AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 2788, 9 August 1915, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

BY JW.KCTKIO TShSORAPB. —OOPYBIGHI. = FEU rilllSS ASSOCIATION. (Received August 9, 10 a.m.) Sydney, August 9. A Domain orator who deprecated enlistment was hustled by soldiers. Ho sought police protection, and was locked up on a charge of causing a breach of.the War Precautions Act. Great preparations are in hand to celebrate the Methodist centenary of tho arrival of the Rev. Samuel Leigh, the first Methodist minister to Australia, who landed on August 10, 1815. The delegates participating in the historic function include tho Rev. !Mr Dawson (president of the New Zealand Conference) and Bishop Hoss, iof America. j 'The members oi' the Sydney branch of tho British Medical Association have offered to a I tend wounded soldiers in-. Australia tree of charge for six months after their discharge from hospital. Recruiting in Sydney during the past week yielded 218 ( J men. Premier Holman is disappointed at the result, in view of tho special efforts made. The country campaign, however, largely increased the total. A soldier^writing from Egypt, says: "This expedition in a wonderful advertisement for Australia. Wo are so well equipped and paid that the Tom lilies say it must rain money out there. Every Tommy 1 see is 'going to 'Horsetrayler' after this 'ore brawl is eet'iled. , Ono chap said: -Why, you follers gets as much as our bloomiu' generals !' " Melbourne, August 9. Questioned as to whether there has been compulsory military unification of Japan and China, under tho dictatorship of Japan, thus altering the balance of power in tho Pacific, Mr Mahon replied that tho Government had no information. Albany, August 9. Arrived.—Tongariro, from Wellington. Perth, August 9. Under pressure, from the Premier, the racing clubs have reduced their fixtures for tho remaining months of the year by 25. Brisbane. August 9. A deputation of clergy, representing the Protestant and Catholic •lurches, asked the Premier to establish a wet canteen in camp for the sale of beer only, and restrict tlio hours for tho salo of liquor to .soldiers. They Tirged that this would enable tho authorities to control the sale and regulate tlie quality of the •liquor the soldiers drank. The Prcjnier promised to submit the deputation's representations to the military authorities, in whose province the matter lay. Arrived.—lndrapura, from Lyttelton.