IN AUSTRALIA.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17100, 24 February 1916, Page 8

IN AUSTRALIA.

AUSTRALIAN CAMPS. decentralisation scheme. c A SUL A CLOSING, LIVERPOOL TO BE REDUCED. ly TelegraptT-Press Association—Copyright. SYDNEY, February 23. , The camp decentralisation scheme is proceeding. The Casula camp closes on March 1. New recruits are being sent to couutry camps, and the concentration at. Liverpool is.being reduced. Medical officers in future will make nightly rounds of the suburbs in order to examine recruits. “WAR BABIES.” LEGISLATION IN VICTORIA. ' MELBOURNE, February 23. The State Cabinet has decided to introduce legislation to' legitimise war habits. The Premier stated that the Government was inundated with letters from soldiers going to the front asking for the legitimisation of children an hour before or after departure. FATHER MANLIFFE. DENIES THAT HE LED A CHARGE. (Received February 23, 9.50 p.m.) SYDNEY. February 23. The Rev Father Manlitfo, of St. Mary’s Cathedral, has returned from Gallipoli. He denies the oft-repeated story that lie led a charge on Hill 60. He added that it was very good to credit him with the achievement., but hi might mention that three doctors and two other chaplains were awarded « similar distinction. *