AUSTRALIA'S EIGHTH REINFORCEMENTS IN THE TRENCHES.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 223, 18 September 1915, Page 5

AUSTRALIA'S EIGHTH REINFORCEMENTS IN THE TRENCHES.

WELCOME HELP TO THE OLD HANDS. NINETEEN WEEKS UNDER CONTINUOUS FIRE. SYDNKY, September 17. Cabling from tin Dardanelles, Captain Bean, the Commonwealth war correspondent. s„vs that the arrival of the Eighth Contingent from Australia was most welcome help to the men at the front. It enabled part nf the Australians, after 111 continuous weeks under fire in the trenches, to obtain a little relief.

GERMAN OCTOPUS. TENTACLES OVER THE WORLD. DOMINATED METAL MARKETS. (Received 12.5 p.m.) LONDON, September 17. In the Prize Court the Crown claimed the condemnation of (..Till tuns of spelter on hoard the Hilbster, which the I Australian Metal Company consigned to ! the Merton Company, but which was I really intended for (.ermany. I The Attorney! leiieral oil behalf of the I Crown said the Metal Oi.ellit.haft of j 1 Yankton, the Hecr Sondheimer Company in Frankfort, Am Hirsch and Solm ol llall.erstadt, were interested in the cargo. The three linns dominated the base metals market, and their operations were a remarkable instance of the manner in which the Herman octopus threw out its tentacles. The Court had to decide whether .1. and M. (iunn. the owners of the Hilbster, were able to claim tlT.o'fi us freight. The Crown resist.',] lii'c.iuse Mertons, although they knew the ,-nrgo was for nn enemy destitution, attempted to avert capture. I Merlon*, paid the shipowners f.",.(11111 on 1 ace,mu of freight. As Mertons did not ! (rive any assistance an.l attempted to de. ceive the Crown, he also objected to ; M.rtoiis' claim. The cisc after being partly heard was adjourned. | BATTLE OF THE DOLLARS. | " EXCITING LOAN RAISING. | PRO-GERMAN THREATS IN NEW YORK. Ni'V YOIIK. September 17. [ In connection with the Iloating of the .■i _..ii.se.l h.'.uliiy amongst pro-Herman i • it;/., ns s,ig_, st, a tlrep-luiil plot to strike j ! al the very roil of American prosperity.] as well as threaten the lues of members 1 I <l the 'vllici! I.imn t omini-sion. It is | slated I hat the names ..f every batik officer with Herman blood in his veins is in the | po„ses,i< :i of those directing the imitation. j A project is mooted for Iloating v big (If 'man cinilUer-loau. 1 Certain Wall Street blinkers, hitherto classed us pro Hermans, regard the seecess of the Allies' loan as a fundamental necessity, and. lielieviug the prosperity of jthe Cnited States is involved, they will assist in raising the loan. I Mr. .las. .1. Hill, the "Railway King." ] after visiting a prominent German- \ir.eriI can bunker, said the Herman-American bankers must ch.-.-e between the United , j States and Hcrmany. The prosperity of , | the country demanded the sue-ess o: the ! l-an. Drastic methods would be iulojue-1, if necessary, to quieten pro-Herman opposition. £100,003,000 LOAN SUGGESTED. EXPECTED AGREEMENT. (Received 9.5 a.m.) XEW YORK, September 17. It is the almost unanimous opinion of leading bankers that £1*00,000.000 will i suffice for the Anglo-French loan, and ■ it is expected that the Anglo-French Commission will assent to this estimate.

BILLING GREAT BRITAIN HARD TO COLLECT. ONLY ONE SORT OF PEACE. (Times and Sydney Snu Services.) (Received S..'!o a.m.) LONDON', September 17. Shaking in the House ~f Commons, Lord Robert Cecil i Parliamentary Inder Secretary lo the l-'ol'cign Office l' stilted, in reference to recent statements b\ Ihe Herman I'iniinee Minister, Hint it was; unnecessary to remark that no suggestion | of the payment nl a British indemnity would Ir entertained, nor was Cleat Britain ■.■..in:, to consider any question ; of the limitation of her power on sea, or any suggestion of peace except in common with the Allies. THE WORKERS' SHARE. PATRIOTS DISCOURAGED. MR LLOYD GEORGE INDIGNANT LONDON, September 17. Mr. 1I ud llcuge has appointed an I inlliieiiii.il .mill f phvsi.iaii, nud Industt ml e\pe: ts to advise the Munitions Department Hoarding industrial fat I hours of labour, aud matters affecting the health and phv.-ic.il efficiency of workers.] Ihe Nati..i.al Advisory t oinmiltee had a confer cii.-.' with _.">n trade unionists connected with Ihe mv nit t<'tis output. Mr. 1.1. yd (I ge, ,i, a lellßthy n-ieci-11, Ulgci acceleration. i oncrele pr..|»ih.lls were drawn up. Mr l.lovd H -ge. i. piling to the (oven try LaU.ur I . tiiMiittcc's denial that they had .irculariM',l v ...kn.en declaring against rapidity of work, quotes a letter j signed by the seeretarv of the committee calling 'his fell ... worknic "iiou-work-men." because they had lii.ish. .1 in sj hours a j..|j on a howitzer which iioruiullv took l'-i h.'iits. This. Mr. I.b.vd (I _',■ sa\s. is a rcgrettiihle nistan. among from assisting tue ,<unitr\ to Iheir utmost ill the hour •■: need. COMPULSION OPPOSED. LONDON, ScptemU-r 17. The Wnrkeis' National Committee has pilK***d a re* lutiou opposing .-ompiikon military, an.! still more industrial, s.-r vice. c.'|s"ially in eslal.lishnieiits run for private profit, where trade unions are powerless to regulate conditions. OFFER FROM SOUTH AFRICA. LONDON. September 17. Mr Lloyd CeorgV has nckuov. le.lged the patriotic .'.fTci ..f South African women lo pro, I 1., Kngland and engage in the work of munition making. Ihe Minister stales, however, that lucre is :•> adequate supply of unskilled woman l.il-.ur in Britain, AN UNNAMED SPY TRIED IN SECRET AND SHOT. (Received 0.."> a.m. I LONDON, Septetn!-er 17. A prisoner who was tried in camera on a charge of espionage was shof to-day.