IN AUSTRALIA.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8965, 12 October 1914, Page 5

IN AUSTRALIA.

NEWS FROM NEW BRITAIN,

A VISITOR'S IMPRESSIONS OF

GERMANY.

AMPLE FOOD SUPPLIES

(Received vOctolHM-. 12, 10.30 a.m.)

SYDNEY, October 12

The latest reports from New Britain state that there has been little iightirig since tlie capture of Ra-baul. The natives have. given some trouble, but no further casualties have occurred.

Mr Hattrick, a well-known Sydney agricultural chemist, has returned from a visit to "Germany. He left Berlin on the last train before 1 the declaration of war. He states that Germany's internal resources are such that she will be able to carry'on the war for a couple of years, at least. Farm work is being carried on by boys and women. The rye crop has been garnered and proved exceptionally good, and all wheat and oats promised well. The bottling of the fleet made no difference as far, as internal food supplies are concerned, and. it is absurd to talk of starving Germany that way.

MELBOURNE, October 12

A State school teacher, an Austra-lian-born German,, is suspected of disloyalty. Parents of scholars attending his school declare that he read Press accounts of the war to children, commenting in favour of the Germans and adversely to the Allies.

A Russian barque has arrived, 120 days out- from Hudiksuall. She did not speak any vessel during the voyage, and was not aware that war had broken out.