"AUSTRALIA DAY.";

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2523, 31 July 1915, Page 7

"AUSTRALIA DAY.";

GREAT PUBLIC ENTHUSIASM. (Rec. July 30, 9.50 p.m.) Sydney, July 30. "Australia Day" evoked unprecedented enthusiasm. The weather cleared and remained fine. Tlio streets were "brilliantly 'decoratcd, and lined with stalls, orchestras, concert platforms, and money-making devices. Unbounded optimism prevailed in tlio crowded thoroughfares. The military procession included wounded heroes, who had a groat reception. , , . Tlio same carnival apint is.reported jrom otjier .cities, An uuarcmve wtw;

cession service was' held in. the Cathedral, which was thronged. The collections, it is anticipated, will exceed all previous record's. (Rec. July 31, 1.25 a.m.) Sydney, July 30. The city collections reached £350,000. in.LIES' PEACE TERMS. RESOLUTION BY TRADES COUNCIL, (Reo. July 31,' 0.30 a.m.) Melbourne, July 30. The Trades Hall Council has resolved: "That wliile recognising the need for complete national unity in tlio-present crisis, knowing the loss that war means to the working classes, this council reguests the FeSeral Labour Party to urge tlio Imperial Government, in tlio name of suffering humanity, openly to declare to the world the terms upon which the Allies should negotiate for. peace.' l ' * ITEMS IN BRIEF. SIX O'CLOCK CLOSING. (Reo. July 30, 8.5 p.m.) Sydney, July 30. Petitions have been largely signed in favour of six o'clock closing in hotels, .