IN AUSTRALIA.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17292, 6 October 1916, Page 5

IN AUSTRALIA.

CONSCRIPTION ISSUE.

A NEW REGULATION

By Telegraph— Pres* Associatim?—Copyright . . SYDNEY, October 5: ' -A A new regulation provides that eligible men must report by Monday next. . . . * -v : , / . • roman CATHOLIC VIEW.',. -‘ / Y v ..y’* SYDNEY, October 5. : v> Archbishop Cerretti. in a letter to' the Coadjutor-Archbishop of Brisbane'{ - j definin' 1 - tho attitude of , the Catholicj . . Church” on conscription, 'says it i$ iln-f reasonable to involve the church in an issue 1 which its niembors as citizens are called upon to decide. L For-that reason he is sure addresses on the sub- - ject should not be delivered in the pul- * pits of Catlioli# churches. .-I

MR HUGHES IN BRISBANE. ‘ BRISBANE, October 5. Mr Hughes successfully opened til® conscription 'campaigu to ia crowd of three thousand people. An anti-con-scription .meeting outside was rushed by soldiers and dispersed. An orderly meeting of unionist® passed a motion opposing conscriptioa. *

IN TASMANIA. HOBART, October 5. Tho stop-work meeting resolution was ignored everywhere except in Queenstown nnd Gormanstown.

THE FLYING CORPS.

ADDITIONAL SQUADRON GOING. MELBOURNE, Octbbor.s: Tho Defence authorities are raising an additional squadron for tho Flying Corps, • , . ' ,