COMMONWEALTH NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIX, Issue LXIX, 20 May 1915, Page 5

COMMONWEALTH NEWS.

BRITISH EMPIRE TRADE

WAR PRECAUTIONS ACT

STRINGENT REGULATIONS

ADDED

TRIBUTES TO GENERAL BRIDGES'

(Received May 20, 10.30 a.m.) SIDNEY, May 20. Private Leo Terrance Mulligan, who died of wounds at the Dardanelles, was the son of a hotel proprietor at the Thames. He resided at Paddington, and his occupation was a ship's steward.

In connection with the world-wide movement for rendering the British Empice self-contained, the Society of Chemical Industry has decided to establish a permanent information bureau and take other steps in conjuetion with the parent society in London to develop the industry. The demand for underclothing for the troops is so large that Sydney warehouses have been practically depleted.

MELBOURNE, May 20. New regulations in the War Precautions- Act provide for infliction of the death penalty on civilians or military found guilty of offences intended to aid the enemy, and also brovide for the closing of licensed premises to naval and military forces "if necessary. Mr Pearce states that the Federal authorities have interned more alien subjects that England in proportion to population.

In the House, expressing regret at the wounding of General Bridges, Messrs Fisher and Cook paid a tribute to his soldierly qualities and leadership. Mr Fisher said that the Australian troops had made history at the Dardanelles which would inspire their descendants for ages to come, and bteneral Bridges had always been associated with their splendid performances.