IN AUSTRALIA

Press, Volume LII, Issue 15486, 13 January 1916, Page 8

IN AUSTRALIA

RECRUITING. THE OARD SYSTEM. MANY TOTALLING-MEN. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) . . . SYDNEY, January 12. -• The recruiting cards which are flowing In show that a large percentage of men •re unwilling to enlist. Various excuses aro given, such as demands for the "internment of all Germans," and . "when conscription comes." There Are also many evasive and impertinent replies. TRAINING, oF RECRUITS. EXTENSION OF HOURS. (Received January 12th, 10.25 p.m.) SYDNEY, January 12." Major-General McCay recommends that recruits be given 40J hours' camp training weekly, instead of 31 hours as at present. . WAR ON'GERMAN TRADE. APPEALS TO THE PEOPLE. SYI>NEX, January 12. At'the opening of the Trade Fair, the Governor, the Hon. A. Griffith and other speakers made strong appeals to the -people to assist in the movement to cut out' Germany from the Australian trade .for ever. . . THE EMDEN. . SALVAGE IMPOSSIBLE. MELBOURNE, January 12. Mr Jensen, referring to the question of salving the Emden, states that Mr I Proctor, the diver who was sent to Cocos Island to report as to the possibility of doing so, found that the stern half of the Emden had disappeared, and that the heavy surf was breaking up the remainder. It was now fjuite impossible to salve the vessel.