TYPICAL SPYING.
London ' Times ' and Sydney ' Sim' Sen-ices.
r _ LONDON, April 12. Ober-lictiteuant iCiihne. second) in command of Zeppelin Lls, who was taken prisoner, was a temporary member of the Royal Aero Cub, 1/Otnlon, in April, 1914. Kuhne at that- time professed to bo a novice, but mildly, interested in Hying:
MEDITERRANEAN MAILS.
FREMANTLE, April 13: (Received April 13, at 9.30 ii.ni.)
A lieutenant-colonel who lias arrived bv iho Kaahgar slates that most of the charges against the postal administration in the JMeditcrrancan are groundless*
CONDITIONS IN AUSTRIA,
RYDXKY LADY'S EXPERIENCE
'.SYDNEY. April 13,
(Received April 13.. at 10 a.m.) Mis.". Julia. Matwell. who Ims arrived hero after 4* years' residence in Vienna, says that when slie.lol't in December last the Aiistri.ins were certain the war would end in March.
When \v;ir was declared the soldiers on.vmg for the front were smothered with flowers, hut latdv it had been very different ihey dreaded the Russian winter. .Lliere was ;>, pronounced shtfrtaco of meat and wlnte bread, but coffee, cocoa, and tea were plentiful and, cheap They were imported via Holland and' Sweden. ' Miss Matwell did not cxpen'taco anv diiiiculty in leaving tho country, >
CONSCRIPTION.
DEFEXCF. .-MINISTER- ENIGMATIC,
MELROUTcXE, April 15. (Received April 15. at 9.50 a.m.) Replying to ;i deputation from the Australian .Native.-,' Association urcring conscription, yciuilor I'earco said "that the strongest argument in favor of conscription was that tho State should exercise its discretion as to who should bo Pent to the front and who should lvlnain. Ho did not think that more men should bo scut than under voluntary enlistment.
ltotPmnLf to the war census, ho said that 120.0Q) .single men between tho acres of 18 nnd 44 had refused to enlist. H c thought that at present there were plenty of men available, and conscription was mill ecessar v.
FSFETEEEJTH REINFORCEMENTS.
OIAGO .STILL AZ SHORT
A» only 17 men were sent forward this monnn ? to make up tho shortayo in the-Ota-o ooiotci- of tho 15ilt Reinforcements there still remains .1 deficit of 42. Duncrlin, w'nieh sent four men extra List Thursday, supplied 34 to-dav. Oamani sent- forward two, Milum oii ( >," while Invo"-car-ill failed to lhul a . single, recruit. Jn flddili-,11 to tho mfaut-rv, tomo ambulance men were also sent to eauin todav.
Hie tollowiiif; are tho names of men from tho Jiinnvlin -roup who went foiward this iiioniiiii;;
—AnibulaiK'c,
Prnnk-y Wilfred Georero Govan, Jiiias Hemv Khuiea- La.wrie. William Paul. Thomas Robert Thomson. —lnfantry.
John Raker, ■William ilattbew Brosnau, Frank Harris. James Miller Henderson. "William Kit-to. "William .U'Kav. Arthur Frederick filler. Plulip Raymond Peek. Joseph Arthur She! tan. Albert John {jiewmt, John Wallace. Robert George Williams. 'William Rate, vSfanlev Robert Hill.
[Per United I*ees3 Association.]
AUCKLAND, April 15,
Auckland despatched 80 recruits to irentham to-day to make good tho shortage ot 77 ja the Fifteenth iicinfurcements lust week.
OTAGO WOMEN'S PATRIOTIC AS-
SOCIATiOiN
The workers will bo busy to-morrow with tho collection for the- Y..\[.C.A. work in Egypt. Sproseu's Corner. Octagon, will bo tne headquarters of the association's stand. It is iwned by the end of the day to report a record collection for this spleii■aid object. A
A great many empty tins (pepner, cocoa, etc.) have) been sent in, but aiiiout 2,000 a. month will be required, and will' bo gladly accepted al the Early Settlors' Hall, iheso small tins will be packed with suitable articles of food for tho Dominion gift parcels which are- for general distribution amongst tho New Zealand soldiers on active service. The committee will also bo pleased to receive donations of money and goods lor this same purpose—condensed milk, cocoa au la-it, curry powdfcr soup extract—m fact anything which will vary tho trench fare. Donations received :—Dominion parcels fund: Miss Kcss £l, .Mrs \V'. Crawford ss, Miss Cullender- Za 6d, Mrs Greig (Wingatui) fas, Airs Elliott 6s, Mra James Brown £ll Taieri Women's Patriotic Association tib North-east, Valley branch £5. Wellington (soldiers' Uuu j Alexandra, branch os, North-east, Valley branch (four mouthsj £l, Miiton branch 6a.
Anciently, the wedding rin£ was first placed on the thumb, then on the first fhi"ti-t-hen on tho second, and bully on ike, thud' where it remained. " '
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Evening Star, Issue 16088, 13 April 1916, Page 6
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