IN THE COMMONWEALTH.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 224, 20 September 1915, Page 6

IN THE COMMONWEALTH.

TRADE WITH ENEMY. WELSBACH ON BLACK LIST. MELBOVRXE. September 10. The Court has dismissed the appeal of Lawreni-e Mom an 1 Lawrence Phil Lips. against their conviotion. in April last. .<[" attempting to trade with the enemy. _ < The appellant* were member* of the , firm of Mo*fv-, Mos3 anl Company. I r.<\ ' : uere chary! with attomptinj; to tradej, letter and a ciWeg/ani. Mo.-,- wa.- lound guilty in regard i" >.'..<■ letter, and wtis , fined 4.10. Both were foun 1 guilty re- , gardins tlie i-ablegravn, and were fined! £.-><) each. A proclamation had '■>'<'•.) it--'ir-l .V.lar- , ing tlie Wr-Nbarh Lij.'lit I v.nytav- ot Aus-I an r-nemv firm. EMPIRE'S HORRIBLE RISK OF PEACE THAN DEFEAT. i SYDNEY, September 19. I T!u- Chief JiHtice. in at a farewell gathering to Cnlvcreity Law School men going to the front, fta'.d: ■We are htill tlir.'atened with a horriMe; risk, not of defeat, but of this proud; Empire heina forced to acquiesce in an. inglorious an 1 fallacious peace. ?u>-h a jH-a.-f would be gunntnteed only r.y a I treaty -.villi a nation tii.it knows no treaty. Heaven protect our Empire from 1 thr- pa'-ifist who. in sp'.te of the? , horrors| for which the enemy ha-> been respon fil)le. can st'.ll be too proud to flgilt. The present position analagoue to that of tlie early American settlers, who had every liian prepared io fight to c.-cape destruftion by navages. In Ftich circum-i ,tiiiff- .ye would not iifpl compulsion ti>, inspire men with a sense of tlie supreme i duty of protecting the community."' i LITHGOW STRIKE SETTLED. SYDNEY, this day. The strike at the I.ithpow small arnia factory ha- li<-en .-ettl"d. and the men are returning to work to-day. BRISBANE ENLISTMENTS. BRISBANE, this day. The enlistments for the week totalled SGO.