IN AUSTRALIA.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 15462, 15 December 1915, Page 7

IN AUSTRALIA.

REINFORCEMENTS. SUFFICIENT FOR SIX MONTHS. 100,000 WANTED BY JUNE. (Br Cab!«.—Px«m Association.—Copyright.) MELBOURNE, December 14. Senator Fearco states that there are sufficient men in camp to provide reinforcements for tho present' forces for six months, but 100,000 more are wanted by June. f He declaim that the -early closing of the hotpls in Melbourne has been a disr tinct advantage. THE NEW ARMY. LABOUR'S UNFAVOURABLE ATTITUDE. - MELBOURNE, December 14. - The Trades Hall Council carried a resolution with reference to the new armies, recommending members oe> longing to affiliated unions to ignore the cards the War Council is sending out. UNRULY SOLDIERS. GREEK FI.SII-SIIOr ATTACKED. SYDNEY, December 14. Another military riot occurred jn tb® citv. in which lour hundred soldiers we're contained. A Greek tish-shop was smashed up and many ]>eoplo were injured. Tho riot is believed to have been the outcome of the recent altercations of soldiers with the proprietors of oyster saloon Evidently tno riot was pre-arranged, as tho men were loitering about the streets, and formed up oil tho sound of a bugio note. They then inarched to the- shoy and bombarded it with blue mef.al and lumps of concrete. Forty jHiliceinen hastily arrived on tho scene, and dispersed the rioters. Many arrests wcro niado. During the riot a number of soldiers scaled the railings round the Cathedral and attempted to invade the Chapterhouse. where tin- choir were practising. The precentor met the mob tactfully ,md persuaded then: to leave. When iniiiin ;i number of the participants to-ii.iy, the Magistrate ivnwked that ilie only explanation of their behaviour appealed to be that a section of the men who enlisted did not desire to to the front. They had been trained at the e\i>c!ise of the country, and now refused to lall in.