AUSTRALIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 March 1916, Page 5

AUSTRALIA.

COMMONWEALTH'S AID, OVER 200,000 MEI, Received March 18, 5.5 p.m. Melbourne, March r*, M ' - - Pearce does not favor men jeinin* the Imperial forces in any capacity, Be states that the Australian amy bn*H to be good enough for Australians. Official figures show that 160, MS troops were dispatched to February M, 60107 I,er<! WeVe k tluiniDe on * PRISONERS IN TURKEY, n« • i m, Mney, March St. Official,—The complete list girt* Jf Australians prisoners with the Tnrka, and eight others have died since they were taken prisoners. ,' CASUALTY LIST NO. 154. - n , Sydney, March Ift f Casualty list No. 154 contains th» names of the following New Zealandera:—lll: Privates S. A. Spooner, L. f. M'Cartie (in hospital at Helio|lolis), B? Ross (Cairt), Sapper R. H. W. Power (seriously ill). Returned to .duty! . Sapper D. Dennis, Privates R. B. Olaoville, G. W. Parmeter, E. A. Cook; J, Williams. v AN OBSTRUCTIVE LABOR COlrifcHi. Sydney, March 18, The Labor Council refused te endortt the Bed Cross Society's application t» exempt from the operations, of the Wages Board, as far as houro are concerned, certain trade houses the society proposes to establish for teaching wound- 1 ed soldiers trades. The grounds of refusal are that the market is already; fully supplied with laber in the Industries mentioned, also that it was never intended that the fundi of the society should be used to encourage auto schemes, which should be run by the State and the products used for State purposes only. IMPORT OF UNIFORMS FOR. BIDDEN. " , '• f: Melbourne, March le» A proclamation prohibits Ibe import iation of naval, military and other effi- ; cial uniforms or imitaiions. EMPIRE PARLIAMENTARY | ASSOCIATION, Melbourne, March 19, Mr. Pearce has received the invita* tion ef the Empire Parliamentary Association for ten Commonwealth members of Parliament to visit London in July. ; ' - A SIGNIFICANT STATEMENT. Sydney, MaTeh 18. Mr. Henry Gullett, war correspondent, speaking at the Millions Club, as to the probable date of the end of the war, said i that if he had thought for a moment that the western front would be broken by the Allies this summer he would have been there to see the job thriugh, DEFECTIVE SHELLS. Sydney, March Ift The Barrier munition works are tenV perarily closed owing te shell defects.' SPECIAL.LEAVE STOPPED. . • Sydney, March If.' The military have decided to. refuif all applications for special leave,