Turkish Red Crescent on the subject of prisoners AN EXPERIENCED TRAVELLER SAYS ALWAYS CHECK YOUR BAGGAGE. "I do, and I employ the N.Z. Kvpress Co. Their system is best, in fact, it is the only complete one. I just tell them when I am going, and they call for my baggage, take it to station, check on, receive at far end, and deliver at once. I haven't a bit of bother. But get the right concern—The N.Z, Express Co., .Ltd."!