AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2790, 7 June 1916, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

THE GREAT LIQUOR BATTLE 'ONLY)ONE HOUR FOB CLOSING-- . THE EARLIEST." ' . By Telesraph—l'rcEß Association—Copyright Sydney, June 0. . The Liquor interests .are advertising lavishly. They claim tliat. 6 o'clock closing will mean a great increase in. sly prog-selling, homo and female drinking. Traversing the arguments that the movement is in the interest, of soldiers, tliej " Bay: "Our soldiery are represented as being unable to keep sober. ,It is a' libel on ...the Anzacs.". % . The "Worker/' the official Laibour organ, advocates 6 o'clock closing, and declares that so far as is concern- I cd thero is only one hour for closing hotels—tlie earliest; .' MILITARY CAMP OFFICERS FAVOUR 6 P.M. . : (Rec. June 6, 10.15 p.m.) Sydney, June 6.: _ Colonel Mackay, 'speaking purely from . -the military standpoint, says that as the •• l-esultof careful personal observations at the Liverpool. casual camps, he'.' can Au■phatically -say that an unmistakable improvement in the -conduct and .efficiency of the troops during the short period the .eight o'clock closing order was operative .was clearly evident. All responsible officers unanimously favoured, six o'clock. » O'CLOCK DECIDES A' BY-ELECTION. fflec. June 6, 10.15 p.im) ' ' Melbourne, June 6. The Warrnanibool by-election resulted in tho.Liberals retaining the seat. . The six o'clock, closing movement was a prominVent issue ;in the campaign, and ; 'rssultcd in a strong majoritv. '■ •• FATAL END TO A QUARREL. DEATH OP A AVELL-KNOWN ATH- \ . LETE. . ' Sydney, Juno 0. . Jack Jlarsh, an aboriginal, ; and formei ■ •' champion sprinter and; fast bowler, "'has died as the result of injuries received in u quarrel.-. Tivo of his alleged/assailants liave been committed -for trial on 1 a sharge of feloniously killing. THE GERMAN ESCAPEE. STOLEN MOTOR-CAR FOUND. . Sydney; June 6. The motor-car which was stolen by the ..llleged, German escapee has been found v abandoned,on-a road.near Sledlow.- ' [A man dressed in a .naval uniform, and accompanied by a young woman, hired a motor-car in the city. Near' Diiral, on Borne pretext he got the driver to examine . the tank, but when the driver sought to remount the car the man presented a revolver and declared himself to he tin escaped German prisoner, and-that he "had no intention, of being caught.. He and the woman drove away at full speed. The driver reported the affair to the police, who failed to trace the l' 1 " I '-] . V 'ITEMS IN BRIEF. FOR THE GRAVER OF FALLEN AUSTRALIANS. Melbourne, June 6. ' The Federal Cabinet.'has decided to ircct headstones on the graves of Aus•Talians killed at the front.