THE REFERENDUM.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 237, 4 October 1916, Page 5

THE REFERENDUM.

TEJkJaa OF A. STRIKE. MB HUGHES' . I ITO QUEEIf BLAND WORKERS. awtraltan and c«ble ~ Association/ (Received 11.45 ail.) '■'/-{ _' . BRISBANE, this day. Mr. Hughes preferring t6 the stop-work meetings ; to,*e held to-day r . that their real reason was to fgfaent a general etrike to order te-prAe'nt the taking of a referendum. He t2pealed to tfmoiuate -who %ai»t Germany- ,toi be d* *«ted not to pUy the treacherbiii. game of thoee extremirts-who were .secret enemies of Britain. : -: '^ A proclamation orders all hotels tad. wine bars in Brisbane to be closed day. < . ' w IMHT/WAWIJkkEkPTIOjH.. ' MUUIXt'iatTO TO WOMSH. ' ■-f CAoetraUan airt X.2. AseectaWn.)! • (R^ceiTed-10.30 iun.) J SYDNEY, this day. The outstanding featnre of yeeterdays response to the enrolment' proclamation was the heavy percentage of claims for exemption, which are estimated at 50 to 60 per cent, of the total. • -.--^ Mr. Hughes has issued* a manifartb to the women 61 Australia, appeaW to theja to vote "Yei" »t the anietating that the deethgr of the country ie in their handirr'' , .. " .' : The State referendum campaim hae been suceegiftillj- launched. ■• y: CHEERFUI, GOOD HUMOUB ■ i ;■■ OF ENBOUES MEN. ' ,' (Anst:V!aa and S.Z. Cable Aseociatlon.). I SYDNEY, October 3. ■ The -enrolling offices throughout the commonwealth were" busy to-day resist fi»t action men-thi «lv and «BY betwfen the age* of ?1 aed «H-wh6 have been called to join the military forces under the recent proclamirtion. Everywhere there wme an excellent reeponse, and the proceedings were marked by cheerful good-humour. The other eligibfes will -be called in alphabetical order up to"* October Iβ, when the last section will be enrolled. ■

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POISON AND DISEASE. INFECTED SWEETS. DBOPFED BT HUH AEROPLAKGI. . ; . (Tie .'.Time*.") EONDOJT, October 3. Mr J. D.Bourchier, the "Times" correspondent in Bucharest, reports that German aeroplanes on Sunday dropped in Bucharest bundles of poisoned sweets and other sweets containing the germs of infectious diseases, •- NORWAY GROWING ANGRY. FIVE HEAMEBS BTTKK. BY GERMAN SUBKABIIfEa. i,'-: CHRISTIANIA, October ,3. Hie torpedoing. of five Norwegian steamers to-day hae increased the bitterness against Germany. The newspapers demand a more stringent closing of territorial waters against submarines./ - OUTRAGES ON GREEKS. TUUI KAMAOKXHO THEM. , .: B.€m,. October 3. The Greek Legation states that the Turks »re mteeicring Greeks in Asm Minor, and arresting Greek notables. i