AUSTRALIAN AMBULANCES AT THE FRONT.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 10 December 1914, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN AMBULANCES AT THE FRONT.

SOLDIERS' AND SAILOHS' WIVES.

ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS

THE. GOLD COAST'S CONTRIBUTION

Received Dec. 10, 8.45 a.m. LONDON, Dec. §. It has been arranged that eighteen of the Australian ambulances shall be used near the front. Six will work on the line Nieuport to Calais, six at Arras and Roulers, and sis from Amiens. There have been many protests against the War Office regulations requiring the police to keep registers of soldiers' and sailors' wives, with the right to enter their houses to ascertain that separation allowances are not abused. The London police have greatly modified thte regulations by avoiding home inquisition. Wives act cused of drunkenness are subjected to persuasion instead cf prosecution. There is still a demand that women should be allowed to spend their allowances as_ they please subject to ordinary law. The Press Bureau denies the appointment of Lord Esher's committee on contracts. The Gold Coast will bear the cost of the annexation of Togoland, which is estimated at £G0;000, and has also offered £80,000 towards the British war expenses.