AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2533, 6 August 1915, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

CREAT RECRUITING CAMPAICN. A WIDELY REPRESENTATIVE MOVEMENT. By Telegraph—Press Associatlon-ConvrirM (Rec. August 5, 8.15 p.m.) Sydney, August 5. Leaders of all classes, politicians, - church dignitaries, university professors, business men, heads of labour organisations, and prominent women are taking an active part in tho recruiting campaign. There has been a furthermodification of the' physical standard, and as an additional fillip to the recruiting a national service movement, has been started. In Sydney University the bulk of the professional rnd instructional staffs has volunteered gratuitously to place their spare time and services at the disposal of tho military authorities in whatever capacity to which they, may be allotted. ITEMS IN BRIEF. PRICE OF SUGAR IN QUEENSLAND. ■ Brisbane, August 3. A proclamation fixes the price o! sugar at 3d. per pound. WIRELESS TAPPING MACHINE (Rec. Agust 5, 10 p.m.) Sydney, August 5. A man named Raymond has been fine 4 £50 for having in his possession an apparatus capable of tapping wireless messages. VICTORIAN DEFICIT OF OVER A ' . MILLION. Melbourne, August 4. Speaking ,in the Assembly on ths Supplementary Estimates, tho Stato Premier said hi anticipated a deficit of ei,200,000. A NEW NAVAL BASE IN: WEST . AUSTRALIA.. | Melbourne, August 4. The Defence Department has acquired 800 acres, costing £100,000, for a naval base in Cockljurn Sound, Western' Australia. ' ' . AUSTRALIAN DAY FUND. Sydney, August 4. "Australia Day" totals are: £180,000; Western Australia, £27,000;. Tasmania, £5500; Northern Territory, £800; South Australia,. £160,000; New South Wales, £407,220. QUEENSLAND BUTTER EXPORT. Brisbane, August 4. - The butter export for th? year decreased by 19,000 boxes compared with the previous year. SHOOTING AT A GERMAN'INTERN. MENT CAMP. ' Sydney, August 4. An inquiry has been opened into a' shooting incident at the German concentration camp. The only evidence wap the identification .of the victim, Mar Arndt.