COMMONWEALTH DOINGS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 52, 1 March 1916, Page 5

COMMONWEALTH DOINGS.

LOOKING AFTER RETURNED •-'-■-- -:■': .men.-; -„... ] education of soldiers' . CHILDREN: : - '■ SYDNEY, February ss. • The scheme proposed by., the . Minister 1 of Lands for settling "returned soldiers [on tlic'land provides-for advances for impixivemen'W-and-stock. * lie-osti- . mates- that- during. farms,to the number of '4,ooo':cbuld,-'and shodld,' be made 'available;.irom'.'Crd'wn lands,' without .'interfering "with ofdinii ry ■ settlement. ':.-. :'\ -. '..-.-.- .;; . : The State faftcr' ; -tcn : weeks'-recess.-r, The. Minister; Instru'ctidn-anndunccd tfiatarraiigenionts i arc,being jnadc ifoc s'o,.speciaii.bursanes • for the. children of']solaicrs"lfille.apor incapacitated;in';thc;> v ai-. [_-■'~" ... .-> CONSCRIPTION "URjSED.'V - "' ' v ' -MELBOURNE, February 2ti~ ■■-■ The"' City Recruiting Committee:has decided, to .urge.:the. introduction of _mjscriptipn, owing .to the unsatisfactory I reports^of-the sub-committees. - — :'—<■" [ -''_' TAGGING THE'ALIENS.;: " ■ 9.5' a.m.j • * .'■■■ ■ ' .MELBOURNE, this: diiy. The Cabinet has decided -to take a census of the Public Service to.ascertain tftp. number of aliens' in.the. Government employ. ; V -V .'•? ' ■','"'" '",";:*;"■, '~X. : EARLY -CLOSING OF HOTEL? '•'■ • (Received 9.5 a.m.) "~ '-•"'._'' "SYDNEY, this day. i. Mr W, A. Holman ; ( State Premier), speaking regarding the Teferendunr ■on tho question, of tho. early, closing, of .hotels, stated that the bill would-apply-only to the-war trade would"revort to the existing conditions Immediately peace waa declared;'