AUSTRALIA.
SALE OP INTOXICANTS. Melbourne, Feb. 12. In the report of the committee inquiring into the sale of intoxicants to 3oldiers, Brigadier-General Williamß, of the Victorian command, states that six o'clock closing has reduced disorder amongst soldiers, though they still obtain drink after that hour. Referring to venereal disease, only 3 to 4 per cent, of the cases were due to drink. Between 60 and 70 per cent, were either teetotallers or distinctly temperate. Only a very small percentage of the cases of absence at embarkation were due to drink. < r evidence showed that drink was or . Meeting a very small percentage of « troops before and after their return from the front. . ITALIAN RESERVISTS CALLED UP. Melbourne, Feb. 12. All Italian subjects 'have been notified Ito report to the colonel for military I ferric*,
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 February 1918, Page 5
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134AUSTRALIA. Taranaki Daily News, 13 February 1918, Page 5
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